Communication terminal and information communication system

• US 20050252964A1
• Filed: 07/21/2005
• Published: 11/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Katagishi, Makoto, Takaki, Taku, Hasegawa, Osamu
• Granted Patent: US 7,377,428 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/382
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/063 using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station identification of vehicles G08G

Abstract

A communication terminal for connecting or mounting an IC card or the like to examine a ticket through a non-contact communication. The communication terminal includes a function for receiving information stored in the IC card or the like in the ticket examination process and controlling itself automatically. The communication terminal can automatically display the validity of a pass and/or the balance of a prepaid sum in a ticket. Also, the communication terminal can register a specific station so that an email in a pre-registered format is created or sent automatically in the ticket examination process at the registered station.

Claims

1. A communication terminal, comprising:

a first communication unit which transmits and receives data through a network;

a second communication unit which receives data from a communication device to receive data therefrom;

storage which stores communication device information related to the communication device and destination information for denoting a destination to which information is to be sent so that both communication device information and destination information correspond to each other; and

a controller for controlling the first communication unit so as to transmit information to the destination responsive to the second communication unit receiving data transmitted from the communication device, wherein the information transmitted from the first communication unit includes at least part of the data received from the communication device.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal obtains data related to a predetermined installation place of the communication device through the first or second communication unit, and wherein the controller controls the first communication unit to send the information that includes the data related to the installation place.

3. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein information to be sent through the first communication unit is an e-mail.

4. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is an automatic ticket examination machine, the communication device information is information for denoting a station where the communication device is installed, and the data includes a name of the station or a time on which the communication terminal an object passes the station.

5. An information communication system, comprising:

a communication device which communicates with a communication terminal;

the communication terminal provided with a first communication unit which communicates with an object through a network, a second communication unit which receives data from the communication device, and storage for storing communication device information related to the communication device and destination information for denoting a destination of an e-mail so that both communication device information and destination information correspond to each other,

wherein responsive to a communication between the communication device and the second communication unit, the communication terminal creates an e-mail that includes at least part of data received from the communication device and sends the e-mail to an object through the first communication unit.

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9. A communication terminal, comprising:

a first communication unit which transmits and receives data through a network;

a second communication unit which receives data from a communication device;

storage which stores communication destination information for denoting a destination to which information is to be sent; and

a controller for controlling the first communication unit so as to transmit information to the destination responsive to the second communication unit receiving data transmitted from the communication device, wherein the information transmitted from the first communication unit includes at least part of the data received from the communication device.

10. The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein the communication terminal obtains data related to an installation place of the communication device through the first or second communication unit, and wherein the controller controls the first communication unit to send the information that includes the data related to the installation place.

11. The communication terminal according to claim 10, wherein the installation place is a station, a shop, an amusement park or a tollbooth.