MESSAGE DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MESSAGE

• US 20100179988A1
• Filed: 02/09/2010
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Nomura, Jikou
• Granted Patent: US 8,239,431 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A message delivery system includes a plurality of terminals and a server communicating the terminals. Each of the terminals includes a message creation function unit creating a message for any member of a registered group, and a message delivery request function unit designating any location as a designated location and requesting a server to deliver the message to a member of the registered group entering the designated location. The server includes an entry monitoring function unit monitoring if a member of the registered group has entered the designated location, and a message delivery function unit delivering the message to a member of the registered group first entering the designated location and, if the first entering member refuses to accept the message, delivering the message to another member of the group next entering the designated area.

Claims

1. A message delivery system comprising:

a plurality of terminals and a server communicating the terminals;

each of the terminals comprising

a message creation function unit creating a message for any member of a registered group and

a message delivery request function unit designating any location as a designated location and requesting a server to deliver the message to a member of the registered group entering the designated location; and

the server comprising

an entry monitoring function unit monitoring if a member of the registered group has entered the designated location and

a message delivery function unit delivering the message to a member of the registered group first entering the designated location and, if the first entering member refuses to accept the message, delivering the message to another member of the group next entering the designated area.

2. The message delivery system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the message delivery request function unit of a terminal designates a time period for delivery of the message to a member of the registered group.

3. The message delivery system as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of the terminals includes a group creation registration request function unit creating a group and requesting registration of the created group to the server, and the server includes a group registration receiving unit accepting the registration of the created group due to the request from the group creation registration request function unit.

4. The message delivery system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the member can refuse to accept the message delivered to the member even after accepting the message.

5. The message delivery system as set forth in claim 1, wherein, after refusing to accept the message delivered to the member, the member can accept the message if no other member accepts the message.

6. The message delivery system as set forth in claim 1, wherein only members of the group can request delivery of a message.

7. The message delivery system as set forth in claim 1, wherein personal authentication is required when requesting delivery of the message.

8. The message delivery system as set forth in claim 1, wherein a predetermined member of the group can view the message requested to be delivered by the message delivery request function unit before delivery.

9. A message delivery method comprising:

monitoring if a member of a registered group has entered a designated location,

delivering a message to the member of the registered group first entering the designated location; and

delivering the message to another member of the group next entering the designated area if the first entering member refuses to accept the message.

10. The message delivery method as set forth in claim 9, wherein the delivering is performed in a designated time period.

11. The message delivery method as set forth in claim 9, wherein the member can refuse to accept the message delivered to the member even after accepting the message.

12. The message delivery method as set forth in claim 9, wherein, after refusing to accept the message delivered to the member, the member can accept the message if no other member accepts the message.

13. A terminal comprising

a message creation function unit creating a message for any member of a group and

a message delivery request function unit designating any location as a designated location and requesting a server to deliver the message to a member of the group entering the designated location.

14. The terminal as set forth in claim 13, wherein the message delivery request function unit designates a time period for delivery of the message to the member of the group.

15. The terminal as set forth in claim 13, further comprising a group creation registration request function unit creating the group and requesting registration of the created group at the server.

16. A server comprising:

an entry monitoring function unit monitoring if a member of a registered group has entered a designated location and

a message delivery function unit delivering a message to the member of a registered group first entering the designated location and, if the first entering member refuses to accept the message, delivering the message to another member of the group next entering the designated area.