Information disclosure system

• US 20060166670A1
• Filed: 04/12/2004
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ueno, Tsuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US10/547,898
• Publication Number:
  US 20060166670A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/436
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide an information release system capable of limiting information release only to a mobile station existing in a specific range area. A mobile station (12) includes an input unit (101) for entering release range information; a position information detection unit (102) for detecting position information of the mobile station (12) at regular time intervals; and a mobile station radio unit (103) for transmitting the release range information and the position information to a server (14) through a base station (11) and a network (13). The server (14) includes a release range position information acquisition unit (104) for acquiring release range position information corresponding to the release range information from the mobile station radio unit (103); an in-range determination unit (105) for determining whether or not the mobile station (12) exists in the release range based on the release range position information and the position information; and a release information storage unit (106) for releasing information to the mobile station (12) only when the mobile station (12) exists in the release range.

Claims

1. An information release system for releasing information to a mobile station from a server through a network and a base station, comprising:

the mobile station, including;

an input unit which enters range information in which a user requests to release information;

a position information detection unit which detects position information of the mobile station at regular time intervals; and

a mobile station radio unit which transmits the range information entered through the input unit and the position information detected in the position information detection unit to the server through the base station and the network; and

the server, including;

a release range position information acquisition unit which acquires release range position information corresponding to the range information from the mobile station radio unit of the mobile station;

an in-range determination unit which determines whether or not the mobile station exists in the release range in which the user requests to release in accordance with the release range position information acquired in the release range position information acquisition unit and the position information; and

a release information storage unit which releases information to the mobile station only when the mobile station exists in the release range.

2. The information release system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the position information is spatial position information.

3. The information release system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the input unit of the mobile station is a release range position information input unit for directly entering the release range position information.

4. The information release system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the release range position information acquisition unit, the in-range determination unit, and the release information storage unit are included in the mobile station.

5. The information release system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the mobile station includes:

a position specification release information input unit which enters the release information from the user and the position information of the mobile station, and

the server includes;

a position specification release information storage unit which receives and stores position specification release information from each mobile station;

a position specification release information search unit which searches information corresponding to the position of a different mobile station among the position specification release information in the position specification release information storage unit; and

a position specification release information transmission unit which transmits the position specification release information found in the position specification release information search unit to the different mobile station at the position.

6. The information release system as set forth in claim 5, wherein time specification release information is used in addition to the position specification release information to release information at the time.

7. The information release system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the server includes:

a local mail address sending unit which transmits a local mail address that can be used in the release range and a local mail address of a different mobile station existing in the release range to the user only when the mobile station exists in the release range; and

a local mail address storage unit which stores the local mail addresses.

8. The information release system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the server includes:

a local URL address sending unit which transmits a local URL address that can be used and accessed in the release range and a local URL address of a different mobile station existing in the release range to the user only when the mobile station exists in the release range; and

a local URL address storage unit which stores the local URL addresses.

9. The information release system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the mobile station includes:

a light and darkness, temperature, and a sound information detection unit which detects light and darkness, temperature, and sound information of the mobile station in place of the position information detection unit, and

the server includes;

a release range, light and darkness, temperature, and a sound information acquisition unit which acquires numeric information of light and darkness, temperature, and sound information of each mobile station in place of the release range position information acquisition unit; and

an in-range determination unit which determines whether or not each mobile station exists in the range in accordance with the numeric information of the light and darkness, temperature, and sound information of the mobile station in place of the in-range determination unit.

10. The information release system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the mobile station includes:

a position information service request input unit which enters a position information service request from the user and a user ID, and

the server includes;

a position information service mobile station management unit which checks whether or not the mobile station exists in the range in which the mobile station can receive the position information service, releases information in the release information storage unit when the mobile station exists in the range, and informs the user of the position information service that can be provided; and

a position information service notification unit which notifies the mobile station of the service that can be provided at the current position of the mobile station.

11. The information release system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the mobile station includes:

a release space range position information mapping unit which maps release range information and the position of the mobile station in a space to a map or a capture image; and

a mapping image output unit which provides an image in which the release range information and the position of the mobile station are mapped to the map or the capture image to the mobile station.

12. The information release system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the input unit of the mobile station enters attribute information as well as the range information in which the user requests to release.