Mobile terminal, remote operation system, data transmission control method by mobile terminal, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9313450-B2
Application number	US-201113817116-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2011
Priority date	Sep 10, 2010
Publication date	Apr 12, 2016
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016

Abstract

A remote operation system includes a user terminal and a mediation server. The mediation server is configured to execute a registration procedure to start a remote operation of the user terminal from a support terminal. The user terminal includes a telephone function unit, and is configured to allow transmitting, from the user terminal to the mediation server, registration data regarding the remote operation on a condition that the telephone function unit is performing a telephone call.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a telephone function unit;
a transmission unit configured to transmit, through a data communication path to a mediation server that is remotely located from the mobile terminal, registration data regarding a remote operation of the mobile terminal from a support terminal;
a restriction unit configured to allow transmission of the registration data through the data communication path on a condition that the telephone function unit is currently communicating on a telephone call through a voice or video communication path;
a face recognition processing unit configured to recognize an image of a human face included in a picture,
wherein the telephone function unit supports a videophone, and
wherein the restriction unit allows the transmission of the registration data on a condition that the face recognition processing unit determines that a face image recognized from a received picture received while a videophone call is performed by the telephone function unit and a face image recognized from a person picture pre-stored in the mobile terminal indicate substantially a same person; and

a telephone book data holding unit capable of registering personal data including an image,
wherein the person picture compared with the received picture comprises an image included in the personal data held in the telephone book data holding unit.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the restriction unit is configured to output a warning sound or a warning display when a call destination of the telephone function unit does not correspond to the support terminal or a supporter that uses the support terminal.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the restriction unit is further configured to allow the transmission of the registration data on a condition that a call destination of the telephone function unit corresponds to the support terminal or a supporter that uses the support terminal.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the restriction unit determines that the call destination of the telephone function unit corresponds to the support terminal or the supporter according to a match between a first telephone number stored in the mobile terminal in association with the support terminal or the supporter and a second telephone number of the call destination of the telephone function unit.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 4 , wherein the registration data includes supporter information associated with the support terminal or the supporter, and
wherein the first telephone number is stored in the mobile terminal in association with the supporter information.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the restriction unit allows the transmission of the registration data on a condition that the telephone function unit is in communication with a terminal specified by a third telephone number transmitted from the mediation server or the support terminal to the mobile terminal prior to the transmission of the registration data.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the telephone function unit supports the videophone, and
wherein the restriction unit is configured to allow the transmission of the registration data on a condition that the telephone function unit is currently communicating on the videophone call.

8. A remote operation system, comprising:
a user terminal including a telephone function unit;
a support terminal;
a mediation server remotely located from the user terminal and the support terminal and configured to execute a registration procedure to start a remote operation of the user terminal from the support terminal,
wherein the user terminal is configured to allow transmission of registration data, regarding the remote operation, from the user terminal to the mediation server through a data communication path on a condition that the telephone function unit is currently communicating on a telephone call through a voice or video communication path;

a face recognition processing unit configured to recognize an image of a human face included in a picture,
wherein the telephone function unit supports a videophone, and
wherein the user terminal allows the transmission of the registration data on a condition that the face recognition processing unit determines that a face image recognized from a received picture received while the videophone call is performed by the telephone function unit and a face image recognized from a person picture pre-stored in the mobile terminal indicate substantially a same person; and

a telephone book data holding unit capable of registering personal data including an image, wherein the person picture compared with the received picture comprises an image included in the personal data held in the telephone book data holding unit.

9. The remote operation system according to claim 8 , wherein the user terminal is configured to output a warning sound or a warning display when a call destination of the telephone function unit does not correspond to the support terminal or a supporter that uses the support terminal.

10. The remote operation system according to claim 8 , wherein the user terminal is further configured to allow the transmission of the registration data on a condition that a call destination of the telephone function unit corresponds to the support terminal or a supporter that uses the support terminal.

11. The remote operation system according to claim 10 , wherein the user terminal determines that the call destination of the telephone function unit corresponds to the support terminal or the supporter according to a match between a first telephone number stored in the user terminal in association with the support terminal or the supporter and a second telephone number of the call destination of the telephone function unit.

12. The remote operation system according to claim 11 , wherein the registration data includes supporter information associated with the support terminal or the supporter, and
wherein the first telephone number is stored in the user terminal in association with the supporter information.

13. The remote operation system according to claim 8 , wherein the user terminal allows the transmission of the registration data on a condition that the telephone function unit is in communication with a terminal specified by a third telephone number transmitted from the mediation server or the support terminal to the user terminal prior to the transmission of the registration data.

14. The remote operation system according to claim 8 ,
wherein the telephone function unit supports the videophone, and
wherein the user terminal is configured to allow the transmission of the registration data on a condition that the telephone function unit is currently communicating on the videophone call.

15. The remote operation system according to claim 8 , wherein the registration data includes user information associated with the user terminal or a user that uses the user terminal, and supporter information associated with the support terminal or a supporter that uses the support terminal, and
wherein the registration procedure includes:
receiving, from the user terminal, the user information and the supporter information;
generating supporter verification information according to the reception of the supporter information, and sending the supporter verification information to a destination that can be accessed from the support terminal; and
accepting a connection from the support terminal which has acquired the supporter verification information, a

Assignees

• Ichimura Shigehiro
• Shiota Naoki
• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Ichimura Shigehiro
• Shiota Naoki

Classifications

• H04M11/007 Primary

  with remote control systems (remote control in general G08C) · CPC title

• H04M2203/257

  remote control of substation user interface for telephonic services, e.g. by ISDN stimulus, ADSI, wireless telephony application WTA, MExE or BREW · CPC title

• H04W60/00

  Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04M1/72522

  Electricity · mapped topic