Method for providing security

• US 20050009536A1
• Filed: 08/10/2004
• Published: 01/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yamada, Shigeru, Ito, Hayuru, Kijima, Yuji
• Granted Patent: US 7,193,531 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19621 Portable camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19658 Telephone systems used to communicate with a camera, e.g. PSTN, GSM, POTS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0283 via a telephone network, e.g. cellular GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0297 Robbery alarms, e.g. hold-up alarms, bag snatching alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

Using a mobile terminal while moving, a user has a voice conversation with a security terminal provided by a security service provider. This conversation creates a situation in which it is possible to immediately send an alarm if an emergency occurs, thus repelling assaulters or abductors lurking near the user. The mobile terminal is provided with GPS or the like, and position information of the mobile terminal is sent to the security terminal. The security service provider takes advertisements from advertisers selling goods or services, and prepares conversation scenarios that are the content of the conversations for automatic response based on those advertisements. The security terminal firstly provides the user with a voice conversation partner proxy service based on the conversation scenarios and secondly detects emergencies by detecting emergency messages from the mobile terminal or detecting the interruption of the conversation. After that, the security service provider can restrict the danger to the user to a minimum by undertaking emergency measures such as dispatching someone to the location where the mobile terminal is located.

Claims

1. A method for providing security to be executed by a computer, comprising:

a storage step of storing conversation scenarios that are content for voice conversations carried out with a user operating a mobile terminal;

an automatic response step of exchanging audio data with a user'"'"'s mobile terminal in accordance with any of the conversation scenarios;

a position information obtaining step of obtaining position information of the user'"'"'s mobile terminal;

an emergency detection step of detecting an emergency involving the user; and

an emergency output step of outputting a signal indicating an emergency if an emergency has been detected.

2. The method for providing security according to claim 1, wherein the emergency detecting step detects an emergency based on a change of position information obtained in the position information obtaining step.

3. The method for providing security according to claim 1, wherein the emergency detection step detects an emergency based on how the conversation scenario progresses in the automatic response step.

4. The method for providing security according to claim 1, wherein the emergency detection step detects an emergency by receiving a signal indicating the occurrence of an emergency from the user'"'"'s mobile terminal.

5. The method for providing security according to claim 1, further comprising a request sending step of receiving input of a rescue request signal requesting rescue of a user in an emergency, and sending the rescue request signal and position information of the user'"'"'s mobile terminal to a computer to which the rescue request signal is sent.

6. The method for providing security according to claim 5,

further comprising a user storage step of storing personal information of a user;

wherein, in the request sending step, personal information of the user in an emergency is sent to said computer.

7. The method for providing security according to claim 1, further comprising a telephone communication step of receiving instruction of direct telephone communication with the user from an operator of said computer, receiving audio input of the operator and sending the audio input to the user'"'"'s mobile terminal, and outputting the received audio from the mobile terminal.

8. The method for providing security according to claim 1, further comprising:

a history storage step of storing a usage history of conversation scenarios;

a history update step of updating the usage history of conversation scenarios executed by the automatic response step.

9. The method for providing security according to claim 1, wherein the position information obtaining step obtains the position information by GPS (Global Positioning System).

10. The method for providing security according to claim 1, wherein

the position information obtaining step obtains position information of the mobile terminal from the position detection system;

and

the position information detection system is configured including a base station that relays communication between mobile terminals, and calculates an absolute position of the mobile terminal based on an absolute position of the base station and a relative position of the mobile terminal to the base station.

11. The method for providing security according to claim 1, wherein, in the automatic response step, a database is accessed that stores the conversation scenarios that are the content for the voice conversation performed with the mobile terminal of the user, and audio data is exchanged with the user'"'"'s mobile terminal in accordance with one of the conversation scenarios in the database.

12. The method for providing security according to claim 1, wherein, in the automatic response step, the exchange of audio data is performed via a plurality of networks with different communication protocols.

13. The method for providing security according to claim 1, wherein, in the emergency output step, image data is received from the user'"'"'s mobile terminal, and the image data is output.

14. The method for providing security according to claim 1,

further comprising an authentication information storage step of storing authentication information of the user;

wherein in the automatic response step, a connection request is received from the user'"'"'s mobile terminal, and an authentication of the user is performed in accordance with the authentication information of the user.

15. A device for providing security, comprising:

a storage means for storing conversation scenarios that are content for voice conversations carried out with a user operating a mobile terminal;

an automatic response means for exchanging audio data with a user'"'"'s mobile terminal in accordance with any of the conversation scenarios;

a position information obtaining means for obtaining position information of the user'"'"'s mobile terminal;

an emergency detection means for detecting an emergency involving the user; and

an emergency output means for outputting a signal indicating an emergency if an emergency has occurred.

16. A program for providing security, which lets a computer function as:

a storage means for storing conversation scenarios that are content for voice conversations carried out with a user operating a mobile terminal;

an automatic response means for exchanging audio data with a user'"'"'s mobile terminal in accordance with any of the conversation scenarios;

a position information obtaining means for obtaining position information of the user'"'"'s mobile terminal;

an emergency detection means for detecting an emergency involving the user; and

an emergency output means for outputting a signal indicating an emergency if an emergency has occurred.

17. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for providing security to be executed by a computer, for executing:

a storage step of storing conversation scenarios that are content for voice conversations carried out with a user operating a mobile terminal;

an automatic response step of exchanging audio data with a user'"'"'s mobile terminal in accordance with any of the conversation scenarios;

a position information obtaining step of obtaining position information of the user'"'"'s mobile terminal;

an emergency detection step of detecting an emergency involving the user; and

an emergency output step of outputting a signal indicating an emergency if an emergency has occurred.