Portable Terminal, Message Notification Method, and Method Notification Program

• US 20110040835A1
• Filed: 09/25/2008
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Miyai, Shigeo, Kokuryu, Mineto
• Granted Patent: US 8,935,325 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver

Abstract

Address information stored as a transmission destination is effectively used. A mobile phone includes a position detection portion (S02) for obtaining current positional information, an EEPROM for storing address data in which positional information indicating a position and address information indicating a transmission destination are associated with each other, an extraction portion (S03) for extracting address information stored in association with the positional information located within a prescribed range from the current positional information detected by the position detection portion, and a message transmission portion (S08) for transmitting a fixed message to the transmission destination indicated by at least one address information extracted by the extraction portion.

Claims

1. A portable terminal comprising:

current positional information obtaining portion to obtain current positional information indicating a current position;

address data storage portion to store address data in which positional information indicating a position and address information indicating a transmission destination are associated with each other;

extraction portion to extract the address information stored in association with the positional information located within a prescribed range from the current positional information obtained by said current positional information obtaining portion; and

transmission portion to transmit a prescribed message to the transmission destination indicated by at least one address information extracted by said extraction portion.

2. The portable terminal according to claim 1, further comprising selection portion to select at least one of at least one said address information extracted by said extraction portion,

wherein said transmission portion transmits said prescribed message to at least one transmission destination respectively indicated by at least one said address information selected by said selection portion.

3. The portable terminal according to claim 2, further comprising operation accepting portion to accept an operation by a user,

wherein said extraction portion extracts said address information when a prescribed operation is accepted by said operation accepting portion.

4. The portable terminal according to claim 1, further comprising operation accepting portion to accept an operation by a user,

wherein said extraction portion extracts said address information when a prescribed operation is accepted by said operation accepting portion.

5. The portable terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

moving distance detection portion to detect movement of a prescribed distance or longer; and

moving speed detection portion to detect a moving speed,

wherein said extraction portion extracts said address information when the moving speed detected after movement of a prescribed distance or longer is detected is a prescribed speed or less.

6. A message notification method comprising the steps of:

storing address data in which positional information indicating a position and address information indicating a transmission destination are associated with each other;

obtaining current positional information indicating a current position;

extracting the address information stored in association with the positional information located within a prescribed range from the obtained current positional information; and

transmitting a prescribed message to the transmission destination indicated by the extracted at least one address information.

7. The message notification method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of selecting at least one of the extracted at least one said address information, in said step of extracting,

wherein said step of transmitting includes the step of transmitting said prescribed message to at least one transmission destination respectively indicated by at least one said address information selected by said step of selecting.

8. The message notification method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of accepting an operation by a user,

wherein said step of extracting includes the step of extracting said address information when a prescribed operation is accepted in said step of accepting an operation.

9. The message notification method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of accepting an operation by a user,

wherein said step of extracting includes the step of extracting said address information when a prescribed operation is accepted in said step of accepting an operation.

10. The message notification method according to claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

detecting movement of a prescribed distance or longer; and

detecting a moving speed,

wherein said step of extracting includes the step of extracting said address information when the moving speed detected after movement of a prescribed distance or longer is detected is a prescribed speed or less.

11. A message notification program embodied on a computer readable storage medium allowing a computer to execute the steps of:

storing address data in which positional information indicating a position and address information indicating a transmission destination are associated with each other;

obtaining current positional information indicating a current position;

extracting the address information stored in association with the positional information located within a prescribed range from the obtained current positional information; and

transmitting a prescribed message to the transmission destination indicated by the extracted at least one address information.

12. The message notification program according to claim 11, further comprising the step of selecting at least one of the extracted at least one said address information in said step of extracting,

wherein said step of transmitting includes the step of transmitting said prescribed message to at least one transmission destination respectively indicated by at least one said address information selected by said step of selecting.

13. The message notification program according to claim 12, further comprising the step of accepting an operation by a user,

wherein said step of extracting includes the step of extracting said address information when a prescribed operation is accepted in said step of accepting an operation.

14. The message notification program according to claim 11, further comprising the step of accepting an operation by a user,

wherein said step of extracting includes the step of extracting said address information when a prescribed operation is accepted in said step of accepting an operation.

15. The message notification program according to claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

detecting movement of a prescribed distance or longer; and

detecting a moving speed,

wherein said step of extracting includes the step of extracting said address information when the moving speed detected after movement of a prescribed distance or longer is detected is a prescribed speed or less.