Mobile terminal, mobile terminal program, checkpoint management system, and checkpoint management method

A mobile terminal that performs contactless electronic communication with a reader/writer device for a passive RFID tag, the mobile terminal comprising:

• an application processing unit configured to cooperate with an application server through a communication network;
• a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire current position information of the mobile terminal;
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• a terminal controller configured to receive a signal related to a carrier wave or a command emitted from the reader/writer device and further configured to cause the application processing unit to operate,
• wherein the application processing unit is configured to acquire, from the mobile terminal, identification information of a user of the mobile terminal or identification information of the mobile terminal and chronologic information of a date and time when the application processing unit operates or a date and time when the reader/writer device and the terminal controller perform electronic communication, and
• further wherein the application processing unit is configured to transmit the identification information and the chronologic information directly through said communication network to the application server together with the current position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit or information of a checkpoint related to the reader/writer device identified on the basis of the current position information.

A checkpoint management system comprising:

• a reader/writer device for a passive RFID tag;
• an application server;
• a mobile terminal configured to perform contactless electronic communication with the reader/writer device for a passive RFID tag, the mobile terminal comprising:
• an application processing unit configured to cooperate with said application server through a communication network;
• a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire current position information of the mobile terminal;
• and
• a terminal controller configured to receive a signal related to a carrier wave or a command emitted from the reader/writer device and to cause the application processing unit to operate in response to said signal;
• wherein the application processing unit is configured to acquire, from a mobile terminal, identification information of a user of the mobile terminal or identification information of the mobile terminal and chronologic information of a date and time when the application processing unit operates or a date and time when the reader/writer device and the terminal controller perform electronic communication;
• wherein the application processing unit is configured to transmit the identification information and the chronologic information directly over said communication network to the application server together with the current position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit or information of a checkpoint related to the reader/writer device identified on the basis of the current position information,
• and wherein the application server is configured to record information transmitted from the mobile terminal as history information on the checkpoint from, through, or at which the user departs, passes or arrives.

A checkpoint management system comprising:

• a reader/writer device for a passive RFID tag;
• a mobile terminal configured to perform contactless electronic communication with the reader/writer device for a passive RFID tag, the mobile terminal comprising:
• an application processing unit configured to cooperate with an application server through a communication network;
• a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire current position information of the mobile terminal;
• an RFID tag processing unit configured to receive a signal related to a carrier wave or a command emitted from the reader/writer device and to output in response to said signal a trigger;
• and
• a terminal controller configured to cause the application processing unit to operate in response to the trigger;
• wherein the application processing unit is configured to acquire, from the mobile terminal, identification information of a user of the mobile terminal or identification information of the mobile terminal and chronologic information of a date and time when the application processing unit operates or a date and time when the reader/writer device and the terminal controller perform electronic communication;
• wherein the application processing unit is configured to transmit the identification information and the chronologic information directly through said communication network, to the application server together with the current position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit or information of a checkpoint related to the reader/writer device identified on the basis of the current position information;
• and wherein the application server is configured to record the information transmitted from the mobile terminal as history information on the checkpoint from, through, or at which the user departs, passes or arrives.

A checkpoint management method for an information processing system that includes a reader/writer device for a passive RFID tag, a mobile terminal that performs contactless electronic communication with the reader/writer device, and an application server capable of communicating with the mobile terminal, the checkpoint management method comprising:

• a position information acquisition step of acquiring, by the mobile terminal, current position information;
• a step of outputting, by the mobile terminal, a trigger upon receiving a signal related to a carrier wave or a command emitted from the reader/writer device;
• a step of executing, by the mobile terminal, an application process of cooperating with the application server through a communication network, in accordance with the trigger,
• the application process includes acquiring, from the mobile terminal, identification information of a user of the mobile terminal or identification information of the mobile terminal and chronologic information of a date and time when the application process is executed or a date and time when the reader/writer device and the mobile terminal perform electronic communication, and transmitting the identification information and the chronologic information directly through said communication network to the application server together with the current position information acquired in the position information acquisition step or information of a checkpoint related to the reader/writer device identified on the basis of the current position information;
• and
• a step of recording, by the application server, information transmitted from the mobile terminal as history information on the checkpoint from, through, or at which the user departs, passes or arrives.

A checkpoint management method for an information processing system that includes a reader/writer device for a passive RFID tag, a mobile terminal that performs contactless electronic communication with the reader/writer device, and an application server capable of communicating with the mobile terminal, the checkpoint management method comprising:

• a position information acquisition step of acquiring, by the mobile terminal, current position information;
• a step of executing, by the mobile terminal, an application process of cooperating with the application server through a communication network upon receiving a signal related to a carrier wave or a command emitted from the reader/writer device,
• the application process includes acquiring, from the mobile terminal, identification information of a user of the mobile terminal or identification information of the mobile terminal and chronologic information of a date and time when the application process is executed or a date and time when the reader/writer device and the mobile terminal perform electronic communication, and transmitting the identification information and the chronologic information directly through the said communication network to the application server together with the current position information acquired in the position information acquisition step or information of a checkpoint related to the reader/writer device identified on the basis of the current position information;
• and
• a step of recording, by the application server, information transmitted from the mobile terminal as history information on the checkpoint from, through, or at which the user departs, passes, or arrives.