Information notifying method and apparatus
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1. An information notifying method comprising:
- supervising physical phenomenon of a predetermined supervision area;
when the physical phenomenon is detected by the supervising, notifying detection information indicating that the physical phenomenon is detected to each of a plurality of portable terminals while giving priority to a portable terminal closest to the supervision area based on location information of each portable terminal, the location information being detected by using location detection function of each portable terminal;
determining as to whether or not users of the portable terminals have accessed the notified detection information; and
when it is determined that all of the users of the plurality of portable terminals have not accessed the detection information, notifying the detection information to an external apparatus other than the portable terminals.
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Abstract
When a security server detects an abnormality in the building by a sensor, the security server sends an abnormality notification mail that has embedded a link to image information shot by a supervision camera upon detection of an abnormality and a mail address of the security server to a portable telephone terminal and in case neither access from the portable telephone terminal to the image information nor a response mail is confirmed, determines that the abnormality mail is not confirmed by the user and notifies occurrence of the abnormality to a security center.
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32 Claims
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1. An information notifying method comprising:
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supervising physical phenomenon of a predetermined supervision area; when the physical phenomenon is detected by the supervising, notifying detection information indicating that the physical phenomenon is detected to each of a plurality of portable terminals while giving priority to a portable terminal closest to the supervision area based on location information of each portable terminal, the location information being detected by using location detection function of each portable terminal; determining as to whether or not users of the portable terminals have accessed the notified detection information; and when it is determined that all of the users of the plurality of portable terminals have not accessed the detection information, notifying the detection information to an external apparatus other than the portable terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An information notifying apparatus comprising:
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a supervision unit adapted to supervise physical phenomenon in a predetermined supervision area; a first notification unit adapted to notify detection information indicating that the physical phenomenon has been detected to each of a plurality of portable terminals while giving priority to a portable terminal closest to the supervision area based on location information of each portable terminal, the location information detected by using location detection function of each portable terminal when the physical phenomenon has been detected by the supervision unit, a determination unit adapted to determine as to whether users of the portable terminals have accessed the notified detection information, and a second notification unit adapted to notify the detection information to an external apparatus other than the portable terminals when the determination unit determines that the users have not accessed the notified detection information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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