JP4883562B2 - Group communication control method and wireless communication terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a group communication control method such as PTT (push to talk) and a communication terminal related to the control method.

  In recent years, telephone communication modes have been diversified, and telephones capable of performing packet communication using an IP (internet protocol) network are widely used in addition to conventional voice calls by circuit switching. For example, there is “chat mail” in which conversation is performed by exchanging characters between mobile phones in real time (see Patent Document 1). Chat mail is one of communication modes called “group communication” in which members registered in advance form a group, and data such as characters is exchanged in real time within the group.

  In addition, one of group communications that has been attracting attention recently is called PTT (push to talk) or PoC (push to talk over cellular). In PTT, a plurality of communication terminals forming a group perform a real-time voice call by VoIP (voice over internet protocol) (see Patent Document 2).

  When starting group communication between a plurality of communication terminals capable of PTT group communication, the organizer terminal among the plurality of communication terminals performs group communication start processing. Then, the organizer terminal generates and transmits a group communication invitation notice to other communication terminals registered in the communication terminal. The group communication invitation notification is a notification in which the organizer terminal asks other communication terminals to participate in group communication.

  The owner of the other communication terminal that has received the group communication invitation notice can determine whether or not to participate in group communication based on the owner of the organizer terminal as a criterion. Once PTT group communication is started, the owner of the communication terminal who desires to speak transmits a request to the owner to the server device by pressing a predetermined button (PTT button) provided on the communication terminal. Is done. The server device receives a speech request from each communication terminal and gives a speech right to one communication terminal. The communication terminal given the right to speak transmits the owner's voice data to the server apparatus, and the server apparatus transmits the voice data to the other communication terminals all at once. Thereby, a real-time voice call is performed by a plurality of communication terminals forming a group.

JP 2003-174520 A JP-T-2005-522067

  During group communication using a conventional communication terminal, the right to speak is given to only one of a plurality of communication terminals performing group communication at a time. For this reason, when all the owners of a plurality of communication terminals performing group communication wish to speak, it is necessary to sequentially give a speaking right to each communication terminal.

  Therefore, there is a problem that it takes time to confirm the intentions of all the owners of the communication terminals performing group communication. In addition, the utterance of the communication terminal owner is a voice, and it is difficult to record the intention of the communication terminal owner regarding the utterance.

  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a group communication control method such as PTT (push to talk) that can quickly confirm the intention of the owner of the communication terminal that performs group communication. is there. Another object of the present invention is to provide a group communication control method capable of recording the intention of the owner of a communication terminal performing group communication. It is another object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal capable of quickly confirming the intention of the owner of the communication terminal performing group communication and recording the intention of the owner in a record.

The group communication control method of the present invention is a group communication control method by a wireless communication terminal in which a plurality of wireless communication terminals connected to a communication network including a communication server device perform group communication through the communication server device. A personal information management step in which an organizer terminal among the plurality of wireless communication terminals manages personal information about the plurality of wireless communication terminals, and group communication based on the personal information managed by the organizer terminal in the personal information management step When the group communication is started by designating the other party's wireless communication terminal, the organizer terminal transmits the group communication start notification to the other wireless communication terminals via the communication server device. and the group communication start transmitting step, in the host terminal group communication, the organizer data including a predetermined questions Receiving a inquiry step of sending to the participant wireless communication terminal participating in the group communication in a specified wireless communication terminal, the host terminal the response data to said predetermined questions from the participant wireless communication terminal by youngest A response data receiving step, a counting step for counting the response data received by the organizer terminal within a predetermined time after the questioning step is performed, and a response data tabulated by the organizer terminal in the counting step excluding said predetermined time unrealized nonparticipation wireless communication terminal to participate wireless communication terminal that has not transmitted the response data in, having a total data distribution step of transmitting to the participant wireless communication terminal.

Preferably, a group communication start receiving step in which the participation wireless communication terminal receives group communication start notification from the organizer terminal, and the participation wireless communication terminal indicates to the organizer terminal that the participation wireless communication terminal participates in group communication. A group communication control step for performing group communication processing among the plurality of wireless communication terminals, a question reception step for receiving data including the predetermined question items in the questioning step by the participating wireless communication terminals, A question display step for displaying the data including the predetermined question received in the question receiving step in the display unit of the participating wireless communication terminal; and response data for the participating wireless communication terminal to create response data for the predetermined question Creation step, and the participation wireless communication terminal creates the response data for the organizer terminal in the response data creation step And having a response data transmitting step of transmitting the response data.

Preferably, the predetermined question item has an option format.

Preferably, the response data includes data on the number of responses of the participating wireless communication terminals for each option regarding the predetermined question.

Preferably, in the counting step, when response data is received from all of the participating wireless communication terminals even if the predetermined time has not elapsed after the inquiry step is performed, the sponsorship is performed. The person terminal adds up the received response data.

The wireless communication terminal of the present invention includes a communication unit that connects to a communication network including a communication server device and performs group communication, a personal information management unit that manages personal information of a partner that performs group communication, an operation unit, When starting group communication by designating a partner wireless communication terminal that performs group communication based on the personal information managed by the personal information management unit, the partner wireless communication is performed via the communication server device. A control unit that transmits a message indicating the start of group communication to a communication terminal, and the control unit includes a predetermined question when a predetermined operation is performed by the operation unit after the start of group communication. data, and query processing for sending to the participant wireless communication terminal participating in the group communication in a specified wireless communication terminal by host terminal to host group communication, the predetermined A response data receiving process of receiving the response data to the question items from the participant wireless communication terminal, the aggregation processing for aggregating the response data received within a predetermined time, the response data summarized in the aggregation processing within the predetermined time period excluding the unrealized non-participation radio communication terminal a participant wireless communication terminals that did not send the response data, to perform, and aggregate data delivery processing to be transmitted to the participant wireless communication terminal.

The wireless communication terminal of the present invention receives a communication unit that performs group communication by connecting to a communication network including a communication server device, an operation unit, and a group communication start message, and then the operation unit performs group communication. A wireless communication terminal having a control unit that performs group communication processing when instructed to participate in the communication, the control unit includes a wireless communication terminal that is designated by an organizer terminal that hosts group communication. The question receiving process for receiving data including a predetermined question item transmitted from a participating wireless communication terminal that participated in group communication in the above, and the predetermined question item received in the question receiving process in the display unit of the wireless communication terminal a question display processing for displaying the data including a response de to be transmitted to the participant wireless communication terminal response data to said predetermined questions that the operating unit is created within a predetermined time Performing a data transmission process, and a response data receiving process of receiving the response data from the participant wireless communication terminal even when not transmitting the response data within the predetermined time.

  In the group communication control method of the present invention, it is possible to quickly confirm the intention of the owner of the communication terminal performing group communication. It is also possible to record the intention of the owner of the communication terminal performing group communication. Further, in the communication terminal of the present invention, it is possible to quickly confirm the intention of the owner of the communication terminal that performs group communication, and it is possible to record the intention of the owner.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a communication system used in a communication control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The communication system used for the communication control method according to the present embodiment includes, for example, communication terminals 100-1 to 100-5 and a communication server device 200 (communication management device) as shown in FIG.

  A communication terminal 100-i (i represents an integer from 1 to 5) is a wireless communication terminal such as a mobile phone, for example, and is connected to a communication network via base stations (300-1, 300-2, 300-3). 300 is connected. In addition, the communication terminal 100-i performs data communication according to the control of the communication server device 200 connected to the communication network 300. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that group communication (hereinafter also referred to as group communication) by PTT (push to talk) is performed as an example. The data transmitted in the group communication includes, for example, data such as call voice, images, characters, and music.

  When performing communication in a group, the communication terminal 100-i starts group communication, and a representative one of the plurality of communication terminals 100-i is an organizer's device (hereinafter also referred to as an organizer terminal). Or an apparatus that receives group communication start notification and participates in group communication (hereinafter also referred to as a participant terminal).

<When operating as an organizer terminal>
When the communication terminal 100-i starts group communication by becoming an organizer terminal, the communication terminal 100-i encrypts personal information of a partner who requests participation in group communication. This personal information includes, for example, the name, telephone number, and e-mail address (identification information on the communication network) of the other party. Such personal information is managed by the organizer terminal itself, and based on the managed personal information, the communication terminal of the other party to perform group communication is designated.

  Further, the communication terminal 100-i transmits a group communication start request to the communication server apparatus 200, and information on the group communication management site (network address or login ID) installed by the communication server apparatus 200 in response to this request. Etc.) from the communication server device 200.

  Next, the communication terminal 100-i transmits a group communication start notification to the counterpart communication terminal. Hereinafter, a communication terminal that is a transmission target of the group communication start notification is referred to as a “group communication member” or simply a “member”.

  The group communication start notification includes various information necessary for participating in group communication. For example, information on the organizer of the group communication (name, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) and information on the group communication management site (network address, login ID, etc.) acquired from the communication server device 200 are included. The communication terminal 100-i transmits this group communication start notification to each member of the group communication by e-mail, for example.

  Thereafter, when receiving a response to participate in group communication from at least one member, the communication terminal 100-i starts group communication with this member via the communication server device 200.

<When operating as a participant terminal>
When participating in group communication as a participant terminal, the communication terminal 100-i receives a group communication start notification sent from the organizer terminal.

  Upon receiving the group communication start notification, the communication terminal 100-i notifies the user that the group communication start notification has been received by a notification unit that generates an image, light, sound, vibration, or the like.

  When a user who has confirmed the personal information of a member of group communication inputs an instruction to participate in group communication, for example, by a key operation or the like, the communication terminal 100-i transmits a response to the effect of participating in group communication to the organizer terminal. The communication management site is accessed based on the information included in the group communication start notification, and group communication is started as a participant terminal.

  The communication server device 200 manages PTT group communication performed by the communication terminals (100-1 to 100-5).

  When receiving a group communication start request issued from the organizer terminal, the communication server device 200 provides a group communication management site on the communication server device 200 (or another server device on the network). This site requests management of information (telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) of each communication terminal participating in group communication, participation and exit of group communication of each communication terminal, transmission / reception of data between communication terminals, and remarks Various management and control related to group communication, such as granting the right to speak to communication terminals.

When communication server apparatus 200 provides a group communication management site in response to a group communication start request, information on the site is transmitted to the organizer terminal.
Further, when the participant terminal accesses the site, the communication server device 200 permits the participant terminal to log in based on the login ID provided by the participant terminal, the telephone number of the participant terminal, or the like. Then, the information of the newly logged-in participant terminal is registered in the management table in the site. In addition, the organizer terminal and the participant terminal are notified that a new participant has joined.

  In one communication terminal that participates in group communication, for example, when a speech request (data transmission request) is issued by pressing a PTT button, the communication server apparatus 200 has no other communication terminal that is speaking (data transmission). The right to speak (data transmission right) is granted to the one communication terminal. That is, data (call voice, text, etc.) sent from the one communication terminal is received and transmitted to other participating communication terminals. If there is another communication terminal that is speaking, a rejection response is returned to the one communication terminal. When speech requests of several communication terminals are overlapped, the priority order of each communication terminal is determined according to a predetermined rule (for example, a terminal having a smaller number of speeches is ranked higher), and based on this, each communication terminal is determined. Give the right to speak in turn.

  When receiving the group communication end request issued by the organizer terminal, the communication server device 200 transmits a group communication end notification to each participant terminal, and ends the group communication.

The communication server device 200 manages PTT group communication performed by the communication terminals (100-1 to 100-5).
When receiving a group communication start request issued from the organizer terminal, the communication server device 200 provides a group communication management site on the communication server device 200 (or another server device on the network). This site requests management of information (telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) of each communication terminal participating in group communication, participation and exit of group communication of each communication terminal, transmission / reception of data between communication terminals, and remarks Various management and control related to group communication, such as granting the right to speak to communication terminals.

When the communication server device 200 establishes a group communication management site in response to a group communication start request, the communication server device 200 transmits information on the site to the organizer terminal.
Further, when the participant terminal accesses the site, the communication server device 200 permits the participant terminal to log in based on the login ID provided by the participant terminal, the telephone number of the participant terminal, or the like. Then, the information of the newly logged-in participant terminal is registered in the management table in the site. In addition, the organizer terminal and the participant terminal are notified that a new participant has joined.

  In one communication terminal that participates in group communication, for example, when a speech request (data transmission request) is issued by pressing a PTT button, the communication server apparatus 200 has no other communication terminal that is speaking (data transmission). The right to speak (data transmission right) is granted to the one communication terminal. That is, data (call voice, text, etc.) sent from the one communication terminal is received and transmitted to other participating communication terminals. If there is another communication terminal that is speaking, a rejection response is returned to the one communication terminal. When speech requests of several communication terminals are overlapped, the priority order of each communication terminal is determined according to a predetermined rule (for example, a terminal having a smaller number of speeches is ranked higher), and based on this, each communication terminal is determined. Give the right to speak in turn.

  When receiving the group communication end request issued by the organizer terminal, the communication server device 200 transmits a group communication end notification to each participant terminal, and ends the group communication.

Next, a configuration example of the communication terminal will be described.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the communication terminals (100-1 to 100-5) according to the embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, communication terminals having the configuration shown in FIG. 2 may be collectively referred to as “communication terminal 100”.
A communication terminal 100 shown in FIG. 2 includes an antenna 101, a communication unit 102, a key input unit 103, an audio processing unit 104, a speaker 105, a microphone 106, a display unit 107, a storage unit 108, and a control unit. 110.

  The communication unit 102 performs wireless communication with base stations (300-1, 300-2, 300-3) connected to the communication network 300. For example, the communication unit 102 performs predetermined modulation processing on the transmission data supplied from the control unit 110 to convert it into a radio signal, and transmits it from the antenna 101. In addition, a predetermined demodulation process is performed on a radio signal from the base station received by the antenna 101 to convert it into reception data, which is output to the control unit 110.

  The key input unit 103 has keys to which various functions such as a power key, a call key, a numeric key, a character key, a direction key, a determination key, and a PTT button are assigned, and these keys are operated by the user. If it is, a signal corresponding to the operation content is generated and input to the control unit 110 as a user instruction.

  The audio processing unit 104 processes an audio signal output from the speaker 105 and an audio signal input from the microphone 106. That is, the audio signal input from the microphone 106 is subjected to signal processing such as amplification, analog-digital conversion, encoding, and the like, converted into digital audio data, and output to the control unit 110. Further, the audio data supplied from the control unit 110 is subjected to signal processing such as decoding, digital-analog conversion, amplification, etc., converted into an analog audio signal, and output to the speaker 105.

  The display unit 107 is configured using a display device such as a liquid crystal display panel or an organic EL panel, for example, and displays an image corresponding to a video signal supplied from the control unit 110. For example, various information and images such as the telephone number of the callee at the time of outgoing call, the telephone number of the other party at the time of incoming call, the contents of received mail and outgoing mail, date, time, remaining battery level, standby screen, etc. are displayed.

  The storage unit 108 stores various data used for processing in the control unit 110. For example, a computer program provided in the control unit 110, an address book for managing personal information such as a telephone number or an email address of a communication partner, an audio file for playing a ring tone or an alarm sound, various setting data, a program Holds temporary data used in the process.

  The storage unit 108 is configured by, for example, a non-volatile storage device (non-volatile semiconductor memory, hard disk device, optical disk device, etc.), a randomly accessible storage device (eg, SRAM, DRAM), or the like.

The control unit 110 comprehensively controls the overall operation of the communication terminal 100. That is, various processes of the communication terminal 100 (voice communication performed via the circuit switching network, PTT group communication, creation and transmission / reception of e-mail, browsing of Internet websites, etc.) according to the operation of the key input unit 103 The operations of each unit described above (transmission / reception of signals in the communication unit 102, input / output of audio in the audio processing unit 104, display of images on the display unit 107, etc.) are controlled so as to be executed in an appropriate procedure.
For example, the control unit 110 includes a computer that executes processing based on a program (operating system, application, etc.) stored in the storage unit 108, and executes the above-described processing according to a procedure instructed in this program.

(1) When hosting group communication as an organizer terminal, the control unit 110 performs the following processing.

First, the control unit 110 determines a member of group communication. The member of this group communication is selected from communication partners registered in the address book of the storage unit 108, for example.
For example, when an instruction is input in the key input unit 103 to hold group communication as an organizer terminal, the control unit 110 displays a list of communication partners registered in the address book of the storage unit 108. The key input unit 103 inputs an instruction to select a group communication member from the list.

  Further, when several groups of communication partners selected in advance are stored in the storage unit 108 and group communication is held as an organizer terminal, one of the groups stored in the storage unit 108 is selected from the key input unit 103. It may be selected in accordance with the instruction of the group and may be a member of group communication. Alternatively, the group communication member may be determined by directly inputting the identification information (telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) of the other party using the numeric keys or character keys of the key input unit 103.

  Information on the above address book and group is stored in the storage unit 108 as personal information. In addition, the control unit 110 functions as a personal information management unit, and manages the personal information by changing the storage contents and data structure in the storage unit 108.

  The control unit 110 transmits a group communication start request to the communication server device 200 from the communication unit 102 to all members of the determined group communication, and receives information sent from the communication server device 200 in response to the start request. Received by the communication unit 102. This information includes information for starting group communication, and includes, for example, the network address of the group communication management site and the login ID thereof. The control unit 110 creates a group communication start notification using these pieces of information acquired from the communication server device 200, and transmits this to the members of the group communication from the communication unit 102.

When a response indicating participation in group communication is returned from the member in response to the group communication request, and this is received by the communication unit 102, the control unit 110 starts PTT data transmission / reception processing.
When the call key of the key input unit 103 is pressed, the control unit 110 transmits a speech request from the communication unit 102 to the communication server device 200. When the communication unit 102 receives a notification of permission from the communication server device 200 in response to the request for speech, the control unit 110 converts the audio signal input from the microphone 106 into audio data in the audio processing unit 104, and the communication unit 102. To the communication server device 200. When the call key is not pressed, the voice processing unit 104 converts voice data from the communication terminal that is speaking received by the communication unit 102 into a voice signal and outputs the voice from the speaker 105. In addition to call voice data, various data such as image data and music data are also transmitted and received.

  As described above, when the owner of the organizer terminal wishes to confirm the intention with the owner of the participant terminal during the group communication, a predetermined operation is performed on the key input unit 103. I do. For example, by performing a predetermined operation on the key input unit 103, the control unit 110 reads data including a predetermined question item stored in the storage unit 108. And the control part 110 performs the process which sends the data containing the question matter to the communication part 102 of a sponsor terminal, and the communication part 102 transmits the data with respect to a participant's communication terminal.

  As will be described below, the participant's communication terminal responds to the questions, and the response data is received by the organizer's communication terminal. The response data is received by the communication unit 102 under the control of the control unit 110. Further, the control unit 110 of the organizer terminal performs a totaling process for totaling the received response data, and performs a distribution process for transmitting the totaled data to the participant terminal. By doing so, the totaled response data is sent to the participant terminal, and all the owners of the participant terminals can check the totaled response data.

(2) When performing group communication as a participant terminal, the control unit 110 performs the following processing.

  First, the communication unit 102 of the participant terminal receives the group communication start notification transmitted from the communication unit 102 of the organizer terminal according to the control of the control unit 110. And when the owner of a participant terminal desires to participate in group communication, the owner performs predetermined operation about the key input part 103 of a participant terminal. When a predetermined operation is performed on the key input unit 103, the control unit 110 transmits to the organizer terminal a message indicating that it will participate in group communication through the communication unit 102.

  By doing so, group communication is started as described in (1). Then, in the middle of the start of group communication, in order for the owner of the organizer terminal to confirm the intention of the owner of the participant terminal, data including a predetermined question item is sent from the organizer terminal to the participant. A question reception process is performed in which the data is transmitted to the terminal and the data is received by the participant terminal. The question reception process is performed by the control unit 110 of the participant terminal through the communication unit 102.

  Then, the control part 110 of a participant terminal performs the question display process which displays the content of the data containing the question matter which the communication part 102 received on the display part 107. FIG. In this way, the owner of the participant terminal can confirm the contents of the questionnaire. The owner of the participant terminal can respond to the contents of the question items displayed on the display unit 107 by operating the key input unit 103.

  By operating the key input unit 103, response data for the questionnaire is created. And the control part 110 performs the response data transmission process which transmits the produced response data with respect to a sponsor terminal through the communication part 102. FIG.

  Here, a flow for implementing the group communication control method including the communication terminals having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The description will be made with reference to the screen on the display unit 107 of the communication terminal 100 shown in FIG.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, the communication terminal 100-1 is an organizer terminal, and the communication terminals 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 are participant terminals.
First, in order for the organizer terminal 100 to notify the participant terminal 100 that group communication is started, the organizer terminal 100 issues a group call invitation notification to the participant terminal 100 (step ST101).

  In step ST101, the display unit 107 of each participant terminal 100 that has received the group call invitation notification holds group communication from X, which is the owner of the organizer terminal 100, as shown in FIG. Will be displayed.

  In FIG. 3, among the owners of the participant terminals 100 that have received the group communication invitation notice, the registrant A of the communication terminal 100-2 and the registrant B of the communication terminal 100-3 are determined to participate in the group communication. Suppose you did. The registrant C of the communication terminal 100-3 does not participate in the group communication or does not respond to the invitation.

As a result, communication terminal 100-2 and communication terminal 100-3 indicate to organizer terminal 100-1 that they will participate in group communication (steps ST102a, b). Further, the communication terminal 100-4 is not shown to participate in group communication with respect to the organizer terminal 100-1.
The organizer terminal 100-1 indicated to participate in the group communication from the communication terminal 100-2 and the communication terminal 100-3 is a group between the three communication terminals 100-1, 100-2, 100-3. Communication is started (step ST103).

  After group communication is started in step ST103, the intention of the registrant B and registrant C, who are the owners of 100-2 and 100-3, which became the group communication participant terminals, is owned by the organizer terminal 100-1. It may be necessary for person X to confirm. Therefore, the host terminal 100-1 determines and sends data including a predetermined question item to the participant terminals 100-2 and 100-3 (step ST104).

  For example, such a question is displayed on the display unit 107 of the organizer terminal 100-1 shown in FIG. That is, the display section 107 of the organizer terminal 100-1 shown in FIG. 4B shows the voting contents, the number of selected branches, and option entry fields as questions. In addition, an answer time for answering the question is displayed. These questions and answer times can be input and determined by operating the key input unit 103 of the organizer terminal 100-1. Such a question form is stored in the storage unit 108 in advance.

  The display units 107 of the participant terminals 100-2 and 100-3 that have received the data including the predetermined question items from the organizer terminal 100-1 can vote as shown in FIG. 4C based on the received data. A screen is displayed. In the voting screen shown in FIG. 4C, the contents of the vote and the options for the vote are shown.

  The registrant A and the registrant B, who are the owners of the participant terminals 100-2 and 100-3, operate the key input unit 103 of the terminal 100 to determine options and ask questions. Create response data for. After the creation of the response data is completed, the data is returned to the organizer terminal 100-1 (step ST105). In the example of FIG. 3, only the participant terminal 100-2 owned by the registrant A transmits response data to the organizer terminal 100-1.

  In step ST105, the organizer terminal 100-1 receives response data from the participant terminal 100-2, and further, no response data is received from other participant terminals 100 within a predetermined time after step ST104 is completed. In this case, the voting is completed (step ST106).

  When the voting is completed, the response data is aggregated in the organizer terminal 100-1 (step ST107). At this time, if the participant terminal 100-3 that has not voted is set to be regarded as abstention on the organizer terminal 100-1 side, it is treated as such. Moreover, when it is not set to be regarded as abstention, for example, it may be excluded from the vote participation number.

  Then, the sponsor terminal 100-1 transmits the collected data to the participant terminals 100-2 and 100-3 (step ST108). The voting results as shown in FIG. 4D are displayed on the display unit 107 of the participant terminals 100-2 and 100-3 that have received the aggregated data. In addition, when canceling group communication, it progresses to step ST109.

  Further, a description will be given with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 showing a sequence of processing performed inside the organizer terminal 100 in order to implement the group communication control method including the communication terminals having the above-described configuration. The description will be made with reference to the screen on the display unit 7 of the communication terminal 100 shown in FIG.

  In the flowchart in FIG. 5, among a plurality of communication terminals that perform group communication, to the side on the “organizer” side that is the owner of one organizer terminal that is a representative communication terminal, and to other group communication It is divided into the other “member” side that is the owner of the participating communication terminal.

First, in order to notify the “member” that group communication is started, a group call invitation notification is issued (step ST201).
Upon receiving the group call invitation notice, the “member” performs an action to participate in group communication, not participate, or do not respond to “organizer” (step ST202).

  Upon receiving the action of step ST202, the “sponsor” performs a process of listing “members” who have performed an action to participate in group communication within the communication terminal. Such processing is performed by a control unit inside the communication terminal, and personal information about “members” is managed. Then, group communication is started between the listed “member” communication terminals and the “host” communication terminals (step ST203). It should be noted that group communication is not performed between “member” communication terminals not listed, “member” communication terminals that do not respond to anything, and “host” communication terminals.

  After the group communication is held in step ST203, the “organizer” causes the “member” to vote for an answer to a predetermined question item in order to confirm the intention of the “member”. Therefore, the “host” performs a voting start operation (step ST204).

  When the voting start operation in step 204 is performed, the “host” communication terminal creates a count result list based on the list of “members” participating in the group communication. That is, of the listed “members”, the number of members who voted and the number of votes obtained by the members who voted are listed.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 6A, the display section of the “host” communication terminal lists the number of “members” who voted and the number of votes of “members” who voted. Shown in the form. However, in the example of the flowchart of FIG. 5, voting from “members” has not yet been performed at the time when step ST204 is performed. Therefore, in the list shown in FIG. And the number of votes of “members” who voted are the initial values.

  In step ST204, when the “organizer” performs a voting start operation on the “member”, the “organizer” also sets the voting information, which is the content to be voted on, and the voting time limit. Then, the “host” communication terminal transmits vote information to the “member” communication terminal participating in the group communication (step ST205). The communication terminal of the “member” that has received the voting information is provided with information on the voting contents, the number of options related to voting, and the contents of the options. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6B, the contents of the vote, the number of options, and the contents of the options are displayed on the display unit of the “member” communication terminal.

  In step ST205, when the “host” communication terminal transmits vote information to the “member”, a timer whose time length is the vote limit time set by the “host” communication terminal is “host”. The communication terminal starts (step ST206).

  Upon receiving the vote information transmitted from the “host” communication terminal, the “member” communication terminal responds to the content of the vote. That is, the “member” refers to the vote contents and options displayed on the display unit in the communication terminal as shown in FIG. 6C, and the vote result is determined by designating the option number. When the “member” designates the option number, the voting result is set (step ST207). Then, the vote result is notified to the “organizer”.

  Each time the vote result is notified from the “member” to the “organizer”, the “organizer” terminal updates the list of count results (step ST208). The update of the list of count results in step ST208 is completed when the timer of the “host” communication terminal expires or the notification of the voting results is completed from the “member” communication terminals participating in all group communication. It is done until. When the update of the list of count results is completed, the voting ends (step ST209).

  When the voting ends in step ST209, the “host” communication terminal aggregates data on the aggregation result list that has been updated (step ST210). Then, when the data aggregation is completed in step ST210, the voting result is determined. The vote result is distributed from the “host” communication terminal to the “member” communication terminal (step ST211), and the distribution can be automatically transmitted (step ST212).

  The voting result as shown in FIG. 6D is displayed on the display unit of the “member” communication terminal that has received the vote result distribution from the “host” communication terminal. Then, when the distribution of the voting results is finished, the voting is also finished (step ST213).

  In the above group communication control method, the “host” communication terminal requests voting to the “member” communication terminals all at once, so the intention of the owner of the communication terminal performing group communication is confirmed. Can be done quickly. In addition, by setting a limit on the voting time, such intention confirmation can be performed more quickly.

  In addition, since the “host” communication terminal automatically counts the voting results from “members”, the “organizer” does not have any arbitrary meaning when counting. Therefore, the “member” who has received the vote result transmission from the “organizer” can trust the vote result.

  Furthermore, since the voting result is in the form of data that can be transmitted / received instead of voice, the voting result can be recorded in the storage unit of the communication terminal. In addition, since the voting results are sent from the “organizer” only to “members” who participated in group communication, wasteful information must be transmitted to “members” who have not participated in group communication. There is no.

  As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described by taking a mobile phone as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Needless to say, the present invention can also be applied to portable game machines, car navigation systems, and the like.

1 illustrates an example of a configuration of a communication system used in a communication control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 illustrates an example of a configuration of a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the communication control method which concerns on this embodiment. It is an example which shows the screen displayed on the display part of the communication terminal used for the communication control method which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the communication control method which concerns on this embodiment. It is an example which shows the screen displayed on the display part of the communication terminal used for the communication control method which concerns on this embodiment.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 ... Antenna, 102 ... Communication part, 103 ... Key input part, 104 ... Sound processing part, 105 ... Speaker, 106 ... Microphone, 107 ... Display part, 108 ... Memory | storage part, 110 ... Control part, 100, 100-1 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100-5 ... Communication terminal, 200 ... Communication server apparatus, 300 ... Communication network

Claims (7)

In a group communication control method by a wireless communication terminal in which a plurality of wireless communication terminals connected to a communication network including a communication server device perform group communication via the communication server device,
A personal information management step in which an organizer terminal manages personal information of the plurality of wireless communication terminals among the plurality of wireless communication terminals;
When the organizer terminal starts group communication by designating a partner wireless communication terminal that performs group communication based on the personal information managed in the personal information management step, the organizer terminal sets the communication server device to A group communication start transmitting step for transmitting the start of group communication to other wireless communication terminals via,
A question step of sending data including a predetermined question item to a participating wireless communication terminal participating in group communication among wireless communication terminals designated by the organizer terminal during the group communication of the organizer terminal ;
A response data receiving step in which the organizer terminal receives response data for the predetermined question from the participating wireless communication terminal;
A tabulation step of tabulating the response data received by the organizer terminal within a predetermined time after the question step is performed;
The host terminal excluding unrealized nonparticipation wireless communication terminal to participate wireless communication terminal that has not transmitted the response data to the response data obtained by aggregating within the predetermined time in the aggregation step, transmitting to the participant wireless communication terminal Aggregate data distribution step to be performed,
A group communication control method. A group communication start receiving step in which the participating wireless communication terminal receives from the organizer terminal that group communication is started;
A group communication control step of performing group communication processing among the plurality of wireless communication terminals after the participation wireless communication terminal indicates to the organizer terminal that it participates in group communication;
A question receiving step in which the participating wireless communication terminal receives data including the predetermined question in the question step;
A question display step for displaying data including the predetermined question received in the question reception step in the display unit of the participating wireless communication terminal;
A response data creating step in which the participating wireless communication terminal creates response data for the predetermined question;
A response data transmission step in which the participating wireless communication terminal transmits the response data created in the response data creation step to the organizer terminal;
The group communication control method according to claim 1, comprising: The group communication control method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined question item has an option format. The group communication control method according to claim 3, wherein the response data includes data on the number of responses of the participating wireless communication terminals for each option with respect to the predetermined question item. In the counting step, when the response data is received from all of the participating wireless communication terminals even if the predetermined time has not elapsed after the questioning step is performed, the organizer terminal, The group communication control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the received response data is totaled. A communication unit for performing group communication by connecting to a communication network including a communication server device;
A personal information management unit for managing personal information of the party with whom the group communication is performed;
An operation unit;
When starting group communication by designating a partner wireless communication terminal that performs group communication based on personal information managed by the personal information management unit, wireless communication of the partner via the communication server device A control unit that transmits a start of group communication to the terminal;
With
The control unit, when a predetermined operation is performed by the operation unit after the start of group communication, the data including a predetermined question item in the wireless communication terminal designated by the organizer terminal that hosts the group communication Question processing sent to participating wireless communication terminals participating in group communication, response data receiving processing for receiving response data for the predetermined question items from the participating wireless communication terminals, and the response data received within a predetermined time a counting processing for counting the, except the aggregation process unrealized nonparticipation wireless communication terminal to participate wireless communication terminal that has not transmitted the response data to the response data obtained by aggregating within the predetermined time in, with respect to the participant wireless communication terminal And a total data distribution process to be transmitted. A communication unit for performing group communication by connecting to a communication network including a communication server device;
An operation unit;
A control unit that performs group communication processing when the operation unit instructs to participate in group communication after receiving notification to start group communication;
In a wireless communication terminal having
The control unit receives a question including a predetermined question transmitted from a participating wireless communication terminal that participates in group communication among wireless communication terminals specified by an organizer terminal that hosts group communication ; A question display process for displaying the data including the predetermined question received in the question reception process on the display unit of the wireless communication terminal, and response data for the predetermined question generated by the operation unit within a predetermined time a response data transmitting process of transmitting to the participant wireless communication terminal, and a response data receiving process of receiving the response data from the participant wireless communication terminal even when not transmitting the response data within the predetermined time period A wireless communication terminal characterized by being executed.

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