JP4417207B2 - COMMUNICATION INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, MOBILE TERMINAL, INFORMATION SERVER, COMMUNICATION INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information server and wireless LAN communication means having a plurality of access points connected to the information server, the Internet connected to the wireless LAN communication means, a mobile phone communication network, and these wireless LAN communication means, The present invention relates to a communication information providing system including a plurality of mobile terminals that perform wireless communication and wireless communication via a mobile phone communication network, a communication information providing method thereof, a mobile terminal, an information server, a communication information providing program, and a recording medium.

  In recent years, Hotspot (registered trademark) business has attracted attention. Here, the “hot spot (registered trademark) service” is to provide an Internet connection service by a wireless local area network (LAN) at a place where people gather or rest such as in a station premises or a coffee shop. It is only recently that such services have been seen, but in the US and other countries, business development has already progressed, mainly in coffee shops such as airports and Starbucks, ahead of Japan.

  As a technique for receiving such an Internet connection service using a wireless LAN, for example, in Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 14, information such as advertisements can be simply put on a portable information terminal such as a mobile phone held by a consumer. In order to provide a method for obtaining information, the desired information providing device 110 is sent from the mobile phone 120 to the desired information providing device 110 in order to confirm the local information 111 such as an advertisement in the information providing device 110 provided at a predetermined place. The local information 111 can be viewed on the display screen of the mobile phone 120 by accessing via the wireless LAN communication device 112.

Here, in the above example, the desired information providing apparatus 110 including the wireless LAN communication apparatus 112 corresponds to the hot spot described above.
JP 2004-102557 A (published April 2, 2004) JP 2003-274440 A (published September 26, 2003)

  However, the conventional communication information providing system has the following problems.

  That is, with respect to information obtained from a base station or a wireless hot spot (registered trademark) with a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, in order to make the information available with one or more other mobile terminals, a patent document 2, it is assumed that the information exists in a server on the same network. That is, as shown in FIG. 15, information can be obtained from a plurality of other mobile terminals 200... By accessing the server 204 of the Internet network 203 via the base station 201 and the Internet network 202, for example. It was.

  Therefore, as in Patent Document 1, the local information 111 such as an advertisement provided from the desired information providing device 110 provided at a predetermined location to the one mobile phone 120 in the vicinity of the wireless LAN connection is as follows. The other mobile terminals that are not connected to the wireless LAN cannot acquire the local information 111.

  On the other hand, Patent Document 1 discloses a method for providing information directly obtained between portable terminals 120 using short-range wireless communication such as infrared communication or Bluetooth (registered trademark). However, there is a problem in that information cannot be immediately provided to another mobile terminal at a remote location.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to transfer unique information available at a mobile terminal connected to each access point of a wireless LAN to other mobile phones outside the wireless LAN area. It is to provide a communication information providing system, a communication information providing method, a mobile terminal, an information server, a communication information providing program, and a recording medium that can be obtained from a terminal.

  In order to solve the above problems, a communication information providing system according to the present invention provides a wireless LAN communication means having a plurality of access points, a mobile phone communication network, a wireless communication with these wireless LAN communication means, and a mobile phone communication network. In a communication information providing system including a plurality of mobile terminals that communicate wirelessly via each access point, each access point of the wireless LAN communication means includes an access point identifier for identifying the access point and unique information supplied from the access point Is transmitted to the first portable terminal existing in the communication area, while the first portable terminal is based on the reception of the access point identifier and the specific information from each access point, Desired specific information corresponding to the desired information received in advance from the second portable terminal is transmitted via the portable telephone communication network to the second It is characterized by comprising a desired information providing means for transmitting to the portable terminal.

  The communication information providing method of the communication information providing system according to the present invention includes a wireless LAN communication means having a plurality of access points, a mobile phone communication network, and these wireless LAN communication means and wireless communication. And a communication information providing method for a communication information providing system including a plurality of portable terminals that wirelessly communicate via a mobile phone communication network, wherein each access point of the wireless LAN communication means is an access for identifying the access point. Transmitting a point identifier and unique information supplied from the access point to a first mobile terminal existing in a communication area, and the first mobile terminal receives the access point identifier from each access point and Based on the reception of the unique information, the desired unique information corresponding to the desired information received in advance from the second portable terminal is It is characterized by comprising the step of transmitting via the mobile phone communication network to the second mobile terminal.

  According to the above invention, in each access point of the wireless LAN communication means, the transmission control means has an access point identifier for identifying the access point and the unique information supplied from the access point in the communication area. Transmit to the first portable terminal.

  Then, the desired information providing means provided in the first portable terminal is configured to receive the second portable terminal existing outside the communication area of the access point based on the reception of the access point identifier and the unique information from each access point. Desired specific information corresponding to the desired information received in advance from the terminal is transmitted to the second portable terminal via the portable telephone communication network.

  Accordingly, by providing the first mobile terminal with the desired information providing means, the unique information provided to the first mobile terminal in the vicinity where each access point is installed is transferred to another second remote location. Can be shared with mobile devices.

  In addition, this makes it possible for the user of another second mobile terminal provided with the desired specific information from the specific information limited to the communication area of the access point to use the first mobile terminal that has received the direct information provision. It is possible to give an instruction to the person based on the obtained desired unique information.

  The communication information providing system according to the present invention is the communication information providing system described above, wherein the transmission control means of each access point authenticates the communication partner when communicating with the first portable terminal. And providing unique information storage means for storing the access point identifier and unique information.

  According to the above invention, each access point is provided with the providing unique information storage means for storing the access point identifier and the unique information as well as the authenticating means for authenticating the communication partner.

  Therefore, each access point does not need to receive unique information one by one from the information server of the wireless LAN communication means, so that the first portable terminal can quickly acquire unique information from each access point.

Further, the communication information providing system of the present invention is the communication information providing system described above, wherein the desired information providing means of the first mobile terminal is a receiving means for receiving an access point identifier and unique information from each access point; Desired information storage means for storing the portable terminal identifier received from the second portable terminal in association with the portable terminal identifier for identifying the second portable terminal and the desired information type identifier indicating the type of desired unique information; The unique information storage means that stores the access point identifier and the unique information associated with each other received from the access point by the receiving means, and the unique information stored in the unique information storage means is stored in the desired information storage means. A determination means for determining whether there is a match or similar to the desired information type identifier;
Information processing means for performing transmission processing to transmit the unique information stored in the unique information storage means via the cellular phone communication network when there is a match or similar to the desired information type identifier in the unique information; And a transmission means for transmitting the output of the information processing means to the second portable terminal via a cellular phone communication network.

  According to the above invention, the access point identifier allows the second portable terminal to identify which access point the information is limited to. Further, the mobile terminal identifier can identify the mobile terminal that has obtained the unique information and the mobile terminal that desires the unique information. Furthermore, necessary information can be selected from the unique information provided from the access point by the desired information type identifier.

  In the communication information providing system according to the present invention, in the communication information providing system described above, whether or not the desired information providing unit of the first portable terminal inputs the output of the information processing unit to the transmitting unit. It is characterized by having a judging means for judging.

  According to the above invention, the determination unit determines whether or not to input the output of the information processing unit to the transmission unit, and therefore can stop transmission of the unique information that should not be transmitted.

  The communication information providing system according to the present invention is the communication information providing system described above, wherein the desired information providing means of the first portable terminal receives the access point identifier and the unique information supplied from the access point. An access point received by the receiving unit from the access point, the unique information storing unit of the desired information providing unit in the first portable terminal is provided with a time measuring unit that measures time when the receiving unit receives the receiving unit from the access point; The point identifier and the unique information supplied from the access point and the time when the access point identifier and the unique information supplied from the access point are received are stored in association with each other.

  According to the above invention, the valid time of the desired unique information can be determined from the time when the first portable terminal receives the access point identifier and the unique information from the access point. Further, by associating them, the first portable terminal can transfer the time information to the unique information desired by the second portable terminal.

  In order to solve the above problems, a communication information providing system of the present invention is connected to a wireless LAN communication means having an information server and a plurality of access points connected to the information server, and the wireless LAN communication means. In a communication information providing system including the Internet, a mobile phone communication network, and a plurality of mobile terminals that wirelessly communicate with these wireless LAN communication means and wirelessly communicate via the mobile phone communication network, each access point of the wireless LAN communication means Transmission control means for transmitting to the information server an access point identifier for identifying the access point and an authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point On the other hand, the information server includes a communication area of the access point from each access point. Desired unique information corresponding to desired information received in advance from the second portable terminal based on reception of the authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the network via the Internet and the cellular phone communication network Desired information providing means for transmitting to the second portable terminal is provided.

  Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the communication information providing method of the communication information providing system of the present invention includes an information server, a wireless LAN communication means having a plurality of access points connected to the information server, and the wireless LAN communication. Communication information providing method of communication information providing system including the Internet connected to the means, a mobile phone communication network, and a plurality of mobile terminals that wirelessly communicate with the wireless LAN communication means and wirelessly communicate via the mobile phone communication network , Each access point of the wireless LAN communication means obtains an access point identifier for identifying the access point and an authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point. Transmitting to the information server, and the information server receives the access from each access point. Desired specific information corresponding to the desired information received in advance from the second portable terminal based on reception of the authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the point is transmitted to the Internet and the cellular phone. And transmitting to the second portable terminal via the communication network.

  According to the above invention, in each access point of the wireless LAN communication means, the transmission control means includes the access point identifier for identifying the access point, and the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point. The authenticated ID at the time of communication is transmitted to the information server.

  Then, the desired information providing means provided in the information server, based on reception of the authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point from each access point, Desired specific information corresponding to desired information received in advance from a second portable terminal existing outside the communication area of the access point is transmitted to the second portable terminal via the Internet and a cellular phone communication network.

  Therefore, by providing the desired information providing means in the information server, when the first portable terminal enters the communication area of each access point, the information server sends each access point to another second portable terminal at a remote location. The unique information in the communication area can be sent directly.

  This also allows another second mobile terminal user who is provided with the desired specific information from the specific information limited to the communication area of the wireless LAN communication means to the user of the first mobile terminal. It is possible to give an instruction based on the desired unique information.

  The communication information providing system according to the present invention is the communication information providing system described above, wherein the desired information providing means of the information server receives the authentication ID and the second portable information received in advance from the second portable terminal. Desired information storage means for associating and storing a portable terminal identifier for specifying a terminal and a desired information type identifier indicating the type of desired unique information, and exists in the communication area of the access point from each access point Receiving means for receiving the authenticated ID and the access point identifier at the time of communication with the first portable terminal, storing the authenticated ID received by the receiving means, and unique information in the communication area of each access point And providing unique information storage means for storing the access point identifier for identifying the access point in association with each other, and The ID determination means for determining whether or not the authenticated ID stored in the service specific information storage means matches the authentication ID stored in the desired information storage means, and the ID determination means When it is determined that the authenticated ID stored in the unique information storage means matches the authentication ID stored in the desired information storage means, the unique information stored in the providing unique information storage means Stored in the providing unique information storage means by the information judging means for judging whether or not there is something that matches or is similar to the desired information type identifier stored in the desired information storing means. When it is determined that there is an access point identifier and unique information that matches or is similar to the desired information type identifier stored in the desired information storage means, the providing unique information is provided. Information processing means for transmitting the unique information stored in the storage means via the Internet and a mobile phone communication network, and the output of the information processing means for the second mobile phone via the Internet and the mobile phone communication network. And a transmission means for transmitting to the second portable terminal based on the portable terminal identifier for specifying the terminal.

  According to the above invention, the access point identifier allows the second portable terminal to identify which access point the information is limited to. Further, in the second portable terminal, desired specific information in the communication area of the desired access point provided from the information server of the wireless LAN communication means can be obtained by the access point identifier and the desired information type identifier.

  The communication information providing system according to the present invention is the communication information providing system described above, wherein the desired information providing unit of the information server determines whether to input the output of the information processing unit to the transmitting unit. It is characterized by having means.

  According to the above invention, the determination unit determines whether or not to input the output of the information processing unit to the transmission unit, and therefore can stop transmission of the unique information that should not be transmitted.

  Further, the communication information providing system of the present invention is the communication information providing system described above, wherein the desired information providing means of the information server includes a time measuring means for measuring a time when the authenticated ID is received, The providing unique information storage means of the desired information providing means in the server stores the time at which the authenticated ID is received and the access point identifier for identifying the access point at the time of reception in association with each other. It is a feature.

  According to the above invention, the valid time of the desired unique information can be determined based on the time when the information server receives the authenticated ID. In addition, by associating the time when the authenticated ID is received and the access point identifier for identifying the access point at the time of reception, the information server can identify the access point identifier for identifying the access point at the time of reception. It is possible to transfer the information with the time information attached to it.

  In order to solve the above problems, a communication information providing system of the present invention is connected to a wireless LAN communication means having an information server and a plurality of access points connected to the information server, and the wireless LAN communication means. In a communication information providing system including the Internet, a mobile phone communication network, and a plurality of mobile terminals that wirelessly communicate with these wireless LAN communication means and wirelessly communicate via the mobile phone communication network, each access point of the wireless LAN communication means Transmission control means for transmitting to the information server an access point identifier for identifying the access point and an authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point On the other hand, the information server provides the access point from any access point. The unique information of each access point for the second mobile terminal that has received the authentication ID and the desired information in advance based on the reception of the authenticated ID during communication with the first mobile terminal existing in the communication area Is provided with a desired information providing means for transmitting all of the above to the second portable terminal via the Internet and a cellular phone communication network.

  Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the communication information providing method of the communication information providing system of the present invention includes an information server, a wireless LAN communication means having a plurality of access points connected to the information server, and the wireless LAN communication. Communication information providing method of communication information providing system including the Internet connected to the means, a mobile phone communication network, and a plurality of mobile terminals that wirelessly communicate with the wireless LAN communication means and wirelessly communicate via the mobile phone communication network , Each access point of the wireless LAN communication means obtains an access point identifier for identifying the access point and an authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point. Transmitting to the information server, and the information server from any access point, Each access to the second mobile terminal that has received the authentication ID and the desired information in advance based on the reception of the authenticated ID during communication with the first mobile terminal existing in the communication area of the access point And transmitting all of the point-specific information to the second portable terminal via the Internet and a cellular phone communication network.

  According to the above invention, in each access point of the wireless LAN communication means, the transmission control means includes the access point identifier for identifying the access point, and the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point. The authenticated ID at the time of communication is transmitted to the information server.

  And the desired information provision means provided in the information server is based on reception of the authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point from any access point. All unique information is transmitted to the second portable terminal via the Internet and the cellular phone communication network.

  Therefore, by providing the information server with the desired information providing means, when the first portable terminal enters the communication area of any access point, the information server is all connected to another second portable terminal at a remote location. You can send your specific information directly.

  In addition, this makes it possible for the user of another second portable terminal provided with the desired unique information from the unique information limited to the communication area of the wireless LAN communication means to obtain the desired uniqueness from all the obtained unique information. It is possible to select information and give an instruction based on the desired unique information to the user of the first portable terminal.

  The communication information providing system according to the present invention is the communication information providing system described above, wherein the desired information providing means of the information server receives the authentication ID and the second portable information received in advance from the second portable terminal. Desired information storage means for associating and storing a portable terminal identifier for specifying a terminal and a desired information type identifier indicating the type of desired unique information, and exists in the communication area of the access point from each access point Receiving means for receiving the authenticated ID and the access point identifier at the time of communication with the first portable terminal, storing the authenticated ID received by the receiving means, and unique information in the communication area of each access point And providing unique information storage means for storing the access point identifier for identifying the access point in association with each other, and The ID determination means for determining whether or not the authenticated ID stored in the service specific information storage means matches the authentication ID stored in the desired information storage means, and the ID determination means When it is determined that the authenticated ID stored in the unique information storage means matches the authentication ID stored in the desired information storage means, all the unique information stored in the providing unique information storage means Information processing means for performing transmission processing to transmit data over the Internet and a mobile phone communication network, and a portable terminal for specifying the second mobile terminal with respect to the output of the information processing means via the Internet and the mobile phone communication network And a transmission means for transmitting to the second portable terminal based on the identifier.

  According to the above invention, the access point identifier allows the second portable terminal to identify which access point the information is limited to. Further, in the second portable terminal, desired unique information can be selected from all the unique information provided from the information server of the wireless LAN communication means by the access point identifier and the desired information type identifier.

  The communication information providing system according to the present invention is the communication information providing system described above, wherein the desired information providing unit of the information server determines whether to input the output of the information processing unit to the transmitting unit. It is characterized by having means.

  According to the above invention, the determination unit determines whether or not to input the output of the information processing unit to the transmission unit, and therefore can stop transmission of the unique information that should not be transmitted.

  Further, the communication information providing system according to the present invention is the communication information providing system described above, wherein the desired information providing unit of the information server includes a time measuring unit that measures a time when the authenticated ID is received, The providing unique information storage means of the desired information providing means in the server stores the time at which the authenticated ID is received and the access point identifier for identifying the access point at the time of reception in association with each other. It is a feature.

  According to the above invention, the valid time of the desired unique information can be determined based on the time when the information server receives the authenticated ID. In addition, by associating the time when the authenticated ID is received and the access point identifier for identifying the access point at the time of reception, the information server can identify the access point identifier for identifying the access point at the time of reception. It is possible to transfer the information with the time information attached to it.

  Moreover, the communication information provision program of this invention is a communication information provision program for functioning a computer as each means of the said communication information provision system, in order to solve the said subject.

  According to the above invention, the communication information providing program can be realized by realizing each means of the communication information providing program by a computer.

  The recording medium of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium on which a communication information providing program for operating the communication information providing system is realized by causing the above-described means to be realized by a computer.

  According to the above invention, the communication information providing system can be realized on a computer by the communication information providing program read from the recording medium.

  The portable terminal of the present invention is a portable terminal constituting the communication information providing system described above, and includes the desired information providing means.

  The information server of the present invention is a portable terminal that constitutes the communication information providing system described above, and includes the desired information providing means.

  Therefore, it is possible to provide a portable terminal and an information server that can obtain unique information that can be obtained from a portable terminal connected to each access point of the wireless LAN even in other portable terminals outside the wireless LAN area.

  In the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method of the present invention, as described above, each access point of the wireless LAN communication means is provided with an access point identifier for identifying the access point and a unique supplied from the access point. The first portable terminal includes transmission control means for transmitting information to a first portable terminal existing in the communication area, while the first portable terminal is based on reception of the access point identifier and unique information from each access point. Desired information providing means for transmitting desired specific information corresponding to desired information received in advance from a second portable terminal existing outside the communication area of the access point to the second portable terminal via the portable telephone communication network I have.

  The communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present invention, as described above, each access point of the wireless LAN communication means has an access point identifier for identifying the access point and communication of the access point. The information server includes a transmission control means for transmitting to the information server an authenticated authentication ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the area, and the information server receives the access point from each access point. Corresponds to the desired information received in advance from the second mobile terminal existing outside the communication area of the access point based on the reception of the authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first mobile terminal existing in the communication area of Desired information providing means for transmitting desired specific information to the second portable terminal via the Internet and a cellular phone communication network is provided.

  The communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present invention, as described above, each access point of the wireless LAN communication means has an access point identifier for identifying the access point and communication of the access point. The information server includes a transmission control unit that transmits an authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first mobile terminal existing in the area to the information server, while the information server receives the access point from any access point. A second portable terminal that has received an authentication ID and desired information in advance, outside the communication area of the access point, based on reception of the authenticated ID during communication with the first portable terminal that exists in the communication area In contrast, all of the unique information for each access point is transferred to the second mobile terminal via the Internet and the mobile phone communication network. And a desired information providing unit to be sent to.

  Therefore, a communication information providing system in which unique information that can be obtained by a mobile terminal connected to each access point of the wireless LAN can be obtained also by another mobile terminal outside the wireless LAN area, its communication information providing method, mobile terminal, The information server, the communication information providing program, and the recording medium can be provided.

[Embodiment 1]
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 as follows.

  In the communication information providing system of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, a wireless LAN connection service device 10 as a wireless LAN communication means provided in a supermarket A store includes one shop server 1 and a canned corner. Alternatively, a service AP 3 serving as an access point that is a so-called hot spot (registered trademark) of a wireless local area network (LAN) provided in each corner 2 such as a fresh food corner is provided. Each service AP 3 is connected to the shop server 1 via a wired LAN. In the present embodiment, the wireless LAN connection area of each service AP 3 substantially corresponds to the area of each corner 2.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the service AP 3 includes a wireless communication control unit 31 for performing wireless communication with the mobile phone a, and authentication as authentication means for performing authentication confirmation of the mobile phone a. A local information storage unit 33 as an access point specific information storage means for storing local information 4 as specific information to be described later such as “bargain information” and “direct flight information”, A wired communication control unit 34 for performing wired communication with the shop server 1 is provided. The wireless communication control unit 31, the authentication unit 32, and the local information storage unit 33 constitute a transmission control unit 30 as a transmission control unit. The transmission control unit and the wired communication control unit 34 constitute a transmission control unit. The local information storage unit 33 is configured by, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive).

  The local information 4 of the service AP 3 is regularly updated based on the local information 4 stored in a storage device (not shown) of the shop server 1.

  Thereby, as shown in FIG. 1, when a person having a mobile phone a as the first portable terminal enters the communication area of the service AP3 provided in the canned corner by entering the canned corner, the service AP3 is Then, the service AP identifier 3a as an access point identifier for identifying the service AP 3 provided in the canned corner and the local information 4 such as an advertisement are distributed from the service AP 3 to the mobile phone a.

  Here, in order to know whether the person having the mobile phone a is currently in the communication area of the wireless LAN in the wireless LAN connection service device 10, that is, in the hot spot (registered trademark) service, the hot spot (registered trademark) is used. ) By a service area map (in this embodiment, in each corner) notified by the operator (in this embodiment, a supermarket store A) and software indicating the electrolytic strength generally attached to wireless LAN products , You can know roughly.

  This software represents the electrolytic strength of a wireless LAN channel that transmits an ESS (Extended Service Set) ID specified by the user. As a network security measure between the service AP3 and the mobile phone a, the service AP3 performs an authentication procedure with the mobile phone a. For example, an ID of 2 is set between the service AP3 and the mobile phone a. Open system authentication that exchanges in steps, common key authentication that encrypts an ID and performs authentication in four steps, and the like are used. In the actual product, a group is set with a name such as “ESS ID”.

  When this ESSID is specified by a Hotspot (registered trademark) operator, if the ESSID is set in software indicating the electric field strength, it can be roughly determined whether or not it is in the service area of the operator. Note that not only the “ESS ID”, but a unique number called a MAC address is always assigned to each device such as a terminal that communicates with the wireless LAN, so the MAC address of the mobile phone a is registered in the service AP3 in advance. In addition, it is possible to permit communication to the mobile phone a that matches the registered MAC address.

  The mobile phone a that has received the local information 4 by distributing the local information 4 from the service AP 3 described above, for example, as a mobile phone communication network with respect to the mobile phone b as the second mobile terminal existing at home. It is transmitted by e-mail or the like via the mobile phone network 12. Accordingly, the mobile phone b can acquire the local information 4 provided by the wireless LAN connection service device 10 even outside the wireless LAN connection area in the wireless LAN connection service device 10.

  In addition, when the service AP3 can communicate with the mobile phone a by the above-described authentication procedure, the service AP3 transmits, for example, an advertisement such as bargain information as the local information 4 of the canned corner to the mobile phone a. .

  By the way, in the present embodiment, the mobile phone a is provided with the desired information providing device 20 for the mobile phone a to obtain the local information 4 desired by the mobile phone b from the service AP 3 and transmit it to the mobile phone b. Yes. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the desired information providing device 20 as the desired information providing unit provided in the mobile phone a includes a receiving unit 21 as a receiving unit, an information storage unit 22, an information processing unit 23, The transmission unit 24, the determination unit 25, and the desired information storage unit 26 are configured.

  The receiving unit 21 communicates with each service AP 3 by the wireless LAN communication control unit 11 and receives an access point identifier and local information 4 from each service AP 3.

  The service AP identifier 3a includes, for example, an identifier such as a digital display or a text display indicating that the service AP 3 is in each corner 2. Specifically, for example, “Spot Spot C” or “Hot Spot CA store canned corner” is a service AP3 of a canned corner, and “Hot Spot F” is a service AP3 of a fresh food corner. “Hot Spot FA Store Fresh Food Corner”.

  On the other hand, the local information 4 is specific contents of bargain information and direct flight information, for example. Specifically, for example, if it is a canned corner, it is bargain information “canned oranges 80 yen” or the like, and if it is a fresh food corner, it is direct mail information “鮭” or the like. Therefore, the local information 4 includes local information identifiers 4a such as “bargain information” and “direct flight information” indicating the type of the local information 4, and specific information such as “canned oranges 80 yen” and “mochi”. It is made up of things.

  The information storage unit 22 has a function as a unique information storage unit that stores the service AP identifier 3a and the local information 4 that are received from the service AP 3 via the reception unit 21 in association with each other.

  The desired information storage unit 26 receives the mobile phone address 41 as a mobile terminal identifier for identifying the mobile phone b and the desired information indicating the type of specific information received from the mobile phone b via the mobile phone network 12. It has a function as a desired information storage unit that stores the type identifier in association with each other. The mobile phone address 41 is, for example, a telephone number. The desired information type identifier is, for example, a desired information type keyword 42 such as “bargain information” or “direct flight information”.

  The determination unit 25 includes a local information identifier 4 a such as “bargain information” or “direct flight information” indicating the type of unique information included in the local information 4 stored in the information storage unit 22, and a desired information storage unit 26. It has a function as a determination means for determining whether or not the stored desired information type keyword 42 matches.

  When the local information identifier 4 a matches the desired information type keyword 42, the information processing unit 23 performs transmission processing to transmit the local information 4 stored in the information storage unit 22 via the mobile phone network 12. It has a function as information processing means for outputting to the unit 24.

  The transmission unit 24 receives the output information from the information processing unit 23 and transmits the local information 4 to the mobile phone b.

  Here, in this embodiment, a determination unit 27 as a determination unit can be provided between the information processing unit 23 and the transmission unit 24. The determination unit 27 determines whether or not the local information 4 output by the information processing unit 23 may be transmitted to the mobile phone b. The local information 4 not transmitted to the mobile phone b is, for example, a case where a product based on the local information 4 is expensive and does not want to be transmitted to the mobile phone b. The determination by the determination unit 27 is, for example, an operation in which the user of the mobile phone a selects whether to transmit the local information 4 while viewing the list of the local information 4 displayed on the screen of the mobile phone a. Can be done.

  In the present embodiment, the mobile phone a can further be provided with a timer 28 as time measuring means. The timer 28 measures the time when the service AP identifier 3a and the local information 4 supplied from the service AP 3 are received from the service AP 3 by the receiving unit 21. In the present embodiment, the information storage unit 22 stores the service AP identifier 3a and the local information 4 in association with the time when the service AP 3 is received from the service AP 3.

  The operation of the communication information providing system having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 and FIG.

  First, as shown in FIG. 4, the mobile phone a stores in advance the mobile phone address 41 of the mobile phone b in the desired information storage unit 26 of the desired information providing device 20 as an initial setting (S1).

  On the other hand, the mobile phone b registers the desired information type keyword 42 such as “bargain information” and “directly sent direct” shown in FIG. 1 in the mobile phone b and carries the desired information type keyword 42 by e-mail. It transmits to the telephone a via the mobile telephone network 12. At this time, the mobile phone b automatically transmits the mobile phone address 41 of its own mobile phone b.

  The desired information providing device 20 of the mobile phone a that has received this mail receives the desired information type keyword 42 as the desired information type identifier from the mobile phone b, as shown in FIG. And the mobile phone address 41 of the mobile phone a are associated with each other and stored in the desired information storage unit 26 (S11).

  In this state, the mobile phone a enters the canned corner of the supermarket A store as shown in FIG. Thereby, it becomes in the communication area of service AP3 provided in the canned corner of the supermarket A store. Whether or not the mobile phone a is within the communication area of the service AP 3 can be recognized, for example, by lighting a lamp provided at the tip of an antenna (not shown) of the mobile phone a.

  Therefore, the mobile phone a makes a connection request based on the communication protocol to the service AP3. At this time, transmission is performed from the service AP 3 to the mobile phone a, for example, in the packet format shown in FIG. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 6, the service AP3 authenticates whether the mobile phone a has a registered MAC address, for example (S21).

  When the authentication is confirmed, the service AP 3 transmits local information 4 such as “bargain information” of the canned corner to the mobile phone a. Thereby, the mobile phone a stores the local information 4 in the information storage unit 22 in association with the canned corner service AP3 (S22). At this time, the time when the local information 4 is received from the service AP 3 can also be associated and stored.

  Next, the desired information providing apparatus 20 determines whether or not the desired information type keyword 42 is included in the local information 4 in the determination unit 25 (S23).

  If the local information 4 includes the desired information type keyword 42, the mobile phone a uses the information processing unit 23 to send the local information 4 to the mobile phone address 41 of the mobile phone a that transmits the local information 4. Then, a transmission preparation process is performed so as to be transmitted in association with the mobile phone address 41 of the mobile phone b that receives it, and output to the transmission unit 24 (S24).

  Next, for example, after the determination unit 27 determines whether the transmission is allowed (S25), the transmission unit 24 transmits a mail to the mobile phone b via the mobile phone network 12. At this time, transmission from the mobile phone a to the mobile phone b is performed, for example, in the packet format shown in FIG.

  Thereby, as shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone b can know “bargain information” in the canned corner.

  On the other hand, as shown in the figure, when the user with the mobile phone a moves from the canned corner to the fresh food corner, the service AP3 of the fresh food corner is within the communication area. At this time, as in the case described above, the service AP3 of the fresh food corner performs authentication with the mobile phone a, and if authentication is confirmed, performs the processing of S21 to S25 shown in FIG. 6, and as shown in FIG. , You can know that the direct delivery of fresh food corner is “鮭”.

  Thereby, the mobile phone b can send an e-mail message such as “Buy one bag” to the mobile phone a.

  As described above, in the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, in each service AP3 of the wireless LAN connection service device 10, the transmission AP identifier 3a for the transmission control unit 30 to identify the service AP3. And local information 4 supplied from the service AP 3 is transmitted to the mobile phone a existing in the communication area.

  Then, the desired information providing device 20 provided in the mobile phone a receives a second mobile phone that exists outside the communication area of the access point based on reception of the service AP identifier 3a and local information from each access point. Desired specific information corresponding to the desired information received in advance from the terminal is transmitted to the second portable terminal via the portable telephone communication network.

  Accordingly, by providing the desired information providing device 20 in the mobile phone a, the local information 4 provided toward the mobile phone a in the vicinity where each service AP3 is installed is shared with another mobile phone b at a remote location. become able to.

  In addition, as a result, the user of another mobile phone b provided with the desired local information 4 from the local information 4 limited to the communication area of the service AP 3 can directly receive the information provided to the user of the mobile phone a. It is possible to give an instruction based on the desired local information 4 obtained.

  Further, in the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, the transmission control unit 30 of each service AP 3 includes an authentication unit 32 that authenticates a communication partner when performing communication with the mobile phone a, A local information storage unit 33 for storing the service AP identifier 3a and the local information 4.

  That is, each service AP 3 is provided with a local information storage unit 33 for storing the service AP identifier 3 a and the local information 4 as well as the authentication unit 32 for authenticating the communication partner.

  Accordingly, each service AP 3 does not need to receive the local information 4 from the shop server 1 of the wireless LAN connection service device 10 one by one, so that the mobile phone a can quickly acquire the local information 4 from each service AP 3.

  Further, in the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, the service AP identifier 3a can identify the local information 4 limited to which service AP3 in the mobile phone b. Further, the mobile phone address 41 can identify the mobile phone a that has obtained the local information 4 and the mobile phone b that desires the local information 4. Further, the desired information type keyword 42 can select necessary information from the local information 4 provided from the service AP 3.

  Further, in the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, the determination unit 27 determines whether or not to input the output of the information processing unit 23 to the transmission unit 24. Transmission of information 4 can be stopped.

  Further, in the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method of the present embodiment, the timer 28 is provided, so that the time when the mobile phone a receives the service AP identifier 3a and the local information 4 from the service AP3 is determined. The valid time of the desired unique information can be determined. Further, by associating them, the mobile phone a can transfer the local information 4 desired by the mobile phone b with time information.

[Embodiment 2]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. Configurations other than those described in the present embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those shown in the drawings of the first embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and explanation thereof is omitted.

  In the communication information providing system of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the wireless LAN connection service device 10 as the wireless LAN communication means includes a local information storage unit 33 in the service AP 3, and this local information The local information 4 stored in the storage unit 33 is directly transmitted to the mobile phone a. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. For example, the local information 4 can be directly transmitted from the storage device of the shop server 1 as an information server to the mobile phone b.

  That is, the shop server 1 is a server that forms the core of the wireless LAN connection service device 10 as a wireless LAN communication means provided in the supermarket A store, and a storage device (not shown) of the shop server 1 is shown in FIG. Thus, as sales floor information of all the corners 2, for example, local information 4 as unique information such as “bargain information” and “direct flight information”, and a pre-registered authentication ID 51 indicating that it is a customer of the supermarket A store And the mobile phone address 41 of the mobile phone b for which information is desired is stored.

  Therefore, in the communication information providing system of the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, the wireless LAN connection service device 50 as the wireless LAN communication means is connected to the shop server 1 and a plurality of the same as the wireless LAN connection service device 10. In addition to the service AP 3, the shop server 1 can directly transmit the local information 4 stored in the storage device to the mobile phone b outside the wireless LAN communication area of the wireless LAN connection service device 50. It has become. For this purpose, the desired information providing apparatus 20 described in the first embodiment is installed in the shop server 1 to achieve the object.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 3, in the desired information providing apparatus 20 of the present embodiment, the desired information storage unit 26 as the desired information storage means includes the authentication ID 51 received in advance from the mobile phone b and the mobile phone. The mobile phone address 41 for specifying b and the desired information type keyword 42 indicating the type of the desired local information 4 are stored in association with each other.

  The receiving unit 21 serving as a receiving unit receives the authenticated ID 51a and the service AP identifier 3a from each service AP3 when communicating with the mobile phone a existing within the communication area of the service AP3.

  The information storage unit 22 stores the authenticated ID 51a received by the reception unit 21, and stores the local information 4 in the communication area of each service AP 3 and the service AP identifier 3a for identifying the service AP 3 in association with each other. It has a function as providing unique information storage means.

  The determination unit 25 serving as an ID determination unit determines whether the authenticated ID 51 a stored in the information storage unit 22 matches the authentication ID 51 stored in the desired information storage unit 26.

  The determination unit 25 stores the authenticated ID 51 a stored in the information storage unit 22 and the authentication ID 51 stored in the desired information storage unit 26 when the determination is made that the authentication ID 51 a matches. The local information 4 also has a function as information determination means for determining whether there is a local information 4 that matches or is similar to the desired information type keyword 42 stored in the desired information storage unit 26.

  The information processing unit 23 as the information processing means uses the determination unit 25 to select the desired information type keyword 42 stored in the desired information storage unit 26 in the service AP identifier 3 a and the local information 4 stored in the information storage unit 22. When the local information 4 stored in the information storage unit 22 is determined to be identical or similar, the transmission processing is performed to transmit the local information 4 via the Internet 13 and the mobile phone network 12.

  The transmission unit 24 as a transmission unit transmits the output of the information processing unit 23 to the mobile phone b based on the mobile phone address 41 for specifying the mobile terminal via the Internet 13 and the mobile phone network 12.

  Here, in this embodiment, a determination unit 27 as a determination unit can be provided between the information processing unit 23 and the transmission unit 24. The determination unit 27 determines whether or not the local information 4 output by the information processing unit 23 may be transmitted to the mobile phone b.

  Also in the present embodiment, the desired information providing apparatus 20 can be further provided with a timer 28 as a timing unit and a determination unit 27 as a determination unit.

  The operation of the communication information providing system having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 and FIGS.

  First, as shown in FIG. 8, the shop server 1 stores the mobile phone address 41 of the mobile phone b, the customer ID 51, and the local information 4 of all corners 2 in the information storage unit 22 as an initial setting. (S31).

  In this state, the mobile phone b registers the desired information type keyword 42 and the authentication ID 51 such as “bargain information” and “directly sent direct” shown in FIG. 42 and the authentication ID 51 are transmitted to the shop server 1 by mail via the mobile phone network 12 and the Internet 13. At this time, the mobile phone b automatically transmits the mobile phone address 41 of its own mobile phone b.

  Upon receiving this mail, the desired information providing device 20 of the shop server 1 receives the desired information type keyword 42 and the authentication ID 51 from the mobile phone b as shown in FIG. The mobile phone address 41 and the authentication ID 51 of the telephone a are associated with each other and stored in the desired information storage unit 26 (S41).

  On the other hand, in this state, the mobile phone a enters the canned corner of the supermarket A store as shown in FIG. Thereby, it becomes in the communication area of service AP3 provided in the canned corner of the supermarket A store.

  Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 10, the mobile phone a makes a connection request based on the communication protocol to the service AP3, whereby the service AP3 authenticates whether the mobile phone a has the registered customer ID 51. (S51).

  The service AP 3 transmits this authenticated ID 51 a to the shop server 1 when the authentication confirmation is obtained. Thereby, the receiving part 21 shown in FIG. 3 in the desired information providing apparatus 20 of the shop server 1 receives the authenticated ID 51a and stores it in the information storage part 22 (S52).

  Next, the determination unit 25 of the desired information providing apparatus 20 determines whether the authenticated ID 51a stored in the information storage unit 22 matches the authentication ID 51 stored in advance in the desired information storage unit 26 (S53). If the two match, the determination unit 25 subsequently determines whether or not the desired information type keyword 42 is included in the local information 4 (S54).

  If the local information 4 includes the desired information type keyword 42, the shop server 1 causes the information processing unit 23 to transmit the local information 4 to the mobile phone address 41 of the mobile phone a that transmits the local information 4. Then, a transmission preparation process is performed so as to be transmitted in association with the mobile phone address 41 of the mobile phone b that receives it, and output to the transmitter 24 (S55).

  Next, for example, after the determination unit 27 determines whether the transmission is allowed (S56), the transmission unit 24 transmits a mail to the mobile phone b via the Internet 13 and the mobile phone network 12.

  Thereby, as shown in FIG. 7, the mobile phone b can know the “bargain information” in the canned corner.

  On the other hand, as shown in the figure, when the user with the mobile phone a moves from the canned corner to the fresh food corner, the service AP3 of the fresh food corner is within the communication area. At this time, the service AP3 of the fresh food corner performs authentication with the mobile phone a as described above, and if authentication is confirmed, performs the processing of S51 to S56 shown in FIG. 10, and as shown in FIG. , You can know that the direct delivery of fresh food corner is “鮭”.

  Thereby, the mobile phone b can send an e-mail message such as “Buy one bag” to the mobile phone a.

  As described above, in the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, in each service AP3 of the wireless LAN connection service device 50, the transmission AP identifier 3a for the transmission control unit 30 to identify the service AP3. And the authenticated ID 51a at the time of communication with the mobile phone a existing in the communication area of the service AP3 is transmitted to the shop server 1.

  Then, the desired information providing device 20 provided in the shop server 1 receives the authenticated ID 51a from each service AP3 upon communication with the mobile phone a existing in the communication area of the service AP3. The local information 4 corresponding to the desired information received from the mobile phone b existing outside the communication area of the service AP 3 is transmitted to the mobile phone b via the Internet 13 and the mobile phone network 12.

  Therefore, by providing the desired information providing device 20 in the shop server 1, when the mobile phone a enters the communication area of each service AP3, the shop server 1 sends the service AP3 to another mobile phone b at a remote location. Local information 4 within the communication area can be sent directly.

  In addition, as a result, the user of another mobile phone b provided with the desired local information 4 from the local information 4 limited to the communication area of the wireless LAN connection service device 50 gains the user of the mobile phone a. An instruction based on the desired local information 4 can be performed.

  In the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, the service AP identifier 3a can identify which service AP3 is limited to the service AP3. In the mobile phone b, the desired local information 4 in the communication area of the desired service AP 3 provided from the shop server 1 of the wireless LAN connection service device 50 is obtained by the service AP identifier 3 a and the desired information type keyword 42. be able to.

  Further, in the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, the determination unit 27 determines whether or not to input the output of the information processing unit 23 to the transmission unit 24. Transmission of information 4 can be stopped.

  Further, in the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, the valid time of the desired local information 4 can be determined based on the time when the shop server 1 receives the authentication ID 51. Further, by associating the time when the authenticated ID 51a is received with the service AP identifier 3a for identifying the service AP3 at the time of reception, the shop server 1 can identify the service AP3 at the time of reception. It is possible to transfer the AP identifier 3a with time information.

[Embodiment 3]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. The configurations other than those described in the present embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment and the second embodiment. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those shown in the drawings of Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2 are given the same reference numerals, and explanation thereof is omitted.

  In the communication information providing system of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, only local information 4 desired by the mobile phone b is transmitted from the storage device of the shop server 1 to the mobile phone b.

  However, the shop server 1 does not necessarily transmit only the local information 4 desired by the mobile phone b to the mobile phone b, but transmits the local information 4 of all the corners 2, and the mobile phone b selects it. It can be displayed.

  That is, in the communication information providing system of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the wireless LAN connection service device 60 as the wireless LAN communication means is connected to the shop server 1 in the same way as the wireless LAN connection service devices 10 and 50. And a plurality of service AP3.

  As in the second embodiment, the shop server 1 stores local information 4 as specific information such as “bargain information” and “direct flight information” as sales floor information of all corners 2 in the storage device. A pre-registered authentication ID 51 indicating that the customer is a supermarket A store customer and a mobile phone address 41 of the mobile phone b for which information is desired are stored. Therefore, the shop server 1 transmits the local information 4 stored in the storage device directly to the mobile phone b outside the wireless LAN communication area of the wireless LAN connection service device 60 in a lump.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, desired information providing apparatus 20 in the communication information providing system of the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first and second embodiments, but is stored. Information content and processing content are different. However, in this embodiment, since it is substantially the same as the content of the desired information providing apparatus 20 of the second embodiment, only different parts will be described.

  That is, in the present embodiment, the determination unit 25 includes the authenticated ID 51a stored in the information storage unit 22 as the providing unique information storage unit and the authentication information stored in the desired information storage unit 26 as the desired information storage unit. It has a function as ID judging means for judging whether or not the use ID 51 matches. However, when it is determined that the two match, the information determination means for determining whether or not there is a local information 4 that matches or is similar to the desired information type keyword 42 stored in the desired information storage unit 26. This function may not be provided.

  Further, the information processing unit 23 as an information processing unit determines whether or not the authenticated ID 51 a stored in the information storage unit 22 matches the authentication ID 51 stored in the desired information storage unit 26 by the determination unit 25. When it is determined that all the local information 4 stored in the information storage unit 22 is transmitted through the Internet 13 and the mobile phone network 12 as a mobile phone communication network.

  Then, the transmission unit 24 as a transmission unit sends all the local information 4 to the mobile phone b based on the mobile phone address 41 for specifying the mobile terminal via the Internet 13 and the mobile phone network 12. Send.

  In the present embodiment, the mobile phone b that has received all the local information 4 can select and display the desired local information 4 from among them.

  The operation of the communication information providing system having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 8, 12 and 13, and FIG.

  First, as shown in FIG. 8, the shop server 1 stores the mobile phone address 41 of the mobile phone b and the local information 4 of all the corners 2 in the information storage unit 22 as an initial setting (S31). .

  In this state, the mobile phone b registers the desired information type keyword 42 and the authentication ID 51 such as “bargain information” and “directly sent direct” shown in FIG. 42 and the authentication ID 51 are transmitted to the shop server 1 by mail via the mobile phone network 12 and the Internet 13. At this time, the mobile phone b automatically transmits the mobile phone address 41 of its own mobile phone b.

  Upon receiving this mail, the desired information providing device 20 of the shop server 1 receives the authentication ID 51 from the mobile phone b, as shown in FIG. 12, and the mobile phone address 41 and the authentication ID 51 of the mobile phone a Are associated with each other and stored in the desired information storage unit 26 (S61).

  On the other hand, in this state, the mobile phone a enters the canned corner of the supermarket A store as shown in FIG. Thereby, it becomes in the communication area of service AP3 provided in the canned corner of the supermarket A store.

  Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 13, the mobile phone a makes a connection request based on the communication protocol to the service AP3, so that the service AP3 authenticates whether the mobile phone a has the registered authentication ID 51. Perform (S71).

  The service AP 3 transmits this authenticated ID 51 a to the shop server 1 when the authentication confirmation is obtained. Thereby, the receiving part 21 shown in FIG. 3 in the desired information providing device 20 of the shop server 1 receives the authenticated ID 51a and stores it in the information storage part 22 (S72). At this time, the time when the local information 4 is received from the service AP 3 can also be associated and stored.

  Next, the determination unit 25 of the desired information providing apparatus 20 determines whether the authenticated ID 51a stored in the information storage unit 22 matches the authentication ID 51 stored in advance in the desired information storage unit 26 (S73).

  In the present embodiment, if the two match, the shop server 1 uses the information processing unit 23 to obtain the local information 4 of all the corners 2 and the mobile phone address 41 of the mobile phone b that receives it. In order to transmit in association with each other, a transmission preparation process is performed and output to the transmission unit 24 (S74).

  Next, for example, after the determination unit 27 determines whether the transmission is allowed (S75), the transmission unit 24 sends an e-mail to the mobile phone b via the Internet 13 and the mobile phone network 12.

  Thereby, the mobile phone b can know the “bargain information” of all the corners 2 as shown in FIG.

  At this time, a list of “bargain information” of all the corners 2 is displayed on the display screen of the mobile phone b. It is possible to select “bargain information” of the desired corner 2.

  Thereby, the mobile phone b can send an e-mail message such as “Buy one bag” to the mobile phone a.

  As described above, in the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, in each service AP3 of the wireless LAN connection service device 60, the transmission control unit 30 identifies the service AP3 for service AP identifier 3a. And the authenticated ID 51a at the time of communication with the mobile phone a existing in the communication area of the service AP3 is transmitted to the shop server 1.

  The desired information providing device 20 provided in the shop server 1 is based on reception of the authenticated ID 51a from any service AP3 when communicating with the mobile phone a existing in the communication area of the service AP3. All local information 4 is transmitted to the mobile phone b via the Internet 13 and the mobile phone network 12.

  Therefore, by providing the desired information providing device 20 in the shop server 1, when the mobile phone a enters the communication area of any service AP 3, the shop server 1 sends all of the mobile phones b in a remote place to all mobile phones b. Local information 4 can be sent directly.

  In addition, as a result, a user of another mobile phone b provided with the desired local information 4 from the local information 4 limited to the communication area of the wireless LAN connection service device 60 can obtain from all the obtained local information 4. It is possible to select desired local information 4 and give an instruction based on the desired local information 4 to the user of the mobile phone a.

  In the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, the service AP identifier 3a can identify which service AP3 is limited to the service AP3. In the mobile phone b, the desired local information 4 can be selected from all the local information 4 provided from the shop server 1 of the wireless LAN connection service device 60 by the service AP identifier 3a and the local information identifier 4a.

  Further, in the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, the determination unit 27 determines whether or not to input the output of the information processing unit 23 to the transmission unit 24. Transmission of information 4 can be stopped.

  Further, in the communication information providing system and the communication information providing method according to the present embodiment, the valid time of the desired local information 4 can be determined based on the time when the shop server 1 receives the authenticated ID 51a. Further, by associating the time when the authenticated ID 51a is received with the service AP identifier 3a for identifying the service AP3 at the time of reception, the shop server 1 can identify the service AP3 at the time of reception. It is possible to transfer the AP identifier 3a with time information.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and the technical means disclosed in different embodiments can be appropriately combined. Such embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  Finally, each block of the service AP 3 or the desired information providing device 20 may be configured by hardware logic, or may be realized by software using an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU as follows.

  That is, each block of the service AP 3 or the desired information providing device 20 develops a CPU (central processing unit) that executes a command of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, and the program. A random access memory (RAM), a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data, and the like. An object of the present invention is to record the communication information providing program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of the service AP3 or the desired information providing apparatus 20 that is software that realizes the above-described functions so that it can be read by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the recorded recording medium to the service AP 3 or the desired information providing device 20 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks / hard disks, and disks including optical disks such as CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

The service AP 3 or the desired information providing device 20 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Further, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the transmission medium such as IEEE 1394, USB (registered trademark) , power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc. It can also be used by radio such as infrared, Bluetooth (registered trademark) , 802.11 radio, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a carrier wave or a data signal sequence in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  As described above, the communication information providing program according to the present embodiment is a computer program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the communication information providing system. Therefore, the communication information providing program can be realized by realizing each means of the communication information providing program with a computer.

  The recording medium of the present embodiment is a computer-readable recording medium on which a communication information providing program for operating the communication information providing system is realized by causing the above-described units to be realized by a computer. Therefore, the communication information providing system can be realized on the computer by the communication information providing program read from the recording medium.

  The communication information providing system and the communication information providing method of the present invention are applicable to a mobile phone, a PDA having a communication function, and a wireless LAN connection service device.

It is a block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the communication information provision system in this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the access point in the said communication information provision system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the desired information provision apparatus provided in the mobile telephone a in the said communication information provision system. It is a flowchart which shows the initial setting of the desired information provision apparatus provided in the mobile telephone a in the said communication information provision system. It is a flowchart which shows the information provision setting operation | movement to the desired information storage part in the desired information provision apparatus provided in the mobile telephone a in the said communication information provision system. It is a flowchart which shows the information provision operation | movement in the desired information provision apparatus provided in the mobile telephone a in the said communication information provision system. It is a block diagram which shows other embodiment of the communication information provision system in this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the initial setting of the desired information provision apparatus provided in the shop server in the said communication information provision system. It is a flowchart which shows the information provision setting operation | movement to the desired information storage part in the desired information provision apparatus provided in the shop server in the said communication information provision system. It is a flowchart which shows the information provision operation | movement in the desired information provision apparatus provided in the mobile telephone b in the said communication information provision system. It is a block diagram which shows other embodiment of the communication information provision system in this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the information provision setting operation | movement to the desired information storage part in the desired information provision apparatus provided in the shop server in the said communication information provision system. It is a flowchart which shows the information provision operation | movement in the desired information provision apparatus provided in the shop server in the said communication information provision system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the conventional communication information provision system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the other conventional communication information provision system.

Explanation of symbols

1 Shop server (information server)
2 Corner (within the communication area of the access point)
3 Service AP (Access Point)
3a Service AP identifier (access point identifier)
4 Local information (unique information)
4a Local information identifier 10 Wireless LAN connection service device (wireless LAN communication means)
11 Wireless LAN communication control unit 12 Mobile phone network (mobile phone communication network)
13 Internet 20 Desired information providing device (desired information providing means)
30 Transmission Control Unit (Transmission Control Unit)
21 Receiver (Receiving means)
22 Information storage unit (unique information storage means, providing unique information storage means)
23 Information processing section (information processing means)
24 Transmitter (Transmission means)
25 Judgment part (judgment means, ID judgment means)
26 Desired information storage unit (desired information storage means)
27 Determination part (determination means)
28 Timer (Timekeeping means)
32 Authentication section (authentication means)
33 Local information storage unit (access point specific information storage means)
41 Mobile phone address (mobile terminal identifier)
42 Desired information type keyword (desired information type identifier)
50 Wireless LAN connection service device (wireless LAN communication means)
51 ID for authentication
51a Authenticated ID
60 Wireless LAN connection service device (wireless LAN communication means)
a Mobile phone (first mobile terminal)
b Mobile phone (second mobile terminal)

Claims (20)

In a communication information providing system including a wireless LAN communication means having a plurality of access points, a mobile phone communication network, and a plurality of mobile terminals that wirelessly communicate with the wireless LAN communication means and wirelessly communicate via the mobile phone communication network ,
Each access point of the wireless LAN communication means is
Transmission for transmitting an access point identifier for identifying the access point and unique information unique to each location where the access point is installed, to the first portable terminal existing in the communication area While providing control means,
The first mobile terminal is
Based on the reception of the access point identifier and the unique information from each access point, a request received in advance via a mobile phone communication network from a mobile phone which is a second mobile terminal outside the wireless LAN communication means area A communication information providing system comprising desired information providing means for immediately sending desired specific information corresponding to information to a second mobile terminal via a mobile phone communication network. The transmission control means of each access point is
An authentication unit that authenticates a communication partner when performing communication with the first portable terminal, and an access point unique information storage unit that stores the access point identifier and unique information. Item 4. The communication information providing system according to Item 1. The desired information providing means of the first portable terminal includes:
Receiving means for receiving an access point identifier and unique information from each access point;
Desired information storage means for storing the mobile terminal identifier received from the second mobile terminal in association with the mobile terminal identifier for specifying the second mobile terminal and the desired information type identifier indicating the type of desired unique information;
A unique information storage means for storing the access point identifier and the unique information in association with each other received by the receiving means from the access point;
A determination means for determining whether or not the unique information stored in the unique information storage means is identical or similar to the desired information type identifier stored in the desired information storage means;
Information processing means for performing transmission processing to transmit the unique information stored in the unique information storage means via the cellular phone communication network when there is a match or similar to the desired information type identifier in the unique information;
3. The communication information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a transmission unit that transmits an output of the information processing unit to the second portable terminal via a cellular phone communication network. The desired information providing means of the first portable terminal includes:
4. The communication information providing system according to claim 3, further comprising a determining unit that determines whether or not to output the output of the information processing unit to the transmitting unit. The desired information providing means of the first portable terminal includes:
Comprising time measuring means for measuring the time when the access point identifier and the unique information supplied from the access point are received from the access point by the receiving means;
The unique information storage means of the desired information providing means in the first portable terminal is
Associating the access point identifier received from the access point with the unique information supplied from the access point and the time when the access point identifier and the unique information supplied from the access point are received 5. The communication information providing system according to claim 3, wherein the communication information providing system is stored. The wireless LAN communication means has an information server and a plurality of the access points connected to the information server,
The wireless LAN communication means is connected to the Internet,
Each access point of the wireless LAN communication means is
A transmission control means for transmitting to the information server an access point identifier for identifying the access point and an authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point; ,
The information server
Desired corresponding to desired information received in advance from the second portable terminal based on reception of the authenticated ID from each access point when communicating with the first portable terminal existing within the communication area of the access point. The communication information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising desired information providing means for transmitting the unique information to the second portable terminal via the Internet and a cellular phone communication network. Desired information providing means of the information server includes:
Desired information received in advance from the second portable terminal and stored in association with an authentication ID, a portable terminal identifier for specifying the second portable terminal, and a desired information type identifier indicating the type of desired unique information Storage means;
Receiving means for receiving the authenticated ID and the access point identifier from each access point at the time of communication with the first mobile terminal existing in the communication area of the access point;
Storing the authenticated ID received by the receiving means, and providing unique information storage means for storing the unique information in the communication area of each access point in association with the access point identifier for identifying the access point;
ID judging means for judging whether or not the authenticated ID stored in the providing unique information storing means matches the authentication ID stored in the desired information storing means;
When the ID determining means determines that the authenticated ID stored in the providing unique information storage means matches the authentication ID stored in the desired information storing means, the providing unique information storage Information determining means for determining whether or not the unique information stored in the means is identical or similar to the desired information type identifier stored in the desired information storage means;
The information determining unit determines that there is an access point identifier and unique information stored in the providing unique information storage unit that is identical or similar to a desired information type identifier stored in the desired information storage unit. Information processing means for performing transmission processing to transmit the unique information stored in the providing unique information storage means via the Internet and a cellular phone communication network when
Transmitting means for transmitting the output of the information processing means to the second portable terminal based on a portable terminal identifier for identifying the second portable terminal via the Internet and a cellular phone communication network. The communication information providing system according to claim 6. Desired information providing means of the information server includes:
8. The communication information providing system according to claim 7, further comprising a determination unit that determines whether or not to output the output of the information processing unit to the transmission unit. Desired information providing means of the information server includes:
Comprising time measuring means for measuring the time when the authenticated ID is received;
The providing unique information storage means of the desired information providing means in the information server is:
9. The communication information providing system according to claim 7, wherein a time when the authenticated ID is received and an access point identifier for identifying the access point at the time of reception are stored in association with each other. The wireless LAN communication means has an information server and a plurality of the access points connected to the information server,
The wireless LAN communication means is connected to the Internet,
Each access point of the wireless LAN communication means is
A transmission control means for transmitting to the information server an access point identifier for identifying the access point and an authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point; ,
The information server
Based on the reception of the authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point from any one of the access points, the second receiving the authentication ID and the desired information in advance The desired information providing means for transmitting all of the unique information of each access point to the second portable terminal via the Internet and the cellular phone communication network with respect to the portable terminal. Communication information provision system. Desired information providing means of the information server includes:
Desired information received in advance from the second portable terminal and stored in association with an authentication ID, a portable terminal identifier for specifying the second portable terminal, and a desired information type identifier indicating the type of desired unique information Storage means;
Receiving means for receiving the authenticated ID and the access point identifier from each access point at the time of communication with the first mobile terminal existing in the communication area of the access point;
Storing the authenticated ID received by the receiving means, and providing unique information storage means for storing the unique information in the communication area of each access point in association with the access point identifier for identifying the access point;
ID judging means for judging whether or not the authenticated ID stored in the providing unique information storing means matches the authentication ID stored in the desired information storing means;
When the ID determining means determines that the authenticated ID stored in the providing unique information storage means matches the authentication ID stored in the desired information storing means, the providing unique information storage Information processing means for performing transmission processing to transmit all the unique information stored in the means via the Internet and a cellular phone communication network;
Transmitting means for transmitting the output of the information processing means to the second portable terminal based on a portable terminal identifier for identifying the second portable terminal via the Internet and a cellular phone communication network. The communication information providing system according to claim 10. Desired information providing means of the information server includes:
12. The communication information providing system according to claim 11, further comprising a determination unit that determines whether or not to output the output of the information processing unit to the transmission unit. Desired information providing means of the information server includes:
Comprising time measuring means for measuring the time when the authenticated ID is received;
The providing unique information storage means of the desired information providing means in the information server is:
The communication information providing system according to claim 11 or 12, wherein a time when the authenticated ID is received and an access point identifier for identifying the access point at the time of reception are stored in association with each other. A communication information providing system including a wireless LAN communication unit having a plurality of access points, a mobile phone communication network, and a plurality of mobile terminals that wirelessly communicate with the wireless LAN communication unit and wirelessly communicate via the mobile phone communication network In the communication information providing method,
Each access point of the wireless LAN communication means stores an access point identifier for identifying the access point and unique information supplied from the access point and unique to each position where the access point is installed in the communication area. Transmitting to an existing first mobile terminal;
Based on the reception of the access point identifier and the unique information from each access point, the first mobile terminal receives a mobile phone communication network from the mobile phone that is the second mobile terminal outside the wireless LAN communication means area. Communication information of the communication information providing system, comprising: immediately transmitting the desired unique information corresponding to the desired information received in advance by mail to the second portable terminal via the cellular phone communication network How to provide. The wireless LAN communication means has an information server and a plurality of the access points connected to the information server,
The wireless LAN communication means is connected to the Internet,
The access point identifier for identifying each access point by each access point of the wireless LAN communication means and the authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first mobile terminal existing in the communication area of the access point Sending to the server;
The information server receives the desired ID received in advance from the second portable terminal based on reception of the authenticated ID from each access point when communicating with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point. 15. The communication information providing method of the communication information providing system according to claim 14, further comprising: transmitting desired specific information corresponding to the information to the second portable terminal via the Internet and a cellular phone communication network. The wireless LAN communication means has an information server and a plurality of the access points connected to the information server,
The wireless LAN communication means is connected to the Internet,
The access point identifier for identifying each access point by each access point of the wireless LAN communication means and the authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first mobile terminal existing in the communication area of the access point Sending to the server;
Based on the reception of the authenticated ID at the time of communication with the first portable terminal existing in the communication area of the access point from any access point, the information server obtains the authentication ID and the desired information in advance. And transmitting all of the unique information of each access point to the second mobile terminal via the Internet and a mobile phone communication network to the received second mobile terminal. The communication information provision method of the communication information provision system of description.   A communication information providing program for operating the communication information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the computer functions as each unit of the communication information providing system.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the communication information provision program of Claim 17.   A portable terminal constituting the communication information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, comprising the desired information providing means.   The information server which comprises the communication information provision system of any one of Claims 6-13, Comprising: The information server provided with the said desired information provision means.

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