MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140287775A1
• Filed: 03/21/2014
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kawai, Takatomo
• Granted Patent: US 9,867,158 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• 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 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A mobile information terminal includes a setting unit configured to store position information for browsing patient information. The mobile information terminal downloads the patient information from a server via a communication unit to store the patient information in a data storage unit according to a result of comparing position information specified by a terminal position specifying unit with the position information stored by the setting unit.

Claims

1. A mobile information terminal comprising:

a position specifying unit configured to specify a position of the mobile information terminal;

a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device that manages personal information;

a storage unit configured to store position information set for each piece of personal information for browsing the personal information; and

a download control unit configured to download the personal information from the external device via the communication unit according to a result of comparing the position information specified by the position specifying unit with the position information stored by the storage unit.

2. The mobile information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a deletion control unit configured to delete the downloaded personal information from the mobile information terminal according to a result of comparing the position information specified by the position specifying unit with the position information stored by the storage unit.

3. The mobile information terminal according to claim 2, wherein:

the downloaded personal information can be updated at the mobile information terminal; and

the deletion control unit uploads the personal information that has been downloaded and updated according to the result of comparing the position information specified by the position specifying unit with the position information stored by the storage unit to the external device via the communication unit, and then deletes the personal information from the mobile information terminal.

4. The mobile information terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

the storage unit stores the position information set for each piece of personal information in association with type information; and

the download control unit downloads, when downloading the personal information from the external device via the communication unit, the personal information based on the type information.

5. The mobile information terminal according to claim 4, wherein the type information changes at the mobile information terminal according to the result of comparing the position information specified by the position specifying unit with the position information stored by the storage unit.

8. The mobile information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the personal information is patient information.

9. The mobile information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the position specifying unit specifies the position of the mobile information terminal via GPS.

6. A mobile information terminal comprising:

a position specifying unit configured to specify a position of the mobile information terminal;

a storage unit configured to store encrypted personal information;

a storage unit configured to store position information set for each piece of personal information for browsing the personal information; and

a decoding control unit configured to decode the encrypted personal information stored in the storage unit according to a result of comparing the position information specified by the position specifying unit with the position information stored by the storage unit.

7. The mobile information terminal according to claim 6, further comprising a deletion control unit configured to delete the decoded personal information according to the result of comparing the position information specified by the position specifying unit with the position information stored by the storage unit.

10. A control method for a mobile information terminal, the mobile information terminal including a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device that manages personal information, and a storage unit configured to store position information set for each piece of personal information for browsing the personal information, the control method comprising:

specifying a position of the mobile information terminal; and

downloading the personal information from the external device via the communication unit according to a result of comparing the specified position information with the position information stored by the storage unit.

11. The control method according to claim 10, the control method further comprising deleting the downloaded personal information from the mobile information terminal according to a result of comparing the specified position information with the position information stored by the storage unit.

12. The control method according to claim 11, wherein:

the downloaded personal information can be updated at the mobile information terminal; and

the personal information that has been downloaded and updated is uploaded according to the result of comparing the specified position information with the position information stored by the storage unit to the external device via the communication unit, and then the personal information is deleted from the mobile information terminal.

13. The control method according to claim 10, wherein:

the storage unit stores the position information set for each piece of personal information in association with type information; and

when downloading the personal information from the external device via the communication unit, the personal information is downloaded based on the type information.

14. The control method according to claim 13, wherein the type information changes at the mobile information terminal according to the result of comparing the specified position information with the position information stored by the storage unit.

15. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the personal information is patient information.

16. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the position of the mobile information terminal is specified via GPS.

17. A control method for a mobile information terminal, the mobile information terminal including a storage unit configured to store encrypted personal information, and a storage unit configured to store position information set for each piece of personal information for browsing the personal information, the control method comprising:

specifying a position of the mobile information terminal; and

decoding the encrypted personal information stored in the storage unit according to a result of comparing the specified position information with the position information stored by the storage unit.

18. The control method according to claim 17, further comprising deleting the decoded personal information according to the result of comparing the specified position information with the position information stored by the storage unit.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that causes a computer to function as a mobile information terminal, comprising:

specifying a position of the mobile information terminal;

communicating with an external device that manages personal information;

storing position information set for each piece of personal information for browsing the personal information; and

downloading the personal information from the external device via the communication unit according to a result of comparing the position information specified by the position specifying unit with the position information stored by the storage unit.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that causes a computer to function as a mobile information terminal, comprising:

specifying a position of the mobile information terminal;

storing encrypted personal information;

storing position information set for each piece of personal information for browsing the personal information; and

decoding the encrypted personal information stored in the storage unit according to a result of comparing the position information specified by the position specifying unit with the position information stored by the storage unit.