IP Library Granted Patent US 9,479,913
Granted Patent B2
US 9,479,913 · App. 13/977,436 · Granted Oct 25, 2016

Mobile communication device and communication method

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Patent No.
US 9,479,913
App. No.
13/977,436
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile communication device ( 10 ) that relays communication between a sensor device ( 50 ) located in a neighbor area and a server device ( 70 ) includes a biometric information receiving unit ( 20 ) that receives biometric information of a user wearing the sensor device ( 50 ) from the sensor device ( 50 ), a sensor unit ( 30 ) that detects a change of state in the mobile communication device ( 10 ), and a public network communication unit ( 40 ) that transmits the biometric information and information about the change of state to the server device ( 70 ) via a public network ( 60 ) and receives health management information generated in the server device ( 70 ) using the transmitted information. The biometric information receiving unit ( 20 ) transmits the health management information to the sensor device ( 50 ) for display on the sensor device ( 50 ).

Claims (38)

1. A mobile communication device that relays communication between a sensor device located in a neighbor area and a server device connected to a public network, comprising:

a biometric information receiving unit that receives biometric information of a user wearing the sensor device from the sensor device;

a sensor unit built in the mobile communication device, that detects a change of state in the mobile communication device;

a public network communication unit that transmits the biometric information and information about the change of state in the mobile communication device to the server device via the public network, and receives health management information generated in the server device using the biometric information and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device; and

an access management unit that accepts an access using a hyper-text transfer protocol (http) message from the sensor device, and accepts an access using an http message from the server device through the public network communication unit,

wherein the biometric information receiving unit transmits the health management information received by the public network communication unit to the sensor device so that the health management information is displayed on the sensor device, and

the access management unit transmits the biometric information of the user and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device to the server device through the public network communication unit based on an application programing interface (API) execution instruction transmitted from the sensor device.

2. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the biometric information receiving unit receives the biometric information from the sensor device and transmits the health management information generated in the server device to the sensor device by radio communication with the sensor device.

3. The mobile communication device claim 1 , wherein the access management unit transmits the biometric information of the user and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device to the server device through the public network communication unit based on an API execution instruction transmitted from the server device.

4. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the access management unit transmits the biometric information and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device to the server device through the public network communication unit when a request for transmitting the biometric information and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device is made from the server device.

5. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the access management unit manages the health management information received through the public network communication unit in association with a Web content viewable from external communication equipment that makes any of the access using the http message from the sensor device and the access using the http message from the server device.

6. A sensor network system comprising:

a sensor device located in a neighbor area;

a server device connected to a public network;

an access management device that accepts an access using a hyper-text transfer protocol (http) message from the sensor device, and accepts an access using an http message from the server device through a public network communication unit; and

a mobile communication device that relays communication between the sensor device and the public network, wherein

the sensor device detects biometric information of a user wearing the sensor device, and transmits the biometric information to the mobile communication device,

the mobile communication device detects a change of state in the mobile communication device, and transmits the biometric information and information about the change of state in the mobile communication device to the server device via the public network,

the server device generates health management information using the biometric information and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device, and transmits the health management information to the sensor device through the mobile communication device so that the health management information is displayed on the sensor device, and

the access management device transmits the biometric information of the user and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device to the server device through the public network based on an application programing interface (API) execution instruction transmitted from the sensor device.

7. A mobile communication device that relays communication between a sensor device located in a neighbor area and a server device connected to a public network, comprising:

biometric information receiving means for receiving biometric information of a user wearing the sensor device from the sensor device;

sensor means built in the mobile communication device, for detecting a change of state in the mobile communication device;

public network communication means for transmitting the biometric information and information about the change of state in the mobile communication device to the server device via the public network, and receives health management information generated in the server device using the biometric information and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device; and

access management means that accept an access using a hyper-text transfer protocol (http) message from the sensor device, and accepts an access using an http message from the server device through the public network communication means,

wherein the biometric information receiving means transmits the health management information received by the public network communication means to the sensor device so that the health management information is displayed on the sensor device, and

wherein the access management means transmits the biometric information of the user and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device to the server device through the public network communication unit based on an application programing interface (API) execution instruction transmitted from the sensor device.

8. A communication method in a mobile communication device that relays communication between a sensor device located in a neighbor area and a server device connected to a public network, the method comprising:

receiving, by the mobile communication device, biometric information of a user wearing the sensor device from the sensor device;

detecting, by the mobile communication device, a change of state in the mobile communication device;

transmitting, by the mobile communication device, the biometric information and information about the change of state in the mobile communication device to the server device via the public network;

receiving, by the mobile communication device, health management information generated in the server device using the biometric information and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device;

transmitting, by the mobile communication device, the received health management information to the sensor device so that the health management information is displayed on the sensor device;

accepting, by the mobile communication device, an access using a hyper-text transfer protocol (http) message from the sensor device when receiving biometric information of a user; and

accepting, by the mobile communication device, an access using an http message from the server device via the public network when receiving the health management information, wherein

when transmitting the biometric information and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device to the server device via the public network, the biometric information of the user and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device are transmitted, by the mobile communication device, to the server device via the public network based on an application programming interface (API) execution instruction transmitted from the sensor device.

9. The communication method according to claim 8 , wherein when transmitting the biometric information and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device to the server device via the public network, the biometric information of a user and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device are transmitted, by the mobile communication device, to the server device via the public network based on an API execution instruction transmitted from the server device.

10. The communication method according to claim 8 , wherein the biometric information and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device are transmitted, by the mobile communication device, to the server device via the public network when a request for transmitting the biometric information and the information about the change of state in the mobile communication device is made from the server device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036037/0476 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035866/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2013
From: UCHIDA, KAORU
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030726/0327 →