JP2012018483A - Information processing controlling system, information providing apparatus, processing frequency notifying device, and information processing controlling method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing controlling system that can control a frequency of information processing by the system in accordance with a condition of information processing by other devices.SOLUTION: A server device 80 receives and stores information provided by an information providing apparatus 70. An information reference device 90 makes a reference request for the information to the server device 80 on the basis of a request policy as information showing reference period making the reference request for the information stored in the server device 80. An information transmission means 71 of the information providing apparatus 70 supplies the server device 80 with stored information on the basis of a transmission policy as information showing transmission period supplying the server device 80 with the information. A reception frequency monitor means 81 of the server device 80 monitors a reception frequency of the information supplied by the information providing apparatus 70. A reception frequency transmission means 82 of the server device 80 supplies the information reference device 90 with the reception frequency. A request policy updating means 91 of the information reference device 90 updates a request policy on the basis of the reception frequency supplied by the server device 80.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing control system that controls information processing performed by its own device in conjunction with processing of another device, and an information providing device, a processing frequency notification device, and information processing control applied to the information processing control system Regarding the method.

  In recent years, services using sensors mounted on communication devices and data of communication devices are expanding. An example of such a service is a probe information service targeting a car. The probe information service is a service that provides various information such as traffic jam information by collecting the vehicle information with a server, using the vehicle as a guideline (probe).

  In the probe information service, vehicle information is transmitted to a server based on a predetermined interval or a predetermined trigger. For example, a method of transmitting the travel information to the server every 5 minutes or a method of automatically uploading the travel information at the timing of connecting to the server using a navigation system is used. The information uploaded in this way is transmitted to each user's mobile terminal or the like in response to a reference request from the user.

  Various techniques are known for controlling operations in the own apparatus based on access from other apparatuses and information received from other apparatuses.

  Patent Document 1 describes a system that dynamically changes a resource information update schedule. The system described in Patent Document 1 includes a plurality of resource user terminals, a plurality of resource providing servers, and a plurality of agents that acquire resource information. The resource providing server has a function of providing resource information acquired by the agent in response to a request from the resource user terminal. Further, the resource providing server holds an update schedule for each resource information, and changes the update schedule according to the search frequency from the resource user and changes in the resource information.

  Patent Document 2 describes a content distribution method for controlling content distribution. The method described in Patent Literature 2 exchanges service policies regarding how to handle the content of each device, and compares the service policy received from the partner device with the service policy of the own device in both devices. It is determined whether or not to distribute content with the device.

  Patent Document 3 describes a sensor network system that reduces the power consumption of each end node. The system described in Patent Literature 3 includes a server and a plurality of nodes, and each node operates according to a control rule transmitted from the server. In addition, the server appropriately transmits a control rule selected based on information received from the node to the node.

  Note that Patent Document 4 describes a processing method for a data transfer request. In the method described in Patent Document 4, when a data transfer request is received from another application, scheduling is performed according to the time limit included in the request. In addition, when a transfer request for data to be processed periodically is received, scheduling is performed with priority given to the data transfer request in ascending order of the cycle.

International Publication No. 2006/046486 (paragraphs 0030, 0088, 0091, FIG. 1) JP 2003-186729 A (paragraphs 0016, 0032) JP 2009-218776 A (paragraphs 0025, 0036 to 0045) JP 2000-276303 A (paragraphs 0032 to 0035, 0052, 0058, FIG. 1)

  Here, the timing at which the vehicle information is transmitted to the server in the general probe information service described above will be described. In a general probe information service, the transmission timing to the server is fixed. Therefore, depending on the update frequency of vehicle information, the cycle of transmitting information from the vehicle to the server, and the frequency of references from external devices such as mobile phones and personal computers, the quality of service (the accuracy of data provided) decreases and the communication volume increases. There is a risk of being connected.

  For example, when the frequency of updating vehicle information is high and the period for transmitting information to the server is long, consistency between the vehicle information and the information transmitted to the server cannot be maintained. As a result, the accuracy of information provided to the external device is reduced. On the other hand, if the frequency of updating vehicle information is high and the frequency of transmitting information to the server is short, if the external reference frequency is low, the vehicle information is sent to the server even though the external reference frequency is low. Since it is continued, useless communication amount will generate | occur | produce.

  When focusing on a single device that collects information (in this case, a car), it is possible to change the processing rules by the device itself, for example, shortening the transmission cycle to the server when the frequency of updating vehicle information increases. is there. However, in general, an external device that refers to vehicle information is not aware of the transmission cycle transmitted from the server, changes the reference rule according to its own needs, and the server information based on the reference rule. Refer to In this way, since the rules are independent for each device (car, server, external device) and each device is not coordinated, the balance of the entire system (here, transmission cycle and reference frequency) cannot be achieved, and the result The above problems will occur. Hereinafter, a rule that defines the frequency with which information processing (for example, information transmission processing, information reference request processing, etc.) is performed in each device is referred to as a policy.

In the case of the system described in Patent Document 1, the policy (update schedule) of the server itself is changed according to the determined conditions, but the resource user terminal side does not know the update status of the resource information.
If the resource user terminal can determine how often the resource information should be accessed, it is possible to suppress a decrease in quality of service (accuracy of data to be provided) and an increase in traffic. Therefore, it is desirable that the resource user terminal itself can control the reference process for the resource information according to the update status of the resource information.

  Furthermore, when the system described in Patent Document 1 is applied to the above-described probe information service, when the reference frequency from the external device increases, the server shortens the cycle for requesting information from the vehicle. In the system described in Patent Document 1, since the state of the car is not considered, for example, when the car information is not updated, or when the car is not connected to the network such as when the car stops, on the server side, It is difficult to acquire new information.

  In such a case, the system described in Patent Document 1 determines that the resource information has not been updated by performing a polling process, and performs a process of extending the information update cycle. However, even if the polling process is performed in this way, communication on the network occurs, so it is desirable that such communication can be suppressed. Specifically, since the state of the vehicle can be determined only on the vehicle side, it is desirable that the determination of the period for updating information is performed not on the server side but on the vehicle side which is the information providing side.

  Further, the content distribution method described in Patent Document 2 directly exchanges both policies between apparatuses. Therefore, for example, when one apparatus that collects information is not operating or is not connected to a network, the other apparatus cannot refer to necessary information, and unnecessary communication occurs. For this reason, it is desirable that the device that refers to the information has a configuration capable of acquiring information at a necessary timing as in the probe information service described above.

  In addition, the system described in Patent Document 3 does not take into account the situation on the end node side, and controls the rule specified on the server side to the end node, so that both the end node and the server are controlled. It is hard to say that they are working together. That is, the system described in Patent Document 3 has a problem that the situation in which the end node side collects information is not considered.

  Therefore, the present invention provides an information processing control system capable of controlling the frequency of information processing handled by the own device according to the status of information processing performed by another device, and an information providing device applied to the information processing control system, It is an object of the present invention to provide a processing frequency notification device and an information processing control method.

  An information processing control system according to the present invention includes an information providing device that provides information to be held to an external device, a server device that receives information provided from the information providing device and holds the information in the device, and is held by the server device. A transmission cycle in which the information providing apparatus transmits information to the server apparatus, the information providing apparatus including an information reference apparatus that performs an information reference request to the server apparatus based on a request policy that is information indicating a reference period in which the information reference request is performed. Receiving frequency monitoring means for monitoring the reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing apparatus, the information transmitting means including information transmitting means for transmitting information to be held to the server apparatus based on a transmission policy that is information indicating A reception frequency transmitting means for transmitting the reception frequency to the information reference device, and the information reference device updates the request policy based on the reception frequency received from the server device. Characterized by comprising a sheet updating means.

  Another information processing control system according to the present invention includes an information providing device that provides information to be held to an external device, a server device that receives information provided from the information providing device and holds the information in the device, and a server device. And an information reference device that makes a request for information reference to a server device based on a request policy that is information indicating a reference cycle for making a reference request for held information, and the information reference device is a server based on the request policy. Reference request means for making a reference request for information held by the apparatus, and the server apparatus transmits reference request frequency monitoring means for monitoring the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference apparatus, and transmits the frequency of reference requests to the information providing apparatus Reference request frequency transmission means for transmitting information to the server device based on the frequency of the reference request received from the server device. Characterized by comprising a transmission policy updating means for updating the transmission policy.

  Still another information processing control system according to the present invention includes an information providing device that provides information to be held to an external device, a server device that receives information provided from the information providing device and holds the information in the device, and a server device Based on a request policy which is information indicating a reference cycle for making a reference request for information held in the information device, and an information reference device for making a reference request for information to the server device, the information reference device based on the request policy, A reference request frequency monitoring unit that includes a reference request unit that performs a reference request for information held by the server device, and a request policy update unit that updates a request policy, and the server device monitors the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference device. A reference request frequency transmitting unit that transmits the frequency of the reference request to the information providing device, a reception frequency monitoring unit that monitors a reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing device, Receiving frequency transmitting means for transmitting the communication frequency to the information reference device, and the information providing device transmits the held information to the server device based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server device. Information transmission means, information update monitoring means for monitoring the update of information held by itself, calculating the update frequency of the information, the frequency of reference requests received from the server device, and the transmission policy based on the update frequency Transmission policy update means for updating the request policy, and the request policy update means of the information reference device updates the request policy based on the reception frequency received from the server device.

  The processing frequency notification device according to the present invention holds information received from an information providing device that transmits information to another device based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information held by itself. A processing frequency notification device that receives a reference request from an information reference device that makes a reference request for the information based on a request policy, which is information indicating a reference cycle for making a reference request for information held by the device, and Reference request frequency monitoring means for monitoring the frequency of reference requests made from the reference device, reference request frequency transmitting means for transmitting the frequency of reference requests to the information providing device, and monitoring the reception frequency of information sent from the information providing device Receiving frequency monitoring means, and reception frequency transmitting means for transmitting the reception frequency to the information reference device.

  An information providing apparatus according to the present invention is an information providing apparatus that receives, from a server apparatus that holds information received from another apparatus, the frequency of a reference request from an information reference apparatus that makes an information reference request to the server apparatus. , Based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server apparatus, information transmission means for transmitting information to be retained to the server apparatus, and monitoring of updates of the information held by itself, and updating the information The information update monitoring means for calculating the frequency, the frequency of the reference request received from the server device, and the transmission policy update means for updating the transmission policy based on the update frequency are provided.

  In the information processing control method according to the present invention, an information providing device that provides information to be held to an external device receives information provided from the information providing device and transmits the information to a server device that is held in the device. Based on the transmission policy that is information indicating the cycle, the information to be held is transmitted to the server device, the server device monitors the reception frequency of the information transmitted from the information providing device, and the server device Based on a request policy, which is information indicating a reference cycle for making a reference request for held information, the information reference device transmits a reception frequency to the information reference device that makes a request to the server device, and the information reference device receives it from the server device. The request policy is updated based on the received frequency.

  According to another information processing control method of the present invention, an information reference device that receives information from an information providing device that provides information to be held and makes a reference request for the information to a server device that is held in the device, Based on a request policy, which is information indicating a reference cycle for performing a reference request for information to be held, a reference request for information is performed, and the server device monitors the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference device. The reference request frequency is transmitted to the information providing apparatus, and the information providing apparatus updates a transmission policy, which is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server apparatus, based on the reference request frequency received from the server apparatus. It is characterized by.

  According to still another information processing control method of the present invention, an information reference device that receives information from an information providing device that provides information to be held and makes a reference request for the information to a server device that is held in the device is the server device. Based on a request policy, which is information indicating a reference cycle for performing a reference request for information held by the server, the server device performs a reference request for information, the server device monitors the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference device, and the server device The frequency of the reference request is transmitted to the information providing apparatus, and the information providing apparatus transmits the held information to the server apparatus based on the transmission policy indicating the transmission cycle for transmitting the information to the server apparatus. The apparatus monitors the update of information held by itself, calculates the update frequency of the information, and the information providing apparatus is based on the frequency of reference requests received from the server apparatus and the update frequency The transmission policy is updated, the server device monitors the reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing device, the server device transmits the reception frequency to the information reference device, and the information reference device receives from the server device The request policy is updated based on the frequency.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the frequency of the information processing which an own apparatus handles can be controlled according to the condition of the information processing which another apparatus performs.

It is a block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the information processing control system by this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the example of the process which changes the request policy memorize | stored in the reference apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the rule which prescribed | regulated the transmission period. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a transmission policy. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the apparatus information memorize | stored in the apparatus information storage means. It is a sequence diagram which shows the example of a process of the server 2 after receiving apparatus information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the reception frequency memorize | stored in the reception frequency management table memory | storage means 27. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows the example of the process in which the reference apparatus 3 updates a request policy. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the rule which prescribed | regulated the reference period. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a request policy. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing in which the reference device 3 makes a device information reference request to the server 2. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the request frequency which the request frequency management table memory | storage means 28 memorize | stores. It is a sequence diagram which shows the example of the process in which the provision apparatus 1 updates a transmission policy. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the rule which prescribed | regulated the transmission period. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the rule which prescribed | regulated the transmission period. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the reception frequency memorize | stored in the reception frequency management table memory | storage means 27. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the request frequency which the request frequency management table memory | storage means 28 memorize | stores. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a transmission policy. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of reception frequency. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a request policy. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the request frequency which the request frequency management table memory | storage means 28 memorize | stores. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a transmission policy. It is a block diagram which shows the example of the minimum structure of the information processing control system by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the example of the minimum structure of the information processing control system by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the example of the minimum structure of the information processing control system by this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing control system according to the present invention. The information processing control system according to the present invention includes a providing device 1, a server 2, and a reference device 3. The information processing control system illustrated in FIG. 1 includes the providing device 1 and the reference device 3 one by one, but the providing device 1 and the reference device 3 are not limited to one each. A plurality of providing devices 1 and reference devices 3 may exist. In the present embodiment, a case where there is one each of the providing device 1 and the reference device 3 will be described.

  The providing device 1 includes a transmission unit 11, an update monitoring unit 12, a reception unit 13, a policy update unit 14, a device information storage unit 15, and a policy storage unit 16.

  The device information storage unit 15 stores information on the providing device 1 (hereinafter referred to as device information). The device information storage unit 15 stores device information as a database, for example. The information (that is, device information) of the providing device 1 is information that is measured by a sensor (not shown) mounted on the providing device 1 and updated as needed. The measured device information is stored in the device information storage unit 15 by an updating unit (not shown). The updating unit may be an external device or a device provided in the providing device 1.

  The policy storage unit 16 stores information indicating a cycle of transmitting the device information stored in the device information storage unit 15 to the server 2. Hereinafter, this information stored in the policy storage unit 16 is referred to as a transmission policy.

  The device information storage unit 15 and the policy storage unit 16 are realized by a magnetic disk or the like.

  The transmission unit 11 transmits the device information stored in the device information storage unit 15 to the server 2 in accordance with the cycle indicated by the transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16.

  The update monitoring unit 12 monitors the update frequency of the device information stored in the device information storage unit 15.

  The receiving means 13 receives from the server 2 the request frequency transmitted to the server 2 by the reference device 3 described later.

  The policy update unit 14 updates its own transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16 based on the update frequency monitored by the update monitoring unit 12. Specifically, the policy update unit 14 updates the transmission policy based on a rule (hereinafter referred to as update frequency-transmission cycle specifying information) that defines a transmission cycle according to the update frequency of the device information.

  The policy update unit 14 updates its own transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16 based on the request frequency received by the reception unit 13. Specifically, the policy updating unit 14 updates the transmission policy based on a rule that defines a transmission cycle according to the request frequency (hereinafter referred to as request frequency-transmission cycle defining information).

  The transmission unit 11, the update monitoring unit 12, the reception unit 13, and the policy update unit 14 are realized by a CPU of a computer that operates according to a program (information providing program). For example, the program is stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the providing device 1, and the CPU reads the program and operates as the transmission unit 11, the update monitoring unit 12, the reception unit 13, and the policy update unit 14 according to the program. May be. In addition, the transmission unit 11, the update monitoring unit 12, the reception unit 13, and the policy update unit 14 may each be realized by dedicated hardware.

  The server 2 includes a reception unit 21, a reception frequency monitoring unit 22, a request reception unit 23, a request frequency monitoring unit 24, a transmission unit 25, a device information storage unit 26, a reception frequency management table storage unit 27, And a request frequency management table storage unit 28.

  The device information storage unit 26 stores device information received from the providing device 1. The device information storage unit 26 stores device information as a database, for example.

  The reception frequency management table storage means 27 stores a table for storing the frequency of receiving device information from the providing device 1 (hereinafter referred to as reception frequency). Specifically, the reception frequency management table storage unit 27 stores information indicating the reception frequency. In the following description, information indicating the reception frequency may be referred to as reception frequency information.

  The request frequency management table storage means 28 stores a table for storing the request frequency received from the reference device 3 described later. That is, the request frequency management table storage unit 28 stores the request frequency.

  The device information storage unit 26, the reception frequency management table storage unit 27, and the request frequency management table storage unit 28 are realized by a magnetic disk or the like.

  The receiving unit 21 receives device information transmitted from the providing device 1, and stores the received device information in the device information storage unit 26. That is, the receiving unit 21 stores the device information received from the providing device 1 in the device information storage unit 26.

  The reception frequency monitoring unit 22 monitors the frequency of receiving device information from the providing device 1 (that is, the reception frequency), and updates the reception frequency information stored in the reception frequency management table storage unit 27 with the monitored reception frequency. To do.

  The request receiving unit 23 receives a request from the reference device 3. Specifically, the request receiving unit 23 receives a reference request for the device information stored in the device information storage unit 26 from the reference device 3. That is, the request described above can also be referred to as a reference request for device information.

  The request frequency monitoring unit 24 monitors the request frequency from the reference device 3 and updates the request frequency stored in the request frequency management table storage unit 28 with the monitored request frequency. Here, the request frequency is the frequency of requests received from the reference device by the request receiving unit 23, and specifically, the frequency of reference requests for the device information.

  The transmission unit 25 transmits the reception frequency stored in the reception frequency management table storage unit 27 to the reference device 3. In addition, the transmission unit 25 transmits the request frequency stored in the request frequency management table storage unit 28 to the providing device 1.

  The transmission unit 25 may transmit the reception frequency to the reference device 3 at a predetermined cycle, for example. Similarly, the transmission unit 25 may transmit the request frequency to the providing device 1 at a predetermined cycle. In addition, this period may be every certain unit time like every day or every week.

  The transmission unit 25 may transmit the reception frequency and the request frequency to the reference device 3 and the providing device 1 when the reception frequency per unit time and the request frequency exceed a certain threshold. When the transmission process is performed at such timing, the threshold value may be stored in the reception frequency management table storage unit 27 or the request frequency management table storage unit 28, for example. At this time, the reception frequency monitoring unit 22 determines whether or not the monitored reception frequency exceeds the threshold stored in the reception frequency management table storage unit 27. If the reception frequency exceeds the threshold, the transmission unit 25 may be requested to transmit the reception frequency. Similarly, the request frequency monitoring unit 24 determines whether or not the monitored request frequency exceeds the threshold stored in the request frequency management table storage unit 28, and when the request frequency exceeds the threshold, the transmission unit 25 may be requested to transmit the request frequency.

  The reception means 21, the reception frequency monitoring means 22, the request reception means 23, the request frequency monitoring means 24, and the transmission means 25 are realized by a CPU of a computer that operates according to a program (processing frequency notification program). For example, the program is stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the server 2, and the CPU reads the program, and according to the program, the receiving unit 21, the reception frequency monitoring unit 22, the request receiving unit 23, and the request frequency monitoring unit 24. And may operate as the transmission means 25. In addition, the reception unit 21, the reception frequency monitoring unit 22, the request reception unit 23, the request frequency monitoring unit 24, and the transmission unit 25 may each be realized by dedicated hardware.

  The reference device 3 includes a request unit 31, a reception unit 32, a policy update unit 33, and a policy storage unit 34.

  The policy storage unit 34 stores information indicating a cycle for making a request to the server 2. Specifically, the policy storage unit 34 stores information indicating a cycle for performing a request (reference request) for information held in the server 2. Hereinafter, this information stored in the policy storage unit 34 is referred to as a request policy. The policy storage means 34 is realized by a magnetic disk or the like.

  The request unit 31 requests the server 2 for the device information transmitted from the providing device 1 in accordance with the cycle indicated by the request policy stored in the policy storage unit 34.

  The receiving unit 32 receives from the server 2 the reception frequency at which the server 2 receives the device information from the providing device 1.

  The policy update unit 33 updates its own request policy stored in the policy storage unit 34 based on the reception frequency received by the reception unit 32. Specifically, the policy update unit 33 updates the request policy based on a rule that defines a request cycle according to the reception frequency (hereinafter referred to as request cycle definition information).

  The request unit 31, the reception unit 32, and the policy update unit 33 are realized by a CPU of a computer that operates according to a program (information reference program). For example, the program may be stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the reference device 3, and the CPU may read the program and operate as the request unit 31, the reception unit 32, and the policy update unit 33 according to the program. Further, the request unit 31, the reception unit 32, and the policy update unit 33 may be realized by dedicated hardware, respectively.

  Next, the operation will be described. The overall operation of the information control system in the present embodiment includes (1) a process of changing a request policy stored in the reference device 3 based on a transmission policy stored in the providing device 1, and (2) a reference device. 3 is roughly divided into processing for changing the reference policy stored in the providing device 1 based on the request policy stored in the item 3. Hereinafter, each processing will be described.

  First, (1) a process for changing the request policy stored in the reference device 3 based on the transmission policy stored in the providing device 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing for changing the request policy stored in the reference device 3. In the providing device 1, update means (not shown) periodically updates the device information stored in the device information storage means 15. As described above, the device information is information measured by a sensor (not shown) mounted on the providing device 1, for example.

  The update monitoring unit 12 monitors the update frequency of the device information stored in the device information storage unit 15 (step S201). Here, it is assumed that the update monitoring unit 12 monitors the number of times of updating per unit time, and the monitoring process in step S201 is repeatedly performed. Then, the update monitoring unit 12 notifies the policy update unit 14 of the update frequency (step S202).

  The policy update unit 14 calculates the transmission cycle of the device information to the server 2 based on the number of updates (that is, update frequency) monitored by the update monitoring unit 12 and determines the transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16. Update (step S203). FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a rule that defines a transmission cycle according to the update frequency of device information (that is, update frequency−transmission cycle definition information). FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a transmission policy.

  For example, it is assumed that the threshold illustrated in FIG. 3 is provided, and the number of updates (update frequency) of the device information A (hereinafter also referred to as information A) is 50. In this case, the policy update unit 14 determines the transmission cycle for transmitting the information A to the server 2 as 1 minute, and updates the transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16. In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the policy update unit 14 updates the transmission cycle of information A to 1 minute from the state where the transmission cycle of information A is 5 minutes by default.

  The transmission unit 11 refers to the transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16 and reads the transmission cycle of the device information (step S204). For example, when the transmission unit 11 is in the default state, the transmission unit 11 reads the transmission cycle “5 minutes” with reference to the transmission policy illustrated in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of device information stored in the device information storage unit 15. The example shown in FIG. 5 indicates that the value “10” is set as the device information of information A in the device information storage unit 15. Note that the means by which the transmission means 11 transmits the device information to the server 2 and the transmission method are not particularly limited.

  When the set period is reached, the transmission unit 11 acquires device information from the device information storage unit 15 (step S205 in FIG. 2), and transmits the acquired device information to the server 2 (step S206). Thereafter, the transmission unit 11 refers to the transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16 in order to determine the next transmission timing. Here, the updated transmission policy illustrated in FIG. 4 is referred to. Since the transmission cycle of the updated device information A illustrated in FIG. 4 is 1 minute, the transmission unit 11 reads the transmission cycle “1 minute” from the policy storage unit 16 and sets the transmission cycle from the next time to 1 minute. Perform transmission processing. Thus, the transmission means 11 repeats the process of step S204-S206.

  Next, processing in which the server 2 receives device information will be described. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing of the server 2 after receiving the device information. When the device information is transmitted from the providing device 1 (step S206), the receiving unit 21 receives the device information from the providing device 1, and stores the received device information in the device information storage unit 26 (step S601). Further, the receiving means 21 notifies the reception frequency monitoring means 22 that it has been received (step S602). Thereafter, the receiving unit 21 receives the device information from the providing device 1, and repeats the processes of steps S206, S601, and S602 for notifying the reception frequency monitoring unit 22 of the reception.

  The reception frequency monitoring unit 22 monitors reception of device information from the providing device 1, and updates the reception frequency stored in the reception frequency management table storage unit 27 (step S603). Here, it is assumed that the reception frequency monitoring unit 22 monitors the number of receptions per unit time. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the reception frequency stored in the reception frequency management table storage unit 27. In the example illustrated in FIG. 7, the frequency per unit time at which the server 2 receives the information A as device information is “15 times”.

  Next, processing for transmitting the reception frequency from the server 2 to the reference device 3 will be described. The transmission unit 25 refers to the reception frequency management table storage unit 27 and acquires the reception frequency of the device information (step S604). And the transmission means 25 transmits the reception frequency of the acquired apparatus information to the reference apparatus 3 (step S605). Note that the means and the transmission method by which the transmission means 25 transmits the reception frequency to the reference device 3 are not particularly limited. Thereafter, the transmission unit 25 repeats the processes of steps S604 to S605.

  Next, processing in which the reference device 3 updates the request policy will be described. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing in which the reference device 3 updates the request policy. When the server 2 transmits the reception frequency to the reference device 3 (step S605), the reception unit 32 receives the reception frequency of the device information A transmitted from the server 2, and notifies the policy update unit 33 of the received reception frequency. (Step S801). Then, the policy update unit 33 updates the request policy stored in the policy storage unit 34 based on the reception frequency (step S802). FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a rule (that is, request cycle defining information) that defines a reference cycle according to the reception frequency. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a request policy.

  For example, it is assumed that the threshold illustrated in FIG. 9 is provided, and the reception unit 32 receives the reception frequency “15 times” illustrated in FIG. In this case, the policy update unit 33 determines the reference period of the information A for the server 2 as 1 minute, and updates the request policy stored in the policy storage unit 34. In the example illustrated in FIG. 10, the policy update unit 33 updates the reference period of the information A to 1 minute from the state where the reference period of the information A is 3 minutes.

  Thereafter, the reference device 3 receives the reception frequency from the server 2 and repeats the processes of steps S605, S801, and S802 for updating the request policy.

  The above is the description of (1) the process of changing the request policy stored in the reference device 3 based on the transmission policy stored in the providing device 1. That is, the information processing control system in the present embodiment refers to the transmission unit 11 of the providing device 1, the reception frequency monitoring unit 22 and the transmission unit 25 of the server 2 in the configuration of the information processing control system illustrated in FIG. A configuration provided with the policy update means 33 of the device 3 may be adopted. The information processing control system according to the present embodiment includes these configurations, so that on the reference device 3 side, information handled by the device according to the status of information processing (information update) performed by another device (providing device 1). The frequency of processing (reference request) can be controlled.

  Next, (2) processing for changing the reference policy stored in the providing device 1 based on the request policy stored in the reference device 3 will be described. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing in which the reference device 3 makes a request for device information reference to the server 2. The request unit 31 of the reference device 3 makes a request to the server 2 based on the request policy stored in the policy storage unit 34 (step S1101). Specifically, the request unit 31 sends a request for device information transmitted from the providing device 1 to the server 2 based on the reference cycle indicated by the request policy stored in the policy storage unit 34. In the following description, it is assumed that a reference request for information C, which is device information, is made to the server 2 in the reference cycle “5 minutes” illustrated in FIG.

  The request receiving unit 23 of the server 2 receives a request from the reference device 3. When receiving the request, the request receiving unit 23 reads the device information C from the device information storage unit 26 and transmits it to the reference device 3. The process of transmitting the device information to the reference device 3 may be performed by the request receiving unit 23 or the transmitting unit 25. In the sequence diagram illustrated in FIG. 11, the description about the process of transmitting device information is omitted. Then, the request receiving unit 23 notifies the request frequency monitoring unit 24 that the request has been received (step S1102). Thereafter, the request receiving unit 23 receives the request transmitted from the reference device 3, and repeats the processing of steps S1101 to S1102 for notifying the request frequency monitoring unit 24 of the reception.

  The request frequency monitoring unit 24 monitors the request received from the reference device 3 and updates the request frequency stored in the request frequency management table storage unit 28 (step S1103). Here, it is assumed that the request frequency monitoring unit 24 monitors the number of requests received per unit time. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the request frequency stored in the request frequency management table storage unit 28. The example illustrated in FIG. 12 indicates that the number of requests for information C per unit time is “5”.

  Next, processing in which the server 2 transmits the request frequency to the providing device 1 will be described. The transmission unit 25 refers to the request frequency management table storage unit 28 and acquires the request frequency of the device information (step S1104). And the transmission means 25 transmits the request frequency of the acquired apparatus information to the provision apparatus 1 (step S1105). Note that the means and the transmission method by which the transmission means 25 transmits the request frequency to the providing device 1 are not particularly limited. Thereafter, the transmission unit 25 reads the request frequency from the request frequency management table storage unit 28, and repeats the processing of steps S1104 to S1105 for transmitting the read request frequency to the providing device 1.

  Next, processing in which the providing device 1 updates the transmission policy will be described. FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing in which the providing device 1 updates the transmission policy. When the server 2 transmits the request frequency to the providing device 1 (step S1105), the receiving unit 13 receives the request frequency of the device information C transmitted from the server 2, and notifies the policy update unit 14 of the received request frequency. (Step S1301). Then, the policy update unit 14 updates the transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16 based on the request frequency (step S1302). FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a rule that defines a transmission cycle according to a request frequency (that is, request frequency—transmission cycle defining information).

  For example, it is assumed that the threshold illustrated in FIG. 14 is provided, and the receiving unit 13 receives the request frequency “five times” illustrated in FIG. 12 as the request frequency of the information C that is device information. In this case, the policy update unit 14 determines the transmission period of the information C to the server 2 as 3 minutes, and updates the transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16.

  Thereafter, the providing device 1 receives the request frequency from the server 2 and repeats the processes of steps S1105, S1301, and S1302 for updating the transmission policy.

  The above is the description of (2) the process of changing the reference policy stored in the providing device 1 based on the request policy stored in the reference device 3. That is, the information processing control system in the present embodiment provides the request unit 31 of the reference device 3, the request frequency monitoring unit 24 and the transmission unit 25 of the server 2 in the configuration of the information processing control system illustrated in FIG. A configuration provided with the policy update unit 14 of the device 1 may be adopted. The information processing control system according to the present embodiment includes these configurations, so that on the providing device 1 side, information handled by the device according to the status of information processing (reference request) performed by another device (reference device 3). The frequency of processing (information update) can be controlled.

  Here, as described above, the transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16 is determined by the update frequency of the device information in the providing device 1 and the request frequency of the reference device 3. In the description of the operation in the present embodiment, the request policy update process based on the update frequency and the transmission policy update process based on the request frequency have been described separately. However, these two processes may not be performed separately. By combining these two processes, it becomes possible to more appropriately control the processing frequency at which the providing apparatus 1 transmits the apparatus information.

  FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a rule (hereinafter referred to as extended transmission cycle definition information) that defines a transmission cycle according to the update frequency and the request frequency. The extended transmission cycle defining information illustrated in FIG. 15 may be defined as follows.

  First, a rule that defines a level according to the update frequency of the device information (see “Update frequency of device information” in FIG. 15; hereinafter referred to as update frequency level information) and a level according to the request frequency of the device information. A prescribed rule (see “request frequency of reference device 3” in FIG. 15; hereinafter referred to as request frequency level information) is defined. For each piece of device information, a transmission cycle is defined in accordance with a value obtained by multiplying the level in the update frequency level information by the level in the request frequency level information (see “Threshold for determining policy” in FIG. 15).

  At this time, the policy update unit 14 derives the level in the update frequency level information from the update frequency monitored by the update monitoring unit 12, and derives the level in the request frequency level information from the request frequency received by the reception unit 13. Then, the policy update unit 14 specifies the transmission cycle corresponding to the value obtained by multiplying the derived levels based on the extended transmission cycle specification information, and updates the transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16. do it.

  Next, the effect of this embodiment will be described. As described above, according to the present embodiment, the transmission unit 11 of the providing device 1 transmits device information to the server 2 based on the transmission policy. The reception frequency monitoring unit 22 of the server 2 monitors the reception frequency of information transmitted from the providing device 1, and the transmission unit 25 transmits the reception frequency to the reference device 3. Then, the policy update unit 33 of the reference device 3 updates the request policy based on the reception frequency received from the server 2. Specifically, when updating the request policy, the policy update unit 33 updates the request policy based on the request cycle specification information. Therefore, on the reference device 3 side, the frequency of information processing (reference request) handled by the own device can be controlled according to the status of information processing (information update) performed by another device (providing device 1).

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the request unit 31 of the reference device 3 makes a reference request for device information based on the request policy. The request frequency monitoring unit 24 of the server 2 monitors the frequency of requests made from the reference device 3, and the transmission unit 25 transmits the request frequency to the providing device 1. Then, the policy update unit 14 of the providing device 1 updates the transmission policy based on the frequency of requests received from the server 2. Specifically, when updating the transmission policy, the policy updating unit 14 updates the transmission policy based on the request frequency-transmission cycle defining information. Therefore, on the providing device 1 side, the frequency of information processing (information update) handled by the own device can be controlled according to the status of information processing (reference request) performed by another device (reference device 3).

  That is, according to the present embodiment, information for updating each other's policy is notified through the server 2 between the providing device 1 and the reference device 3. Therefore, the own policy can be changed in consideration of the policy of the counterpart device.

  For example, when the request frequency of the reference device 3 is low, the providing device 1 can determine that device information is not so necessary, and can increase the cycle of transmitting the device information to the server 2. Thereby, the waste of the communication amount between the providing device 1 and the server 2 can be eliminated. On the other hand, when the request frequency of the reference device 3 is high, the providing device 1 determines that device information is required, and can shorten the cycle of transmitting the device information to the server 2. Thereby, highly accurate device information can be provided to the reference device 3.

  In this embodiment, as shown in step S203 in FIG. 2, the policy update unit 14 updates the transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16, but the transmission unit 11 uses the updated transmission policy itself. Not sent to server 2. In the server 2, as shown in step S <b> 603 in FIG. 6, the reception frequency monitoring unit 22 monitors the reception of device information from the providing device 1 and calculates the reception frequency. That is, the server 2 indirectly knows that the policy of the providing device 1 has been changed. Therefore, the reference device 3 does not directly refer to the policy of the providing device 1 but refers to the reception frequency calculated by the server 2 to the last. In the present embodiment, the reason for adopting such a configuration is that the case where the providing device 1 is not connected to the communication network is considered.

  For example, it is assumed that the information processing control system in the present embodiment is applied to the above-described probe information service. In this case, the providing device 1 in the present embodiment corresponds to a car in the probe information service. Cars are often not connected to a communications network, such as when the engine is stopped. Therefore, it can be said that there are many cases where the device information cannot be transmitted according to the transmission policy. Therefore, rather than transmitting the transmission policy itself to the server 2, it is possible to increase the accuracy of the device information if the server 2 transmits the frequency of actual transmission.

  Further, the request policy itself is not transmitted to the server 2 between the reference device 3 and the server 2, and the request frequency monitoring unit 24 of the server 2 measures the frequency of the request. This reason is the same as the reason described above.

  Next, a modification of the information processing control system according to this embodiment will be described. In the above description, the case where the information processing control system includes one providing device 1 and one reference device 3 has been described. However, a plurality of providing devices 1 and reference devices 3 may exist.

  For example, the device information illustrated in FIG. 5 includes information that can specify the providing device, such as a device ID. In this case, the transmission unit 11 may acquire the device ID together with the device information from the device information storage unit 15 and transmit the acquired information to the server 2. And the apparatus information storage means 26 illustrated in FIG. 1 should just memorize | store the apparatus information for every apparatus. Note that the device information storage means 26 may store information (statistical information on device information) in which these pieces of device information are collected.

  FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the reception frequency stored in the reception frequency management table storage unit 27. When there are a plurality of providing devices 1, as illustrated in FIG. 16, the reception frequency management table storage unit 27 stores information on the transmission source device together with the reception frequency. FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the request frequency stored in the request frequency management table storage unit 28. When there are a plurality of providing devices 1, as illustrated in FIG. 17, the request frequency management table storage unit 28 stores information such as a device ID that can identify the reference device 3 together with the request frequency.

  In this case, the server 2 (more specifically, the transmission unit 25) stores the reception frequency in the reception frequency management table storage unit 27 when transmitting the reception frequency to the reference device 3 in steps S604 to S605 illustrated in FIG. The reference device 3 to be transmitted can be specified by referring to the transmission source device.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the timing at which the server 2 transmits the reception frequency to the reference device 3 and the timing at which the server 2 receives a request from the reference device 3 are performed separately has been described. However, the timing at which both processes are performed is not limited to the timing described above. These timings (that is, the timing at which the server 2 transmits the reception frequency to the reference device 3 and the timing at which the server 2 receives a request from the reference device 3) may be related.

  Specifically, the server 2 (specifically, the transmission unit 25) may transmit the reception frequency to the reference device 3 in addition to the device information as a response to the request from the reference device 3. As this method, for example, there is a method in which a specific tag is provided in an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) response header, and device information and reception frequency are added thereto to transmit the information to the reference device 3. However, the method of transmitting device information and reception frequency is not limited to this method.

  Similarly, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the timing at which the server 2 transmits the request frequency to the providing device 1 and the timing at which the server 2 receives the device information from the providing device 1 has been described separately. However, the timing at which both processes are performed is not limited to the timing described above. These timings (timing at which the server 2 transmits the request frequency to the providing device 1 and timing at which the server 2 receives device information from the providing device 1) may be related. Specifically, the server 2 (specifically, the transmission unit 25) may transmit the request frequency to the providing device 1 as a response when the device information is transmitted from the providing device 1.

  Note that, according to the present embodiment, the more requests from the reference device 3, the shorter the interval at which the providing device 1 transmits device information to the server 2. On the other hand, for example, a malicious user frequently makes a request to the server 2 to extremely shorten the transmission cycle from the providing device 1 and, as a result, may attack such that the network is compressed. It is done. In order to avoid such an attack, for example, a process for dealing with the attack may be added, such as setting a shortest threshold of the transmission cycle.

  In addition, the control unit (not shown) of the providing device 1 and the control unit (not shown) of the reference device 3 may perform processing for returning the transmission policy and the request policy to the initial values. In the server 2, an upper limit value of a request accepted from one reference device 3 may be determined, and the request receiving unit 23 may reject a request exceeding the upper limit value.

  Note that the cycle of device information transmitted from the providing device 1 is the same as described above. That is, even when the providing device 1 is attacked such that device information is frequently transmitted to the server 2, it may be handled in the same manner as in the case where requests are frequently made to the server 2.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to specific examples, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the contents described below. In this embodiment, a case where the information processing control system according to the present invention is applied to a probe information service will be described. Specifically, a vehicle that measures device information corresponds to the providing device 1 illustrated in FIG. A center server that collects vehicle information (device information) corresponds to the server 2 illustrated in FIG. Further, the mobile phone that refers to the device information collected by the center server corresponds to the reference device 3 illustrated in FIG. Note that the device corresponding to the reference device 3 is not limited to a mobile phone. The device corresponding to the reference device 3 may be a device such as a personal computer, or may be a service provider (specifically, a device handled by the service provider) that develops a service using car information.

  Hereinafter, processing for changing a request policy held by a mobile phone (corresponding to the reference device 3) based on a transmission policy held by the car (corresponding to the providing device 1), and a mobile phone (corresponding to the reference device 3) The process of passing the transmission policy held by the vehicle (corresponding to the providing device 1) based on the request policy held by the vehicle will be described.

  In a car, an update unit (not shown) periodically updates the device information stored in the device information storage unit 15. In the present embodiment, vehicle position information and information indicating the remaining amount of gasoline will be described as device information. The update monitoring unit 12 monitors the update frequency of the device information stored in the device information storage unit 15, and here, it is assumed that the update is performed 60 times per hour.

  Based on this update frequency, the policy update unit 14 changes the upload cycle (ie, transmission cycle) to the center server, and updates the transmission policy stored in the policy storage unit 16. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a transmission policy in the present embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 18, the policy update unit 14 updates the transmission cycle of “remaining gasoline” as device information from 3 minutes to 1 minute. The transmission means 11 refers to the updated transmission policy and transmits the remaining amount of gasoline to the center server based on the transmission cycle of the transmission policy.

  The center server periodically receives the remaining amount of gasoline from the vehicle. At this time, the reception frequency monitoring unit 22 calculates the reception frequency, and updates the reception frequency stored in the reception frequency management table storage unit 27 with the calculated reception frequency. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the reception frequency monitoring unit 22 monitors the number of receptions per hour. FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the reception frequency stored in the reception frequency management table storage unit 27. In the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 18, since the transmission cycle of “remaining gasoline” transmitted from the car is every minute, the reception frequency monitoring unit 22 calculates the reception frequency as “60 times”. To do. Then, the reception frequency monitoring unit 22 updates the reception frequency stored in the reception frequency management table storage unit 27 with the calculated reception frequency.

  Here, a case where the vehicle cannot transmit the device information to the center server, such as when the vehicle has stopped the engine or the vehicle cannot be connected to the network, will be described. In this case, even if the transmission policy held by the vehicle is “transmit device information every minute”, the vehicle cannot actually transmit device information every minute. However, in the present invention, in consideration of the fact that the car engine is often stopped in this way, the transmission policy held by the car is not transmitted directly to the center server, but the center server actually transmits it. The reception frequency is calculated from the transmitted results.

  Next, the center server reads the reception frequency from the reception frequency management table storage means 27 and transmits it to the mobile phone. Here, it is assumed that the mobile phone refers to the remaining amount of gasoline. In addition, as described above, when there are a plurality of mobile phones and each mobile phone refers to device information desired by each mobile phone, each request frequency management table storage means 28 stores each request information as illustrated in FIG. The device ID of the mobile phone may be stored. By referring to the device ID, the transmission unit 25 can identify the mobile phone that transmits the device information.

  When the mobile phone receives the reception frequency from the center server, the policy update unit 33 updates its own request policy. Specifically, the policy update means 33 knows from the reception frequency received from the center server that “the remaining amount of gasoline is transmitted from the car to the center server at a frequency of 60 times per hour”. Therefore, the mobile phone can appropriately update its own request policy.

  Specifically, the policy updating unit 33 can appropriately update the reference cycle for referring to the device information based on the request cycle specifying information illustrated in FIG. FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a request policy. In the example shown in FIG. 20, it is determined that it is appropriate for the policy updating means 33 to make a request at a frequency of 60 times per hour, and the reference period of “remaining gasoline” is updated from 3 minutes to 1 minute. It shows that.

  Next, request processing performed from the mobile phone to the center server will be described. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the mobile phone makes a request to the center server at a frequency of 10 times per hour.

  The center server (more specifically, the request receiving unit 23) receives a request from the mobile phone. The request frequency monitoring unit 24 calculates the request frequency and updates the request frequency stored in the request frequency management table 28 with the calculated request frequency. FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of an example of request frequency. In the example shown in FIG. 21, the request frequency monitoring unit 24 updates the request frequency for the device information “remaining gasoline” from “20 times” to “10 times” based on the number of requests received from the mobile phone. Indicates. The center server (more specifically, the transmission unit 25) reads the request frequency from the request frequency management table storage unit 28, and transmits the read request frequency to the vehicle.

  When the vehicle (more specifically, the receiving means 13) receives the request frequency from the center server, the policy updating means 14 updates its own transmission policy. Specifically, the policy update means 14 knows from the request frequency received from the center server that “the gasoline remaining amount is requested from the mobile phone to the center server at a frequency of 10 times per hour”. Therefore, the car can update its transmission policy appropriately.

  Specifically, the policy update unit 14 appropriately updates the transmission cycle for transmitting the device information based on the request frequency-transmission cycle defining information as illustrated in FIG. FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a transmission policy. In the example shown in FIG. 22, it is determined that the policy update unit 14 should transmit the device information at a frequency of 10 times per hour, and the transmission period of “remaining gasoline” is updated from 1 minute to 6 minutes. Indicates.

  As described above, in the probe information service according to the present embodiment, the policies of the information providing side (car) and the requesting side (mobile phone) are linked via the center server. Can be updated appropriately.

  Next, the minimum configuration of the present invention will be described. 23, 24 and 25 are block diagrams showing examples of the minimum configuration of the information processing control system according to the present invention. The information processing control system illustrated in FIG. 23 includes an information providing device 70 (for example, providing device 1) that provides information (for example, device information) to be held to an external device (for example, the server 2), and an information providing device 70. The server device 80 (for example, the server 2) that receives the information provided from the server and stores it in the device (for example, stores it in the device information storage means 26), and the reference request for the information stored in the server device 80 (for example, And an information reference device 90 (for example, the reference device 3) that makes a request for information reference to the server device 80 based on a request policy that is information indicating a reference cycle for performing (request).

  The information providing apparatus 70 includes information transmission means 71 (for example, transmission means 11) that transmits information to be held to the server apparatus 80 based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server apparatus 80. ing.

  The server device 80 includes a reception frequency monitoring unit 81 (for example, the reception frequency monitoring unit 22) that monitors the reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing device 70, and a reception frequency transmission unit that transmits the reception frequency to the information reference device 90. 82 (for example, transmission means 25).

  The information reference device 90 includes request policy update means 91 (for example, policy update means 33) that updates the request policy based on the reception frequency received from the server device 80.

  The information processing control system illustrated in FIG. 24 also includes an information providing device 70, a server device 80, and an information reference device 90. In the information processing control system illustrated in FIG. 24, the information reference device 90 includes a reference request unit 92 (for example, the request unit 31) that makes a reference request for information held by the server device 80 based on the request policy. .

  The server device 80 includes a reference request frequency monitoring unit 83 (for example, the request frequency monitoring unit 24) that monitors the frequency of reference requests (for example, requests) made from the information reference device 90, and the reference request frequency for the information providing device 1 Reference request frequency transmission means 84 (for example, transmission means 25).

  Based on the frequency of the reference request received from the server device 80, the information providing device 70 updates a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server device 80 (for example, policy update). Means 14).

  The information processing control system illustrated in FIG. 25 also includes an information providing device 70, a server device 80, and an information reference device 90. The information reference device 90 includes a reference request unit 92 and a request policy update unit 91. The server device 80 includes a reference request frequency monitoring unit 83, a reference request frequency transmission unit 84, and a reception frequency monitoring unit 81. Reception frequency transmission means 82.

  Further, the information providing apparatus 70 monitors the information transmission unit 71 described above, updates of information held by itself, and calculates an update frequency of the information, for example, the update monitoring unit 12 (for example, the update monitoring unit 12), Transmission policy update means 74 (for example, policy update means 14) that updates the transmission policy based on the frequency of reference requests received from the server device 80 and the update frequency is provided.

  With these configurations, the frequency of information processing handled by the own device can be controlled in accordance with the status of information processing performed by another device. For example, in the information processing control system illustrated in FIG. 23, the information reference device 90 determines the frequency of information processing (reference request) handled by its own device according to the status of information processing (information update) performed by the information providing device 70. Can be controlled. In the information processing control system illustrated in FIG. 24, the information providing apparatus 70 determines the frequency of information processing (information update) handled by the information processing apparatus 90 according to the status of information processing (reference request) performed by the information reference apparatus 90. Can be controlled.

  In the information processing control system according to the present invention, a device that provides information (providing device 1) transmits information to the server 2, and an external device (reference device 3) accesses the server 2 to refer to the information. In this information system, the policies of the providing device 1 and the reference device 3 change in conjunction with each other. Therefore, the information processing control system in this system can also be said to be a system (policy management system) that manages the policy of each device.

  A part or all of the above-described embodiment can be described as in the following supplementary notes, but is not limited thereto.

(Supplementary note 1) An information providing device that provides information to be held to an external device, a server device that receives information provided from the information providing device and holds the information in the device, and information stored in the server device An information reference device that makes a request to reference the information to the server device based on a request policy that is information indicating a reference cycle for making a reference request, and the information providing device transmits the information to the server device. Receiving frequency monitoring for monitoring information receiving frequency of information transmitted from the information providing device, comprising information transmitting means for transmitting information to be held to the server device based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a cycle. Means and a reception frequency transmission means for transmitting the reception frequency to the information reference device, the information reference device based on the reception frequency received from the server device, Information processing control system comprising the requested policy updating means for updating the serial request policy.

(Supplementary Note 2) The information providing apparatus monitors an update of information held by itself, calculates an update frequency of the information, and a transmission policy update unit that updates a transmission policy based on the update frequency. The information processing control system according to appendix 1, comprising:

(Supplementary note 3) The information processing control system according to supplementary note 2, wherein the transmission policy updating unit updates the transmission policy based on transmission cycle defining information that defines a transmission cycle in accordance with an update frequency of the held information.

(Supplementary Note 4) The request policy update means updates any one of the supplementary policies 1 to 3 for updating the request policy based on reference cycle defining information that defines a reference cycle according to the reception frequency received from the server device. Information processing control system described in 1.

(Supplementary Note 5) An information providing device that provides information to be held to an external device, a server device that receives and holds information provided from the information providing device, and information stored in the server device An information reference device that makes a reference request for the information to the server device based on a request policy that is information indicating a reference cycle for making a reference request, the information reference device based on the request policy Reference request means for making a reference request for information held by the apparatus, wherein the server apparatus monitors reference request frequency from the information reference apparatus, and the reference request frequency is the information. A reference request frequency transmitting means for transmitting to the providing device, wherein the information providing device transmits information to the server device based on the frequency of the reference request received from the server device. Information processing control system comprising the transmission policy updating means for updating the transmission policy is information indicating a transmission period that.

(Supplementary Note 6) The information providing apparatus includes an information update monitoring unit that monitors an update of information held by the information providing unit and calculates an update frequency of the information, and the transmission policy update unit includes the frequency of the reference request received from the server device. The information processing control system according to appendix 5, wherein the transmission policy is updated based on the update frequency.

(Supplementary note 7) The information processing control according to supplementary note 5 or supplementary note 6, wherein the transmission policy update means updates the transmission policy based on transmission cycle defining information that defines a transmission cycle according to the frequency of the reference request received from the server device. system.

(Supplementary Note 8) The transmission policy update means updates the transmission policy based on the extended transmission cycle definition information that defines the transmission cycle according to the frequency of the reference request received from the server device and the update frequency of the held information. The information processing control system described.

(Supplementary note 9) An information providing device that provides information to be held to an external device, a server device that receives and holds information provided from the information providing device, and information stored in the server device An information reference device that makes a reference request for the information to the server device based on a request policy that is information indicating a reference cycle for making a reference request, the information reference device based on the request policy Reference request means for requesting reference to information held by the apparatus, and request policy update means for updating the request policy, wherein the server apparatus monitors the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference apparatus Monitoring means; reference request frequency transmitting means for transmitting the frequency of the reference request to the information providing apparatus; and reception for monitoring a reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing apparatus. Based on a transmission policy, which is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server device, and a reception frequency transmission unit for transmitting the reception frequency to the information reference device. , Information transmitting means for transmitting the held information to the server apparatus, information update monitoring means for monitoring the update of the information held by itself, calculating the update frequency of the information, and the reference request received from the server apparatus And a transmission policy update unit that updates a transmission policy based on the update frequency, and the request policy update unit of the information reference device is configured to transmit the request policy based on the reception frequency received from the server device. An information processing control system characterized by updating the system.

(Additional remark 10) Based on the transmission policy which is the information which shows the transmission period which transmits the information which self hold | maintains, the information received from the information provision apparatus which transmits the said information to another apparatus is hold | maintained, and another apparatus hold | maintains A processing frequency notification device that receives a reference request from an information reference device that makes a reference request for the information on the basis of a request policy that is information indicating a reference cycle for making an information reference request. A reference request frequency monitoring unit that monitors a frequency of reference requests, a reference request frequency transmission unit that transmits the frequency of the reference requests to the information providing device, and a reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing device. A processing frequency notification device comprising: a reception frequency monitoring unit; and a reception frequency transmission unit that transmits the reception frequency to the information reference device.

(Supplementary Note 11) An information providing device for receiving a frequency of reference requests from an information reference device that makes a request for reference to the server device from a server device that holds information received from another device, the server Based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the apparatus, information transmission means for transmitting the information to be retained to the server apparatus, and updating of the information held by itself is monitored. An information providing apparatus comprising: an information update monitoring unit that calculates the frequency; a reference request frequency received from the server device; and a transmission policy update unit that updates the transmission policy based on the update frequency. .

(Supplementary Note 12) Information indicating a transmission cycle in which an information providing device that provides information to be held to an external device receives information provided from the information providing device and transmits the information to a server device held in the device. Based on a certain transmission policy, the stored information is transmitted to the server device, the server device monitors the reception frequency of the information transmitted from the information providing device, and the server device is stored in the server device. The information reference device transmits the reception frequency to an information reference device that makes a reference request for the information to the server device on the basis of a request policy that is information indicating a reference cycle in which the information reference request is made. An information processing control method, comprising: updating the request policy based on the reception frequency received from the information processing apparatus.

(Supplementary note 13) The information providing apparatus monitors an update of information held by itself, calculates an update frequency of the information, and the information provision apparatus updates a transmission policy based on the update frequency. Information processing control method.

(Supplementary Note 14) An information reference device that receives information from an information providing device that provides information to be held and makes a reference request for the information to a server device that is held in the device, and a reference request for information held by the server device Based on a request policy that is information indicating a reference cycle, the server device performs a reference request for the information, the server device monitors the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference device, and the server device performs the reference A request policy is transmitted to the information providing apparatus, and a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle in which the information providing apparatus transmits information to the server apparatus based on the frequency of the reference request received from the server apparatus. An information processing control method characterized by updating.

(Supplementary Note 15) The information providing apparatus monitors the update of the information held by itself, calculates the update frequency of the information, and the information providing apparatus updates the reference request received from the server apparatus when updating the transmission policy. The information processing control method according to supplementary note 14, wherein the transmission policy is updated based on the frequency and the update frequency.

(Supplementary Note 16) An information reference device that receives information from an information providing device that provides information to be held and makes a reference request for the information to a server device that is held in the device, and a reference request for information held by the server device Based on a request policy that is information indicating a reference cycle, the server device performs a reference request for the information, the server device monitors the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference device, and the server device performs the reference The request frequency is transmitted to the information providing apparatus, and the information providing apparatus transmits information to be held to the server apparatus based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server apparatus, The information providing apparatus monitors the update of the information held by itself, calculates the update frequency of the information, and the information providing apparatus receives the reference request frequency received from the server apparatus, And updating the transmission policy based on the update frequency, the server device monitoring a reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing device, and the server device sending the reception frequency to the information reference device. An information processing control method comprising: transmitting and updating the request policy based on the reception frequency received from the server device by the information reference device.

(Supplementary Note 17) Based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information held by itself, information received from an information providing apparatus that transmits the information to another apparatus is retained and retained by the other apparatus A processing frequency notification program applied to a computer that receives a reference request from an information reference device that performs a reference request for the information based on a request policy that is information indicating a reference cycle for performing a reference request for information, Reference request frequency monitoring processing for monitoring the frequency of reference requests performed from the information reference device to the computer, reference request frequency transmission processing for transmitting the frequency of the reference requests to the information providing device, transmitted from the information providing device To execute reception frequency monitoring processing for monitoring information reception frequency and reception frequency transmission processing for transmitting the reception frequency to the information reference device Processing frequency notification program.

(Supplementary Note 18) An information providing program applied to a computer that receives a frequency of reference requests from an information reference device that makes a reference request for the information to the server device from a server device that holds information received from another device Then, based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server device, the information transmission processing for transmitting the retained information to the server device, and updating the information held by itself. Information update monitoring process for monitoring and calculating the update frequency of the information, and a transmission policy update process for updating the transmission policy based on the frequency of the reference request received from the server device and the update frequency Information providing program for.

  The present invention is preferably applied to an information processing control system that controls information processing performed by its own device in conjunction with processing of another device. The present invention can also be applied to an information system such as a probe information service in which an information providing device transmits information to a server and an external device (reference device) accesses the server and refers to the information. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Provision apparatus 11 Transmission means 12 Update monitoring means 13 Reception means 14 Policy update means 15 Equipment information storage means 16 Policy storage means 2 Server 21 Reception means 22 Reception frequency monitoring means 23 Request reception means 24 Request frequency monitoring means 25 Transmission means 26 Equipment Information storage means 27 Reception frequency management table storage means 28 Request frequency management table storage means 3 Reference device 31 Request means 32 Receiving means 33 Policy update means 34 Policy storage means

Claims (10)

An information providing device for providing information to be held to an external device;
A server device that receives the information provided from the information providing device and holds the information in the device;
An information reference device that makes a reference request for the information to the server device based on a request policy, which is information indicating a reference cycle for making a reference request for information held in the server device,
The information providing device includes:
Based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server device, comprising information transmission means for transmitting information to be held to the server device;
The server device
Reception frequency monitoring means for monitoring the reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing device;
Receiving frequency transmission means for transmitting the reception frequency to the information reference device;
The information reference device includes:
An information processing control system comprising: a request policy update unit that updates the request policy based on the reception frequency received from the server device. Information providing device
Update monitoring means for monitoring the update of the information held by itself and calculating the update frequency of the information;
The information processing control system according to claim 1, further comprising transmission policy update means for updating a transmission policy based on the update frequency. An information providing device for providing information to be held to an external device;
A server device that receives the information provided from the information providing device and holds the information in the device;
An information reference device that makes a reference request for the information to the server device based on a request policy, which is information indicating a reference cycle for making a reference request for information held in the server device,
The information reference device includes:
Reference request means for making a reference request for information held by the server device based on the request policy,
The server device
Reference request frequency monitoring means for monitoring the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference device;
Reference request frequency transmission means for transmitting the frequency of the reference request to the information providing device,
The information providing device includes:
An information processing control system comprising: transmission policy update means for updating a transmission policy, which is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server device, based on the frequency of reference requests received from the server device. . Information providing device
It includes information update monitoring means for monitoring updates of information held by itself and calculating the update frequency of the information,
The information processing control system according to claim 3, wherein the transmission policy update unit updates the transmission policy based on the frequency of the reference request received from the server device and the update frequency. An information providing device for providing information to be held to an external device;
A server device that receives the information provided from the information providing device and holds the information in the device;
An information reference device that makes a reference request for the information to the server device based on a request policy, which is information indicating a reference cycle for making a reference request for information held in the server device,
The information reference device includes:
Based on the request policy, reference request means for making a reference request for information held by the server device;
Request policy update means for updating the request policy,
The server device
Reference request frequency monitoring means for monitoring the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference device;
Reference request frequency transmission means for transmitting the frequency of the reference request to the information providing device;
Reception frequency monitoring means for monitoring the reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing device;
Receiving frequency transmission means for transmitting the reception frequency to the information reference device;
The information providing device includes:
Information transmitting means for transmitting information to be held to the server device based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server device;
Information update monitoring means for monitoring the update of the information held by itself and calculating the update frequency of the information;
A frequency of reference requests received from the server device, and a transmission policy update means for updating a transmission policy based on the update frequency,
The request policy update means of the information reference device updates the request policy based on the reception frequency received from the server device. Based on a transmission policy that is a transmission cycle for transmitting information held by itself, information received from an information providing apparatus that transmits the information to another apparatus, and a reference request for information held by the other apparatus A processing frequency notification device that receives the reference request from an information reference device that makes a reference request for the information based on a request policy that is information indicating a reference cycle for performing
Reference request frequency monitoring means for monitoring the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference device;
Reference request frequency transmission means for transmitting the frequency of the reference request to the information providing device;
Reception frequency monitoring means for monitoring the reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing device;
A processing frequency notification device comprising: a reception frequency transmission unit configured to transmit the reception frequency to the information reference device. An information providing device that receives the frequency of a reference request from an information reference device that makes a reference request for the information to the server device from a server device that holds information received from another device,
Information transmitting means for transmitting information to be held to the server device based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server device;
Information update monitoring means for monitoring the update of the information held by itself and calculating the update frequency of the information;
An information providing apparatus comprising: a frequency of reference requests received from the server apparatus; and transmission policy update means for updating the transmission policy based on the update frequency. An information providing apparatus that provides information to be held to an external apparatus receives information provided from the information providing apparatus and transmits a transmission policy for transmitting information to a server apparatus held in the apparatus. Based on the information to be sent to the server device,
The server device monitors the reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing device,
The server device transmits the reception frequency to an information reference device that makes a reference request for the information to the server device based on a request policy, which is information indicating a reference cycle for making a reference request for information held in the server device. And
The information reference control method, wherein the information reference device updates the request policy based on the reception frequency received from the server device. A reference cycle in which an information reference device that receives information from an information providing device that provides information to be held and makes a reference request for the information to a server device held in the device makes a reference request for the information held by the server device Based on a request policy that is information indicating
The server device monitors the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference device,
The server device transmits the frequency of the reference request to the information providing device;
An information processing control method, wherein the information providing apparatus updates a transmission policy, which is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server apparatus, based on a frequency of reference requests received from the server apparatus. A reference cycle in which an information reference device that receives information from an information providing device that provides information to be held and makes a reference request for the information to a server device held in the device makes a reference request for the information held by the server device Based on a request policy that is information indicating
The server device monitors the frequency of reference requests made from the information reference device,
The server device transmits the frequency of the reference request to the information providing device;
The information providing device transmits information to be held to the server device based on a transmission policy that is information indicating a transmission cycle for transmitting information to the server device,
The information providing apparatus monitors the update of information held by itself, calculates the update frequency of the information,
The information providing apparatus updates the transmission policy based on the frequency of reference requests received from the server apparatus and the update frequency,
The server device monitors the reception frequency of information transmitted from the information providing device,
The server device transmits the reception frequency to the information reference device;
The information reference control method, wherein the information reference device updates the request policy based on the reception frequency received from the server device.

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