System and method for information exchange, mobile terminal and computer program for use therein

• US 20040229565A1
• Filed: 05/12/2004
• Published: 11/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Himeno, Yasuhiro
• Application Number:
  US10/844,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20040229565A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

In an information exchange system for exchanging information between a mobile terminal (1) and a shop server (2) through short-distance radio communication, the mobile terminal (1) collects “a demander side condition” exhibiting a condition or situation about products or services which a demander (user) desires, and “a supplier side condition” exhibiting a condition or situation about products or services which a supplier (shop) can supply. When the demander side condition and the supplier side condition coincide with each other, the mobile terminal (1) informs the user of information about the supplier.

Claims

1. An information exchange system for exchanging information between a mobile terminal and an apparatus of other party through short-distance radio communication, comprising:

information collection means for, in order to collect demander side information exhibiting a condition or a situation related to an object which a demander desires, and supplier side information exhibiting a condition or a situation related to an object which a supplier can supply in at least one of the mobile terminal and the apparatus of the other party, collecting at least one of the demander side information and the supplier side information on the basis of information exchange through the short-distance radio communication;

judgment means for judging whether or not the demander side information and the supplier side information coincide with each other; and

notifying means for, when the demander side information and the supplier side information coincide with each other, notifying a user of the mobile terminal of information related to the supplier.

2. The information exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal includes manipulation means with which a user can input the demander side information.

3. The information exchange system according to claim 2, wherein

desired priority about the condition or situation related to the object desired by the demander which is contained in the demander side information can be set through said manipulation means, and

said judgment means judges, in accordance with the priority set through said manipulation means, whether or not the demander side information and the supplier side information coincide with each other.

4. The information exchange system according to claim 3, wherein, when said notifying means notifies, in accordance with the judgment results made by said judgment means, the user of the mobile terminal of the information related to the object having a higher priority, a notification mode is made different from that when said notifying means notifies the user of the mobile terminal of the information related to the object having a lower priority.

5. The information exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal includes at least said notifying means.

6. The information exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus of the other party includes input means with which a user can input the supplier side information.

7. The information exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the object is at least one of a product and a service.

8. The information exchange system according to claim 7, wherein the condition or situation related to the object exhibits a price and a quantity about at least one of the product and the service.

9. The information exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus of the other party is a mobile terminal.

10. The information exchange system according to claim 1, further comprising communication means for, when the mobile terminal and the apparatus of the other party are located beyond a range in which communication is possible through the short-distance radio communication, supplying the mobile terminal with information with which a relative positional relationship between the mobile terminal and the apparatus of the other party is made fall within the range in which the communication is possible through the Internet communication.

11. The information exchange system according to claim 10, wherein the information with which the relative positional relationship between the mobile terminal and the apparatus of the other party is made fall within the range in which the communication is possible through the short-distance radio communication is map information indicating the site of the apparatus of the other party.

12. An information exchange method of exchanging information between a mobile terminal and an apparatus of the other party through short-distance radio communication, comprising:

in order to collect demander side information exhibiting a condition or a situation related to an object which a demander desires, and supplier side information exhibiting a condition or a situation related to an object which a supplier can supply in at least one of the mobile terminal and the apparatus of the other party, collecting at least one of the demander side information and the supplier side information on the basis of information exchange through the short-distance radio communication;

judging whether or not the demander side information and the supplier side information coincide with each other; and

when the demander side information and the supplier side information coincide with each other, notifying a user of the mobile terminal of information related to the supplier.

13. The information exchange method according to claim 12, wherein

in said judging, whether or not the demander side information and the supplier side information coincide with each other is judged in accordance with desired priority which is set by the user with respect to the condition or situation related to the desired object and contained in the demander side information.

14. The information exchange method according to claim 13, wherein

when the information related to the object is notified the user of the mobile terminal in accordance with the judgment results of said judging, a notification mode of the information related to the object having the higher priority is made different from a notification mode of the information related to the object having the lower priority.

15. The information exchange method according to claim 12, wherein the object is at least one of a product and a service.

16. The information exchange method according to claim 15, wherein the condition or situation related to the object exhibits a price and a quantity about at least one of the product and the service.

17. The information exchange method according to claim 12, further comprising, when the mobile terminal and the apparatus of the other party are located beyond a range in which communication is possible through the short-distance radio communication, supplying the mobile terminal with information with which a relative positional relationship between the mobile terminal and the apparatus of the other party is made fall within the range in which the communication is possible through the Internet communication.

18. The information exchange method according to claim 17, wherein the information with which the relative positional relationship between the mobile terminal and the apparatus of the other party is made fall within the range in which the communication is possible through the short-distance radio communication is map information indicating the site of the apparatus of the other party.

19. A mobile terminal for exchanging information with an apparatus of other party through short-distance radio communication, adapted to notifying a user of the mobile terminal of information related to a supplier, when demander side information exhibiting a condition or situation related to an object which a demander desires and supplier side information exhibiting a condition or situation about an object which the supplier can supply coincide with each other.

20. The mobile terminal according to claim 19, further comprising judgment means for judging whether or not the demander side information and the supplier side information coincide with each other.

21. The mobile terminal according to claim 20, further comprising information collection means for collecting at least one of the demander side information and the supplier side information through information exchange using the short-distance radio communication in order to collect the demander side information and the supplier side information in the mobile terminal.

22. The mobile terminal according to claim 19, further comprising manipulation means with which a user can input the demander side information.

23. The mobile terminal according to claim 20, further comprising manipulation means with which the user can input the condition or situation related to the desired object and its desired priority as the demander side information,

wherein the judgment means judges in accordance with the priority set with the manipulation means whether or not the demander side information and the supplier side information coincide with each other.

24. The mobile terminal according to claim 23, wherein, when the user is notified of the information related to the object having a higher priority, a notification mode is made different from that when the user is notified of the information related to the object having a lower priority.

25. The mobile terminal according to claim 19, wherein the object is at least one of a product and a service.

26. The mobile terminal according to claim 25, wherein the condition or situation related to the object exhibits a price and a quantity about at least one of the product and the service.

27. A computer program for controlling an operation of a mobile terminal for exchanging information with an apparatus of the other party through short-distance radio communication, the computer program causing the mobile terminal to implement a function of:

notifying a user of the mobile terminal of information related to a supplier, when demander side information exhibiting a condition or situation related to an object which a demander desires and supplier side information exhibiting a condition or situation about an object which the supplier can supply coincide with each other.

28. The computer program according to claim 27, further comprising a function of judging whether or not the demander side information and the supplier side information coincide with each other.

29. The computer program according to claim 28, further comprising a function of collecting at least one of the demander side information and the supplier side information through information exchange using the short-distance radio communication in order to collect the demander side information and the supplier side information in the mobile terminal.