JP6142017B2 - Portable electronic device, communication program, and communication system - Google Patents

Description

  The present application relates to a portable electronic device, a communication program, and a communication system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a service for portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, there is a service for displaying a position measured by another device on map data. This service may be used between mobile phones for children and their parents' mobile phones. For example, a guardian's mobile phone requests a mobile phone carried by a child to transmit location information, and a mobile phone carried by the child on map data based on the location information received from the mobile phone for children. The position of is displayed. Thereby, the guardian can check the current position of the child on the map.

JP 2012-27028 A

  By the way, the guardian's mobile phone processes the mail sent to notify the current position from the child's mobile phone in the same manner as other mails sent from other than the child's mobile phone. For this reason, it is difficult for the guardian to distinguish the mail for notifying the current position of the child from other mails.

  From the above, there is a need for a portable electronic device, a communication program, and a communication system that can quickly grasp reception of a specific mail.

  The portable electronic device according to one aspect displays a first notification screen when a communication unit that performs communication and a first mail for notifying a position of the specific device from the specific device are received. A control unit that displays a second notification screen when a second mail other than the first mail is received.

  A communication program according to one aspect is provided when a first electronic mail for notifying a position of a specific device from a specific device is received by the communication unit to a portable electronic device having a communication unit that performs communication. 1 notification screen is displayed, and when a second mail other than the first mail is received by the communication unit, a step of displaying a second notification screen is executed.

  A communication system according to one aspect is a communication system including a first portable electronic device, a second portable electronic device, and a server that are capable of communicating with each other via a communication network, the first portable electronic device. Transmits a first mail for notifying the position where the positioning is performed with the first portable electronic device as a destination, and the server sends the first email from the first portable electronic device. When the first mail is received, map data for displaying the position is generated, and connection destination information corresponding to the storage position of the generated map data is inserted into the first mail, and the second mobile phone is inserted. When the second portable electronic device receives the first mail that is transferred from the server and is transmitted from the first portable electronic device, the first mail is transferred to the electronic device. Notification screen corresponding to In response to a connection request to the connection destination information included in the first mail, the map data stored in the storage location corresponding to the connection destination information is acquired from the server, and the acquired map Display data.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an outline of a system configuration according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the mobile phone. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of processing by the mobile phone 1 after displaying the notification window until displaying map data. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating another display example of the notification window. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another display example of the notification window. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an outline of processing by the mobile phone 1 until the notification window corresponding to the whereabouts notification mail based on the ringing of the security buzzer is displayed after the ringing notification of the security buzzer is displayed. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a mobile phone different from the mobile phone shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a flow of processing in the communication system according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a flow of another process in the communication system according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example when a plurality of notification windows are simultaneously displayed. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another example when a plurality of notification windows are simultaneously displayed. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the map display button displayed in the notification window is changed to a button for displaying unread mail.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Embodiments for implementing a portable electronic device, a communication program, and a communication system according to the present application will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following description does not limit the portable electronic device, the communication program, and the communication system according to the present application. The constituent elements in the following description include those that can be easily assumed by those skilled in the art, those that are substantially the same, and those in a so-called equivalent range. In the following, a mobile phone is taken as an example of a mobile electronic device, but the application target of the mobile electronic device according to the present application is not limited to a mobile phone, and can be applied to other devices capable of communication. . For example, the present invention can also be applied to a multi-function mobile phone (smart phone) having a touch screen, a PHS (Personal Handy-Phone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable navigation device, a notebook computer, a game machine, and the like.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an outline of a configuration of a communication system according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system according to this embodiment includes a mobile phone 1, a mobile phone 2a, a mobile phone 2b, a mobile phone 2c, and a server 3 that can communicate with each other via a communication network. Have.

  The mobile phones 2a to 2c execute position positioning processing based on radio signals transmitted from the plurality of GPS satellites 30a, 30b, 30c, and 30d, and send a location notification email including the position information to the mobile phone 1 Send. When the cellular phone 1 receives the location notification mail for notifying the location of the cellular phones 2a to 2c from the cellular phones 2a to 2c, the cellular phone 1 displays the first notification screen and receives from the cellular phones 2a to 2c. When a mail other than the location notification mail is received, the second notification screen is displayed. For example, when the mobile phone 1 receives the location notification mail from the mobile phones 2a to 2c, the mobile phone 1 displays a notification window corresponding to the received location notification email as the first notification screen. On the other hand, when the mobile phone 1 receives a mail other than the location notification mail, the mobile phone 1 displays a second notification screen for notifying the user of the reception of the mail. The second notification screen simply notifies the user of the reception of the mail regardless of the mail transmission source and the content of the mail, and has a different configuration from the first notification screen. The configuration of the first notification screen will be described in detail later. The server 3 provides map data to the mobile phone 1.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the mobile phone 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 includes a microphone 11, a speaker 12, a receiver 13, an operation unit 14, a display unit 15, a camera 16, a communication unit 17, a GPS communication unit 18, and audio. The processing unit 20, the storage unit 40, and the control unit 100 are included.

  The microphone 11 acquires various sounds such as a voice during a call, a voice uttered by a user when using a voice search, and a sound used during a noise cancellation process. The speaker 12 is disposed, for example, in the casing of the mobile phone 1 and outputs a ringtone, a mail transmission sound, and the like. The receiver 13 outputs, for example, voice during a call.

  The operation unit 14 has a plurality of keys to which various functions are assigned. When these keys are input by a user operation, the operation unit 14 generates a signal corresponding to the operation content. The generated signal is input to the control unit 100 as a user instruction.

  The display unit 15 includes an arbitrary display, and displays a video corresponding to the video data supplied from the control unit 100 and an image corresponding to the image data on the display panel. The display is configured by a display panel configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD, Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (Organic Electro-Luminescence) panel. The display unit 15 may have a sub display in addition to the display. The camera 16 acquires a captured image.

  The communication unit 17 has an antenna 17a, establishes a radio signal line by a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) method or the like with a base station via a channel assigned by a base station accommodated in a communication network, For example, telephone communication and information communication are performed with a mobile phone 2 described later via a station.

  The GPS communication unit 18 receives radio signals in a predetermined frequency band from the GPS satellites 30 a, 30 b, 30 c, and 30 d, performs demodulation processing on the received radio signals, and sends the processed signals to the control unit 100. . Instead of the communication unit 17 and the GPS communication unit 18, the mobile phone 1 may be provided with one communication unit equipped with the functions of both the communication unit 17 and the GPS communication unit 18.

  The audio processing unit 20 performs processing of an audio signal input to the microphone 11 and an audio signal output from the speaker 12 and the receiver 13. That is, the audio processing unit 20 amplifies the audio input from the microphone 11 and performs analog-digital conversion, and then performs signal processing such as encoding to convert the digital audio data to the control unit 100. Send it out. In addition, the audio data sent from the control unit 100 is subjected to processing such as decoding, digital-analog conversion, amplification, and the like, converted into an analog audio signal, and then output to the speaker 12 and the receiver 13.

  The storage unit 40 stores various programs and various data used for processing in the control unit 100 such as an operating system program and an application program. For example, the storage unit 40 includes a task for operating an application program for controlling the operation of the display unit 15, a task for operating an application program for controlling the operation of the communication unit 17, and an application program for controlling the operation of the audio processing unit 20. Tasks to be activated are stored. In addition to these tasks, for example, downloaded voice data, a program used by the control unit 100 to control the storage unit 40, a telephone number and a mail address of a communication partner, and the like are described in the storage unit 40. The address book, voice files such as dial tone and ring tone, temporary data used in the process based on the program are stored.

  In the present embodiment, the storage unit 40 determines whether or not it is a location notification mail from parameters described in the mail header of the received mail among at least the received mails that are transmitted from the mobile phones 2a to 2c. A program for executing the processing to be performed is stored. Furthermore, in the storage unit 40, a process for specifying the transmission timing of the whereabouts notification mail from the parameters described in the mail header of the received mail that is determined to be the whereabouts notification mail from the mobile phones 2a to 2c. A program for executing is stored. Further, the storage unit 40 stores a program for executing a process of displaying a notification window corresponding to the whereabouts notification mail on the display when the whereabouts notification mail is received.

  The control unit 100 executes processing based on various programs stored in the storage unit 40. The control unit 100 includes, for example, a microprocessor unit (MPU: Micro Processing Unit), sequentially reads instruction codes from a program stored in the storage unit 40, and follows the procedure instructed by the read instruction codes. The various processes are executed. That is, the control unit 100 displays the display unit 15, the communication unit, and the like so that various processes of the mobile phone 1 are executed in an appropriate procedure according to the operation of the operation unit 14 and the program stored in the storage unit 40. 17, the operation of the GPS communication unit 18 and the voice processing unit 20 is controlled.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the control unit 100 includes a location notification request unit 110, a notification window display control unit 120, and a map display control unit 130.

  The location notification request unit 110 requests the mobile phones 2a to 2c to notify the current location. For example, the location notification request unit 110 receives the signal assigned to the location notification request function in the operation unit 14 by the user's operation, and receives a signal corresponding to the operation content, the phone numbers of the mobile phones 2a to 2c. Alternatively, the mail address is read from the storage unit 40. Subsequently, the location notification request unit 110 transmits a location notification request with the read telephone number or mail address as a destination. The location notification request unit 110 may select all or a part of the mobile phones 2a to 2c and transmit the location notification request.

  When the notification window display control unit 120 receives the location notification mail from the mobile phones 2a to 2c, the notification window display control unit 120 displays a notification window corresponding to the location notification mail on the display. Specifically, the notification window display control unit 120 determines whether the received email is a location notification email based on the IP address and telephone number of the source of the received email and the parameters inserted in the email header of the location notification email. Determine whether or not. When the notification window display control unit 120 determines that the received mail is a location notification email, the notification window display control unit 120 acquires the sender information and the transmission trigger information from the location notification email, and the notification window including the acquired information (First notification screen) is displayed on the display. At this time, the notification window display control unit 120 includes a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for acquiring map data including the positions of the mobile phones 2a to 2c that are the transmission source of the location mail in the location notification mail. In this case, the process is as follows. That is, the notification window display control unit 120 provides the notification window with a map display button associated with the URL as a link that allows direct access to the URL included in the whereabouts notification mail.

  For example, when the notification window display control unit 120 receives a mail, the notification window display control unit 120 refers to the storage unit 40, and the IP address or telephone number of the transmission source of the received mail is assigned to the mobile phones 2a to 2c. It is determined whether or not it corresponds to the number. The notification window display control unit 120 determines that, as a result of the determination, the IP address or telephone number of the sender of the received mail corresponds to the IP address or telephone number assigned to the mobile phones 2a to 2c, With reference to the mail header of the received mail, it is determined whether or not a parameter corresponding to the whereabouts mail is described. The notification window display control unit 120 determines that the received mail is the location notification mail when the parameter corresponding to the location notification mail is described in the mail header of the received mail.

  Subsequently, the notification window display control unit 120 refers to the address book stored in the storage unit 40, and sends the name information associated with the transmission source IP address of the received mail determined to be the location notification mail. Get as information. Further, the notification window display control unit 120 further refers to the mail header of the received mail determined as the whereabouts notification mail, and specifies the transmission opportunity of the whereabouts notification mail. Then, the notification window display control unit 120 displays the sender information and the transmission trigger information in the notification window corresponding to the received mail determined to be the location notification mail on the display.

  Further, the notification window display control unit 120 determines whether or not the URL is included in the received mail determined as the whereabouts notification mail. If the URL is included as a result of the determination, the notification window display control unit 120 arranges a map display button associated with the URL in the notification window corresponding to the received mail determined to be the location notification mail. Then, the notification window display control unit 120 displays a notification window including a map display button on the display. The notification window display control unit 120 may not display the notification window when the received mail determined to be the location notification mail does not include the URL, or includes only the sender information and the transmission trigger information. A notification window may be displayed.

  The map display control unit 130 accesses the URL associated with the map display button according to the operation of the map display button included in the notification window, acquires the map data from the server 3, and displays it on the display. For example, when a map display button is input by a user operation on the operation unit 14, the map display control unit 130 accesses a URL associated with the map display button.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of processing by the mobile phone 1 after displaying the notification window until displaying map data.

As shown in FIG. 3, for example, when the mobile phone 1 receives from the mobile phone 2 a a location notification mail for periodically reporting the current position, the sender “Patent Ichiro”, the activation factor “periodic notification”, and the map the notification window _{W 1} including the display button _{B 1,} is displayed on the display as the first notification screen (see step S11). Subsequently, the mobile phone 1, when the map display button is input by a user operation, by accessing the URL, acquires the map data D ₁ from the server 3, and displays the map data D ₁ obtained on the display ( (See step S12).

The described start-up factor in the notification window W ₁ shown in FIG. 3 shows the event that the transmission factor of the whereabouts notification e-mail in the cellular phone 2a. That notification window W has been described as the activation factor ₁ "regular notice", the activation of the positioning process of the current position, which is run on a regular basis is the event that the transmission factor of the whereabouts notification e-mail in the mobile phone 2a Show. The map display button B ₁ provided in the notification window W ₁ is associated with the URL included in the whereabouts notification mail.

4 and 5 are diagrams showing other display examples of the notification window. As shown in FIG. 4, for example, when the mobile phone 1 receives a location notification mail for notifying the current position in response to a request from the mobile phone 1 from the mobile phone 2 a, the sender “Patent Ichiro” "response notification" and the notification window W ₂ including a map display button B _2, is displayed on the display as the first notification screen.

Notification window W ₂ to the described as activation factor "response notification" indicates that reception of the whereabouts notification request from the portable telephone 1 is a event that transmission factor whereabouts notification mail in the cellular phone 2a. Notification provided was on the map display button B ₂ to the window W _2, URL that is included in the whereabouts notification e-mail is attached string.

As shown in FIG. 5, for example, when the mobile phone 1 receives a location notification mail for notifying the current position in response to the reception of the earthquake early warning from the mobile phone 2 a, the sender “Patent Ichiro” and the activation factor “ A notification window W ₃ including “Earthquake Bulletin” and a map display button B ₃ is displayed on the display as a first notification screen.

Notification has been described as the start-up factor in the window W ₃ "earthquake early warning" indicates that the reception of the earthquake early warning is an event that the transmission factor of the whereabouts notification e-mail in the mobile phone 2a. The mobile phone 2a may perform positioning of the current position by using, as a trigger, reception of a predetermined notification type message such as a tsunami warning, disaster information, or evacuation information as well as an emergency earthquake warning. The map display button B ₃ provided in the notification window W ₃ is associated with the URL included in the whereabouts notification mail.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an outline of processing by the mobile phone 1 until the notification window corresponding to the whereabouts notification mail based on the ringing of the security buzzer is displayed after the ringing notification of the security buzzer is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 6, the mobile phone 1 receives a ringing alert security buzzer, a screen M ₁ indicating the ringing of the security buzzer in the display (see step S21). Subsequently, when the mobile phone 1 receives a location notification email for notifying the current position determined based on the ringing of the security buzzer from the mobile phone 2a, the sender “Patent Ichiro”, the activation factor “security buzzer”, and the map the notification window _{W 4} including display button _{B 4,} displayed on the display as the first notification screen (see step S22).

“Security buzzer” described as an activation factor in the notification window W ₄ indicates that the operation (ringing) of the security buzzer is an event that causes the location notification mail to be transmitted in the mobile phone 2a. The map display button B ₄ provided in the notification window W ₄ is associated with the URL included in the whereabouts notification mail.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing functional configurations of the mobile phone 2a, the mobile phone 2b, and the mobile phone 2c shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the mobile phones 2 a to 2 c have the same functional configuration, and are a microphone 51, a speaker 52, a receiver 53, an operation unit 54, a display unit 55, a camera 56, and a communication unit 57. A GPS communication unit 58, a security buzzer operation detection unit 59, a voice processing unit 60, a storage unit 80, and a control unit 200.

  The microphone 51 acquires various sounds such as a voice during a call, a voice uttered by a user when using voice search, and a sound used during noise cancellation processing. The speaker 52 is disposed, for example, in the casing of the mobile phone 2 and outputs a ringtone, a mail transmission sound, and the like. The receiver 53 outputs, for example, voice during a call.

  The operation unit 54 has a plurality of keys to which various functions are assigned. When these keys are input by a user operation, the operation unit 54 generates a signal corresponding to the operation content. The generated signal is input to the control unit 200 as a user instruction.

  The display unit 55 includes an arbitrary display, and displays a video corresponding to the video data supplied from the control unit 200 and an image corresponding to the image data on the display. The display is constituted by a display panel constituted by, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL panel, similarly to the mobile phone 1. The display unit 55 may have a sub display in addition to the display. The camera 56 acquires a captured image.

  The communication unit 57 has an antenna 57a, and establishes a radio signal line by a CDMA method or the like with the base station via a channel assigned by the base station accommodated in the communication network, like the mobile phone 1. For example, telephone communication and information communication are performed with the mobile phone 1 described above via the base station.

  The GPS communication unit 58 receives radio signals in a predetermined frequency band from the GPS satellites 30 a, 30 b, 30 c, and 30 d, performs demodulation processing on the received radio signals, and sends the processed signals to the control unit 200. . The mobile phones 2a to 2c may be provided with one communication unit that has the functions of both the communication unit 57 and the GPS communication unit 58 instead of the communication unit 57 and the GPS communication unit 58.

  The security buzzer operation detector 59 detects the operation of the security buzzer. For example, the security buzzer operation detection unit 59 detects that a switch for operating the security buzzer has moved to a predetermined position or a switch member connected to the strap has moved to a predetermined position by a user operation. In this case, a buzzer sound for crime prevention is output from the speaker 52. Then, the security buzzer operation detection unit 59 sends an operation signal indicating that the security buzzer has been operated to the control unit 200.

  The audio processing unit 60 executes processing of an audio signal input to the microphone 51 and an audio signal output from the speaker 52 and the receiver 53. That is, the audio processing unit 60 amplifies the audio input from the microphone 51 and performs analog-digital conversion, and then performs signal processing such as encoding to convert the digital audio data to the control unit 200. Send it out. In addition, the audio data sent from the control unit 200 is subjected to processing such as decoding, digital-analog conversion, amplification, and the like, converted into an analog audio signal, and then output to the speaker 52 and the receiver 53.

  The storage unit 80 stores various programs and various data used for processing in the control unit 200 such as an operating system program and an application program. For example, the storage unit 80 includes a task for operating an application program for controlling the operation of the display unit 55, a task for operating an application program for controlling the operation of the communication unit 57, and an application program for controlling the operation of the audio processing unit 60. Tasks to be activated are stored. In addition to these tasks, for example, downloaded voice data, a program used by the control unit 200 to control the storage unit 80, a telephone number and a mail address of a communication partner, and the like are described in the storage unit 80. The address book, voice files such as dial tone and ring tone, temporary data used in the process based on the program are stored.

  In the present embodiment, the storage unit 80 includes at least a program for periodically executing the current position and transmitting a location notification mail including the position information. Furthermore, when the location notification request is received, when the earthquake early warning is received, or when the operation of the security buzzer is detected, the storage unit 80 performs positioning of the current location and includes the location information obtained by positioning. A program for executing a process of sending a notification mail is included.

  The control unit 200 executes processing based on various programs stored in the storage unit 80. The control unit 200 is constituted by, for example, a microprocessor unit, sequentially reads instruction codes from a program stored in the storage unit 80, and executes various processes of the mobile phone 2 in accordance with procedures instructed by the read instruction codes. . That is, the control unit 200 displays the display unit 55, so that various processes of the mobile phones 2a to 2c are executed in an appropriate procedure according to the operation of the operation unit 54 and the program stored in the storage unit 80. Controls the operations of the communication unit 57, the audio processing unit 60, and the like.

  As illustrated in FIG. 7, the control unit 200 includes a notification processing unit 210 and a position positioning unit 220.

  The notification processing unit 210 transmits a location notification email to the mobile phone 1. For example, the notification processing unit 210 requests the position positioning unit 220 to determine the current position when the timing of the current position is periodically determined. Or the notification process part 210 requests | requires positioning of the present position with respect to the position positioning part 220, when a location notification request | requirement is received from the mobile telephone 1. FIG. Or the notification process part 210 requests | requires positioning of the present position with respect to the position positioning part 220, when an emergency earthquake bulletin is received. Or the notification process part 210 requests | requires positioning of the present position with respect to the position positioning part 220, when the operation signal of a security buzzer is received from the security buzzer action detection part 59. FIG. Then, when the notification processing unit 210 acquires the current position information from the position positioning unit 220, the notification processing unit 210 transmits a location notification mail including the acquired position information to the mobile phone 1. When transmitting the location notification mail, the notification processing unit 210 inserts a parameter corresponding to the transmission trigger in the mail header.

  When the notification processing unit 210 receives a security buzzer operation signal from the security buzzer operation detection unit 59, the notification processing unit 210 transmits a security buzzer operation notification to the mobile phone 1 prior to transmission of the location notification mail.

  The notification processing unit 210 may transmit a location notification mail not only when the earthquake early warning is received but also a predetermined notification type message such as a tsunami warning, disaster information, or evacuation information. The notification processing unit 210 performs the following processing when determining whether or not the received message is a message such as an earthquake early warning. That is, for example, if the received message is a broadcast message of a broadcast type using BCSMS (Broad Cast Short Message Service) or the like, the notification processing unit 210 has an area for broadcasting the extended system parameter of the received message. Determine whether the paging channel is set. When the broadcast area is set to the paging channel, the notification processing unit 210 determines whether the message is an emergency earthquake warning or the like by checking a signal described in the area. . Alternatively, if the received message is an area mail that is simultaneously delivered by a communication line carrier to devices in the target area, the notification processing unit 210 sets the system area parameters provided in the header of the area mail. By confirming, it is determined whether the message is an earthquake early warning or the like.

  When receiving a positioning request for the current position from the notification processing unit 210, the position positioning unit 220 executes a positioning process for the current position based on radio signals from the GPS satellites 30a, 30b, 30c, and 30d. Then, the position measurement unit 220 sends the measured position information to the notification processing unit 210.

  When the URL is accessed from the mobile phone 1, the server 3 acquires map data corresponding to the URL and provides it to the mobile phone 1.

  For example, the server 3 stores map data corresponding to the international earth reference coordinate system in advance. Subsequently, when a location notification email is received from the cellular phone 2a, the cellular phone 2b, or the cellular phone 2c, map data is created based on the location information included in the location notification email. For example, the server 3 analyzes the body of the received mail and determines that the received mail is a location notification mail if the position information is included.

  If it is determined that the received mail is a location notification email, the server 3 cuts out map data stored in advance based on the location information included in the location notification email and places a predetermined mark at a location corresponding to the location information. Create map data. Subsequently, the server 3 stores the created map data in an internal storage unit and generates a URL indicating the storage position. Then, the server 3 inserts this URL into the location notification mail and transfers it to the mobile phone 1. At this time, the server 3 may leave the position information included in the location notification mail as it is or delete it.

  After the location notification mail is transferred, when the mobile phone 1 accesses the URL, the server 3 takes in the map data corresponding to the URL from the storage unit internally and transmits the taken map data to the mobile phone 1. . It is assumed that the map data transmitted to the mobile phone 1 is configured in a size that can be displayed by the mobile phone 1.

  The flow of processing in the communication system according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 shows a process when the cellular phone 1 receives from the server 3 a location notification email including a URL indicating the storage location of map data indicating the current location of the cellular phone 2a, the cellular phone 2b, or the cellular phone 2c. It is a figure which shows an example of a flow.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the mobile phone 2a, the mobile phone 2b, or the mobile phone 2c sends a location notification email including location information to the mobile phone 1 (step S101).

  When the server 3 receives the location notification mail (step S102), the server 3 creates map data based on the position information included in the location notification mail (step S103), and stores the created map data therein (step S104). Subsequently, the server 3 inserts a URL indicating the storage location of the map data into the whereabouts notification mail (step S105), and transfers the whereabouts notification mail to the mobile phone 1 (step S106).

  When the mobile phone 1 receives the location notification mail (step S107), the mobile phone 1 displays a notification window corresponding to the location notification email on the display (step S108). For example, the mobile phone 1 displays on the display a notification window including a map display button associated with a URL included in the location notification email, including information on the sender of the location notification email and transmission opportunity information (FIG. 3). -See FIG. Subsequently, the mobile phone 1 accesses the URL according to the operation of the map display button (step S109).

  Upon receiving access to the URL by the mobile phone 1 (step S110), the server 3 acquires map data corresponding to the accessed URL (step S111), and transmits the acquired map data to the mobile phone 1 (step S110). S112).

  When the mobile phone 1 receives the map data from the server 3 (step S113), the mobile phone 1 displays the map data on the display (step S114).

  In FIG. 8, the server 3 inserts a URL into the location notification mail received from the mobile phones 2 a to 2 c and transfers it to the mobile phone 1, and the mobile phone 1 receives the location notification email with the URL inserted from the server 3. Although the example to do was demonstrated, you may perform the following processes. For example, the mobile phone 1 directly receives the location notification mail from the mobile phones 2 a to 2 c without going through the server 3. Subsequently, when the cellular phone 1 receives the location notification mail from the cellular phones 2a to 2c, the cellular phone 1 displays a notification window corresponding to the location notification email. At this time, the mobile phone 1 provides a map display button in the notification window. When the user operates the map display button, the mobile phone 1 acquires location information included in the whereabouts notification mail, acquires map data based on the location information from the server 3, and displays the map data on the display. By performing such processing, the same result as the processing shown in FIG. 8 can be obtained without transmitting a URL from the server 3 to the mobile phone 1.

  The flow of another process in the communication system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 shows a mobile phone 2a, a mobile phone 2b, or a mobile phone 2a, a mobile phone 2b, or a mobile phone 2a, a mobile phone 2a, a mobile phone 2b, or a mobile phone. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow of a process in the case of receiving from the telephone 2c. The processes in steps S208 to S215 shown in FIG. 9 correspond to the processes in steps S107 to S114 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the mobile phone 2a, the mobile phone 2b, or the mobile phone 2c transmits the position information to the server 3 (step S201).

  When the server 3 receives the position information from the mobile phone 2a, the mobile phone 2b, or the mobile phone 2c (step S202), the server 3 generates map data based on the position information (step S203), and the generated map data Is stored inside (step S204). Subsequently, the server 3 transmits a mail describing a URL indicating the storage location of the map data to the mobile phone 2a, the mobile phone 2b, or the mobile phone 2c that is the location information transmission source (step S205).

  When the mobile phone 2a, the mobile phone 2b, or the mobile phone 2c receives a mail describing the URL from the server 3 (step S206), the mobile phone 2a, the mobile phone 2b, or the mobile phone 2c transmits the mail including the URL to the mobile phone 1 as a location notification mail (step S207).

  When the cellular phone 1 receives the location notification email (step S208), the cellular phone 1 displays a notification window corresponding to the location notification email on the display (step S209). For example, the mobile phone 1 displays on the display a notification window including a map display button associated with a URL included in the location notification email, including information on the sender of the location notification email and transmission opportunity information (FIG. 3). -See FIG. 6 and the like). Subsequently, the mobile phone 1 accesses the URL according to the operation of the map display button (step S210).

  Upon receiving access to the URL by the mobile phone 1 (step S211), the server 3 acquires map data corresponding to the accessed URL (step S212), and transmits the acquired map data to the mobile phone 1 (step S212). S213).

  When the mobile phone 1 receives the map data from the server 3 (step S214), the mobile phone 1 displays the map data on the display (step S215).

  In the present embodiment, when the cellular phone 1 receives a location notification email from the cellular phone 2a, the cellular phone 2b, or the cellular phone 2c, it displays a notification window corresponding to the email. For this reason, according to this embodiment, the user of the mobile phone 1 can promptly grasp the reception of a specific mail. For example, the guardian who uses the mobile phone 1 can quickly grasp the reception of the whereabouts mail from the child.

  In this embodiment, a map display button is provided in the notification window as a link for accessing connection destination information (URL) corresponding to the location information of the mobile phones 2a to 2c. For this reason, according to the present embodiment, for example, a map on which the current positions of the mobile phones 2a to 2c are displayed can be directly displayed from the notification window.

  In the present embodiment, information on the sender of the location notification mail (for example, Patent Ichiro) is further displayed in the notification window. For this reason, according to the present embodiment, for example, it is possible to quickly grasp who sent the location notification mail.

  In the present embodiment, information on the transmission opportunity of the location notification mail (for example, earthquake early warning) is further displayed on the notification window. For this reason, according to the present embodiment, for example, it is possible to quickly grasp why the location notification mail is transmitted.

  In this embodiment, the example in which the notification window corresponding to the location notification email is displayed when the cellular phone 2a to 2c receives the location notification email to be transmitted to notify the current location has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a mail notifying the movement route is received, a notification window corresponding to the mail notifying the movement route may be displayed as in the case of receiving the location notification mail.

  In the present embodiment, the mobile phones 2a to 2c may use so-called carrier mails as location notification mails, for example, or a communication carrier to which a user of the mobile phone 1 subscribes and a user of the mobile phones 2a to 2c. If the telecommunications carriers to join are the same, short mail may be used. If it is a smartphone, SMS, MMS, Web mail, etc. may be used in addition to carrier mail.

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In the above-described embodiment, for example, when location notification emails are simultaneously received from the mobile phones 2a to 2c, notification windows corresponding to the location notification emails may be displayed. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example when a plurality of notification windows are simultaneously displayed. FIG. 10 shows a case where location notification emails are transmitted from the mobile phones 2a to 2c to the mobile phone 1 all at once in response to the reception of the earthquake early warning.

As shown in FIG. 10, when the cellular phone 1 simultaneously receives location notification emails corresponding to the reception of the earthquake early warning from the cellular phones 2a to 2c, the corresponding notification windows W ₁₁ , W ₁₃ , to display the W _14. For example, the mobile phone 1 displays a notification window W ₁₁ including a sender “Patent Ichiro”, an activation factor “earthquake early warning”, and a map display button as a notification window corresponding to the whereabouts notification mail transmitted from the mobile phone 2a. Display. In addition to the notification window W _11, the cellular phone 1, notification, including as a notification window corresponding to the transmitted whereabouts notification e-mail from a mobile phone 2b, the sender "patent Hanako", start-up factor "earthquake early warning" and a map display button to display a window _{W 13} on the display. In addition to the notification window W ₁₁ and notification window W _13, the mobile phone 1, as a notification window corresponding to the transmitted whereabouts notification e-mail from a mobile telephone 2c, the sender "patent Jiro", start-up factor "Earthquake Early Warning" and map to display a notification window W _14, including a display button on the display.

Further, when there is a location notification mail that has been received before receiving the location notification email shown in FIG. 10, the cellular phone 1 displays each notification window corresponding to the location notification email in a superimposed manner for each cellular phone. Let At this time, the cellular phone 1 displays the time-series new notification window so as to come to the front. For example, when the mobile phone 1 has received one location notification mail before receiving the location notification email of FIG. 10 for the mobile phone 2a, the notification window corresponding to the location notification email shown in FIG. and W _11, overlapping a notification window W ₁₂ corresponding to the received of the whereabouts notification mail to be displayed on the display. In this case, the mobile phone 1, notification window W ₁₁ is notification window W ₁₂ to be displayed on top to come in front of. Furthermore, when the mobile phone 1 has received one location mail before receiving the location notification mail of FIG. 10 for the mobile phone 2c, the notification window corresponding to the location notification mail shown in FIG. W ₁₄ and a notification window W ₁₅ corresponding to the received location notification mail are overlapped and displayed on the display. In this case, the mobile phone 1 displays superimposed to come to the front than the notification window W ₁₄ is a notification window W _15.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 10, for example, when the cellular phone 1 simultaneously receives a location notification mail from the cellular phones 2 a to 2 c, the cellular phone 1 displays a notification window corresponding to each. For this reason, even when a plurality of specific mails are received, the reception of each mail can be quickly grasped.

  In the example shown in FIG. 10, the mobile phone 1 receives the location notification mail from the mobile phones 2a to 2c, for example, and if there is a location mail that has been received from the mobile phones 2a to 2c, For each of 2a to 2c, a notification window corresponding to each whereabouts notification mail is displayed on the display so as to overlap the character shape example. For this reason, omission of confirmation of the location notification mail can be prevented.

  FIG. 10 illustrates the case where the location notification emails are transmitted from the mobile phones 2a to 2c to the mobile phone 1 in response to the reception of the earthquake early warning, but the location notification emails having different transmission triggers are simultaneously transmitted. Even when it is received, a notification window may be displayed in the same manner. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another example when a plurality of notification windows are simultaneously displayed. FIG. 11 shows a case where location notification mails are transmitted from the mobile phones 2a to 2c to the mobile phone 1 all at once in response to the ringing of the security buzzer and the reception of the earthquake early warning.

As shown in FIG. 11, the mobile phone 1 has a location notification email sent from the mobile phone 2 a in response to the ringing of the security buzzer and a location sent from the mobile phone 2 b and the mobile phone 2 c in response to receiving the earthquake early warning When the notification mail is received at the same time, the corresponding notification windows W ₂₁ , W ₂₃ , and W ₂₄ are displayed. Furthermore, as in the case shown in FIG. 10, the mobile phone 1 changes the location notification email for each mobile phone if there is a location notification email that has been received before receiving the location notification email shown in FIG. 11. Display each corresponding notification window in an overlapping manner. For example, if the mobile phone 1 has received one location notification mail before receiving the location notification email of FIG. 11 for the mobile phone 2a, the notification window corresponding to the location notification email shown in FIG. W ₂₁ and a notification window W ₂₂ corresponding to the received location notification mail are overlapped and displayed on the display. In this case, the mobile phone 1 displays superimposed to come to the front than the notification window W ₂₁ is a notification window W _22. Furthermore, when the mobile phone 1 has received one location mail before receiving the location notification mail of FIG. 11 for the mobile phone 2c, the notification window corresponding to the location notification mail shown in FIG. W ₂₄ and a notification window W ₂₅ corresponding to the received location notification mail are overlapped and displayed on the display. At this time, the cellular phone 1 displays the notification window W _{24 so} that the notification window W ₂₄ comes to the front of the notification window W ₂₅ .

  In the case illustrated in FIG. 11, the mobile phone 1 displays a notification window corresponding to a specific transmission trigger among other notification windows corresponding to each of the location notification mails received simultaneously from the mobile phones 2 a to 2 c. You may display in the display mode different from a window. For example, the mobile phone 1 displays a notice window corresponding to a whereabouts notification mail triggered by the sounding of a security buzzer more prominently than a notification window corresponding to a whereabouts notice mail triggered by the reception of an emergency earthquake bulletin. It is displayed on the display in a (display mode in which the color or size is changed). Alternatively, when the mobile phone 1 simultaneously receives a location notification email that triggers transmission of a security buzzer and a location notification email that triggers reception of a location notification request, the mobile phone 1 transmits the security buzzer to trigger transmission. The notification window corresponding to the whereabouts notification mail is displayed on the display in a more prominent display mode than the notification window corresponding to the whereabouts notification mail triggered by the reception of the whereabouts notification request. By doing in this way, for example, the guardian who is the user of the mobile phone 1 can promptly grasp the reception of a more urgent mail among the location notification mails received from the child.

  In the embodiment described above, the mobile phone 1 may delete the notification window in which the map data is displayed among the notification windows displayed on the display.

  In the embodiment described above, an example in which a map display button for displaying map data is provided in the notification window has been described. However, a button for displaying unread mail is displayed in the notification window at a predetermined timing. May be. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the map display button displayed in the notification window is changed to a button for displaying unread mail.

As shown in FIG. 12, the cellular phone 1, for example, after displaying the map data on the display in accordance with the operation of the map display button B ₁ of notification window W _1, and displays the notification window W ₁ again on the display At the timing, a button B ₂ for displaying an unread mail may be displayed in the notification window W ₁ . In this way, for example, a guardian who uses the mobile phone 1 can directly move to browsing unread mail in the mailbox after confirming the position of the child on the map.

  In the embodiment described above, the mobile phone 1 has been described as receiving map data from the server 3. However, the mobile phone 1 stores map data, and the location information received from the mobile phones 2a to 2c is stored in the location information. Based on this, map data corresponding to the current positions of the mobile phones 2a to 2c may be displayed. For example, when the mobile phone 1 receives a mail including position information from the mobile phones 2a to 2c, the mobile phone 1 displays a notification window on the display as in the above-described embodiment. In the notification window, a map display button is provided as in the above-described embodiment. When the map display button is input, the mobile phone 1 displays map data corresponding to the position information received from the mobile phones 2a to 2c from the accumulated map data.

  The characterizing embodiments have been described in order to fully and clearly disclose the technology according to the appended claims. However, the appended claims should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but all modifications and alternatives that can be created by those skilled in the art within the scope of the basic matters shown in this specification. Should be embodied by a simple configuration.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone 2a-2c Mobile phone 3 Server 11, 51 Microphone 12, 52 Speaker 13, 53 Receiver 14, 54 Operation part 15, 55 Display part 16, 56 Camera 17, 57 Communication part 20, 60 Audio | voice processing part 40, 80 Storage unit 100 Control unit 110 Location notification request unit 120 Notification window display control unit 130 Map display control unit 200 Control unit 210 Notification processing unit 220 Location measurement unit

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A communication unit for communication;
A display unit;
When the first mail for notifying the position of the specific device is received from the specific device, the first notification screen is displayed on the display unit separately for each transmission source in response to the reception. A control unit that displays a second notification screen on the display unit regardless of a transmission source when receiving a second mail other than the first mail ;
Mobile electronic device having The portable electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the control unit, where the first notification screen and displays with different configuration of the screen and the second notification screen. The control unit provides a link to the connection destination information on the first notification screen when the first mail includes connection destination information for acquiring map data including the position. Item 3. A portable electronic device according to Item 2 . The control unit determines whether the mail is a first mail or a second mail based on whether a parameter corresponding to the first mail is described in a mail header of the received mail. 4. The portable electronic device according to any one of items 1 to 3 . A storage unit for storing the address book;
The portable electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the control unit determines a sender of the first mail based on the address book. The first mail is transmitted with a predetermined event as a transmission opportunity,
The portable electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the control unit displays a transmission opportunity of the first mail on the first notification screen . Wherein the control unit, the first notification screen corresponding to a particular transmission opportunity, to be displayed in a display manner was found different color or size from that of the first notification screen corresponding to the other transmission opportunity Item 7. A portable electronic device according to Item 6. In a portable electronic device having a communication unit and a display unit for performing communication,
When the first mail for notifying the position of the specific device is received from the specific device by the communication unit, the first notification screen is displayed for each transmission source triggered by the reception. When the second mail other than the first mail is received by the communication unit , the second notification screen is displayed on the display unit regardless of the transmission source when the second mail other than the first mail is received by the communication unit. A communication program that executes processing. The screen configuration is different between a first notification screen displayed when notifying the first mail on the portable electronic device and a second notification screen displayed when notifying the second mail. The communication program according to claim 8 . 10. The link according to claim 9 , wherein a link to the connection destination information is provided on the first notification screen when the first mail includes connection destination information for acquiring map data including the position. Communication program. Parameters corresponding to the first mail to determine which of the first mail and the second mail based on whether or not it is described in the mail header of the received mail, one of claims 8 10 The communication program as described in any one. The portable electronic device has a storage unit for storing an address book,
The communication program according to any one of claims 8 to 11 , wherein a sender of the first mail is determined based on the address book. The communication program according to any one of claims 8 to 12 , wherein a transmission trigger of the first mail transmitted using a predetermined event as a transmission trigger is displayed on the first notification screen .

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