JP2001312443A - Method and system for information distribution - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a browser of a Web page to recognize the Web page not visually, but auditorily and to release the browser from the troublesomeness of scrolling even when a display screen is small. SOLUTION: This information distribution system distributes information 202 to be provided including image data 206 and attached information 204 from an information providing server 100 to a communication terminal 500 through a network and the information providing server 100 is equipped with a 1st transmitting means 118 which sends the image data 206 to the communication terminal 500, a 1st converting means 102 which converts the attached information 204 attached to the image data 206 into converted information 104 in format suitable for vocal reading, a 2nd converting means 102 which converts the converted information into voice information, a 2nd transmitting means 116 which transmits the voice information 104 and/or converted information 104 to the communication terminal, and a 3rd transmitting means which transmits synchronization information 106 for synchronizing the image data 108 and voice information 104 on the screen of the communication terminal 500.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information distribution method and an information distribution system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a Web page from a WWW server is stored in a personal computer or a PDA (person).
All digital assistants and software having a browser function mounted on a communication terminal such as a mobile device (hereinafter simply referred to as “browser”) can be browsed. Here, the browser is Netscape Communications (company name) Net
Scale Communicator (product name), Microsoft (company name) InternetExpl
Browsers for personal computers such as orer (product name) and browsers dedicated to mobile devices or PDAs exist.

[0003]

However, when the screen displaying the browser is small (for example, when browsing a Web page on a small display mounted on a mobile device or a PDA, or when a user of a personal computer displays the browser) (When the screen is set small), there is a problem that the Web page is not displayed as intended by the producer.

[0004] Further, in such a case, there is a problem that a viewer of the Web page has trouble in scrolling the browser display screen.

Further, for a user who is browsing a Web page while moving using a mobile device or a PDA or the like using wireless communication, it is necessary to obtain information through scrolling a desired Web page and visually. There is a problem that it is dangerous on traffic and the scroll operation is complicated and troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide an information distribution method and an information distribution system capable of displaying a Web page as intended by a creator in view of the above problems.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an information distribution method and an information distribution system capable of reducing the trouble of scrolling a browser display screen in view of the above problems.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an information distribution method and an information distribution system capable of acquiring information on a desired Web page through hearing, in view of the above problems.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided information for distributing provided information including image data and / or accompanying information accompanying the image data to a communication terminal from an information providing server via a network. A transmitting step of transmitting the provided information to the communication terminal, wherein the communication terminal transmits the image data and / or
Alternatively, there is provided a screen display step of displaying the accompanying information on a screen, and a sound output step of outputting the accompanying information as sound. Thereby, a transmitting step of transmitting the provided information to the communication terminal, a screen displaying step of displaying the image data and / or accompanying information attached to the image data on the communication terminal, and a voice outputting step of outputting the accompanying information by voice in the communication terminal. Therefore, accompanying information such as text information can be appropriately converted into audio information, and the Web page can be displayed on the screen and output as audio as intended by the producer. Thus, information can be acquired through hearing a desired Web page.

[0010] The invention according to claim 2 is the information distribution method according to claim 1, further comprising a synchronization step of synchronizing the screen display by the screen display step with the audio output by the audio output step. It is characterized by. This further comprises a synchronization step of synchronizing the screen display by the screen display step and the audio output by the audio output step, so that a Web page in which the audio and the image are synchronized can be displayed, and the program broadcast to the mobile device can be performed. Become. Here, the synchronization method is as follows. In the information processing server 100, the reading engine 104 and the display engine 114 are controlled by the operation of the control engine 110 so that the reading data 104 to the mobile device 500 is read.
And the transmission of the display data 108 may be synchronized, and the synchronization control information 106 may be transmitted to the mobile device 500, and the reading data 104 and the display data 108 may be transmitted in the mobile device 500 based on the synchronization control information 106. May be synchronized.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution method according to the first aspect, the transmitting step transmits the provided information through a plurality of channels.
Thus, in the transmitting step, the transmission of the provided information through a plurality of channels can improve the efficiency of data transmission.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution method according to the third aspect, the plurality of channels include a packet channel and a voice channel.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution method according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the transmitting step includes transmitting the provided information based on a distribution request instruction from the communication terminal. It is characterized by transmitting. Accordingly, the transmitting step transmits the provided information based on a distribution request instruction from the communication terminal, so that a so-called PULL-type information distribution service can be efficiently performed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution method according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the transmitting step includes the step of transmitting the communication terminals belonging to a specific group or all of the communication terminals. The provision information is transmitted to an end. Thereby, the transmitting step transmits the provided information to the communication terminals belonging to a certain specific group or all the communication terminals, so that the broadcast or the program can be efficiently transmitted to a plurality of users. Broadcasting can be performed, and a so-called PUSH type information distribution service can be efficiently performed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution method according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the transmitting step includes the step of: The provision information is transmitted to a communication terminal. Thereby, in the transmission step, the provided information is transmitted to the communication terminal of the specific subscriber who has contracted to receive the provided information, so that the broadcast or the program broadcast is efficiently performed to a plurality of users. Therefore, a so-called push type information distribution service can be efficiently performed.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution method according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the accompanying information is conversion information converted into a desired format suitable for voice reading. There is a feature. This allows the accompanying information to be converted information in a format suitable for reading aloud voice, so that the conversion operation on the mobile device can be further simplified.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution system for distributing provided information including image data to a communication terminal from an information providing server via a network, the information providing server transmits the image data to the communication terminal. A first transmitting means for transmitting, and a first transmitting means for converting accompanying information attached to the image data into conversion information in a format suitable for voice reading out
Conversion means, second conversion means for converting the conversion information into audio information, second transmission means for transmitting the audio information and / or the conversion information to the communication terminal, and transmitting the image data and the audio information to the communication terminal. A third transmitting unit for transmitting synchronization information for synchronizing on a surface of the communication terminal, wherein the communication terminal displays the image data and / or the conversion information on a screen based on the synchronization information. Means, and means for outputting the audio information as audio based on the synchronization information.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution system according to the ninth aspect, the first transmitting means comprises:
The communication apparatus further includes means for transmitting the image information to the communication terminal on a first channel, wherein the second transmission means transmits the audio information and / or the conversion information to the communication terminal in the first channel.
The communication device may further include means for transmitting on a second channel different from the channel, and the third transmission means may further include means for transmitting the synchronization information to the communication terminal on the first channel.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution system according to the tenth aspect, the first channel is a packet channel, and the second channel is a voice channel.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information distribution system comprising: a providing device for providing an HTML file distributed to a communication terminal via a network; and a processing device for processing the HTML file. The apparatus analyzes the tag in the HTML file, and synchronizes the reading data, the display data including the anchor information linked to another HTML file, the reading data, and the display data. Generating means for generating synchronization control information, and control means for controlling the read-out data and the display data to be synchronized and transmitted to the communication terminal based on the synchronization control information; Receiving means for receiving the read-out data and the display data, and converting the read-out data into audio data And audio output means for audio output and conversion,
A screen display means for displaying the display data on a screen and a selection means for selecting the anchor information displayed on the screen are provided. Thereby, the anchor information is embedded in the text sentence that is the source of the voice reading, the anchor information is displayed on the display in synchronization with the reading of the anchor information which is a heavy term, and the displayed anchor information is used by using the displayed anchor information. It is possible to view information hierarchically. In addition, a hierarchical information browsing method using a hypertext technology or the like that can be realized only with text information can be easily introduced into a voice information browsing system. Further, the user who has listened to the voice information by the read-aloud data can easily access information that the user wants to know more in the read voice information.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution system comprising a providing device for providing an HTML file distributed to a communication terminal via a network, and a processing device for processing the HTML file, The apparatus analyzes the tag in the HTML file, and synchronizes the reading data, the display data including the anchor information linked to another HTML file, the reading data, and the display data. Generating means for generating synchronization control information; voice conversion means for converting the read-out data into voice data; packet conversion means for converting the display data into packet data; and the voice based on the synchronization control information. Control means for controlling data and the packet data to be transmitted to the communication terminal in synchronization with each other; The communication terminal includes: a receiving unit that receives the audio data and the packet data; an audio output unit that outputs the audio data as audio; and a screen display that converts the packet data into the display data and displays the screen. Means, and selecting means for selecting the anchor information displayed on the screen. Thereby, the anchor information is embedded in the text sentence that is the source of the voice reading, the anchor information is displayed on the display in synchronization with the reading of the anchor information which is a heavy term, and the displayed anchor information is used by using the displayed anchor information. It is possible to view information hierarchically. In addition, a hierarchical information browsing method using a hypertext technology or the like that can be realized only with text information can be easily introduced into a voice information browsing system. Further, the user who has listened to the voice information by the read-aloud data can easily access information that the user wants to know more in the read voice information.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information distribution method for an information distribution system comprising: a providing device for providing an HTML file distributed to a communication terminal via a network; and a processing device for processing the HTML file. In the processing apparatus, the tag in the HTML file is analyzed, and the reading data, the display data including anchor information linked to another HTML file, the reading data, and the display A generation step of generating synchronization control information for synchronizing data;
A control step of synchronizing the read-out data and the display data based on the synchronization control information and transmitting the read-out data and the display data from the processing device to the communication terminal; And an audio output step of converting the audio data into an audio output, a display step of displaying the display data on a screen in the communication terminal, and a selection step of selecting the anchor information displayed on the screen in the communication terminal. It is characterized by having. Thereby, the anchor information is embedded in the text sentence that is the source of the voice reading, the anchor information is displayed on the display in synchronization with the reading of the anchor information which is a heavy term, and the displayed anchor information is used by using the displayed anchor information. It is possible to view information hierarchically. Also,
A hierarchical information browsing method using a hypertext technology or the like, which can be realized only with text information, can be easily introduced into a voice information browsing system.
Further, the user who has listened to the voice information by the read-aloud data can easily access information that the user wants to know more in the read voice information.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information distribution method for an information distribution system comprising: a providing device for providing an HTML file distributed to a communication terminal via a network; In the processing apparatus, the tag in the HTML file is analyzed, and the reading data, the display data including anchor information linked to another HTML file, the reading data, and the display A generation step of generating synchronization control information for synchronizing data;
In the processing device, a voice conversion step of converting the reading data into voice data; a packet conversion step of converting the display data into packet data in the processing device; and the synchronization control information in the processing device. A control step of controlling the audio data and the packet data to be transmitted to the communication terminal in synchronization based on the audio data and the audio data in the communication terminal; and A screen display step of converting packet data into the display data and displaying the screen, and a selecting step of selecting the anchor information displayed on the screen in the communication terminal are provided. Thereby, the anchor information is embedded in the text sentence that is the source of the voice reading, the anchor information is displayed on the display in synchronization with the reading of the anchor information which is a heavy term, and the displayed anchor information is used by using the displayed anchor information. It is possible to view information hierarchically. In addition, a hierarchical information browsing method using a hypertext technology or the like that can be realized only with text information can be easily introduced into a voice information browsing system. Further, the user who has listened to the voice information by the read-aloud data can easily access information that the user wants to know more in the read voice information.

[0024]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of an information providing system to which the present invention is applied, and conceptually shows only a part related to the present invention in the system configuration of the information providing system.

The information providing system includes at least the information processing server 100, the WWW server 200, and the Internet 3.
00, a mobile radio network 400, and a mobile device 500.

[0027] The information processing server 100 is connected to the Internet 300 and the mobile radio network 400, and via the Internet 300, the WWW server 200.
Web page information is obtained from, the information is processed,
It has a function of transmitting information to the mobile device 500 via the mobile wireless network 400. WWW server 200
W connected to the Internet 300 and produced by the producer
It has a function of storing information such as an eb page and providing the information to a third party via the Internet 300. Also, W
The WW server 200 may be directly connected to the information processing server 100. The Internet 300 is connected to the information processing server 100 and the WWW server 200, and has a function of connecting each other. Mobile wireless network 400
Is connected to the information processing server 100 and has a function of performing circuit switching or packet switching under the control of the mobile communication network. The mobile wireless network 400 is, for example, an existing PDC (Personal Digital Cell).
(ultra) system, NTT Corporation
Existing PDC-P (Personal Di) used in DoPa (service name) of T. Docomo (company name)
digital cellular-Packet). The mobile device 500 has a function of performing wireless communication with the mobile wireless network 400, receiving information from the information processing server 100, and displaying the information. Further, a personal computer or the like may be connected to mobile device 500. The mobile device 500 may be equipped with, for example, a packet communication function of 9600 bit / s and a browser (browsing software). Here, the mobile device 500 may be a mobile terminal corresponding to, for example, i-mode (service name of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (company name)). Here, the i-mode is a non-voice service provided by NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (company name), and has an e-mail function and a function of connecting to the Internet. i-mode mobile terminals are available on the Internet
A micro-browser specialized in i-mode portable terminals is installed because the processing capacity and memory capacity are lower than those of personal computers and the display size is limited in order to view information on the b site.

When a user of the mobile device 500 accesses a desired WWW server 200 and browses a Web page, the information of the Web page from the WWW server 200 is as follows.
After the information is processed and converted in the information processing server 100, the information is transmitted to the mobile device 500.

Next, an example of information processing and conversion in the information processing server 100 will be described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of the concept of information processing and conversion according to the present invention.

A general Web page is HTML (hyp
erect markup language) format. First, the Web page in the HTML format is converted into a compact HTML (cHTML) format by a well-known filtering technique. Furthermore, cH
The TML format is converted into a Web page in a format suitable for voice reading. At this time, a specific tag is deleted or added according to a predetermined condition. Then, in the communication terminal, voice-converted voice output information (in FIG. 3, information obtained by voice-converting text data in a reading page)
Then, a read-out page and / or image data converted into a format suitable for voice-to-speech reception are received, real-time processing is performed so as to synchronize them, and screen display and voice output are performed. Furthermore, in the communication terminal, when a predetermined time elapses (for example, when an image is displayed by designating a time by using a tag in a reading page) or when reading out aloud is automatically performed, The screen display may be switched. As a result, the user is released from the complexity of scrolling, and can provide a broadcasting service using the mobile device.

In the above description, the Web page is converted into a format suitable for reading aloud voice, the text data of the converted information is converted into voice, and the voice is transmitted to the communication terminal. It is not necessary to perform the processing mechanically. For example, a person reads out text data related to image data (a read-out real voice may be stored in a database in advance), and the image data and the relevant real voice are stored on a communication terminal. May be transmitted in synchronization with each other.

Further, another embodiment of processing and conversion in the information processing server 100 will be described in detail below.

The text data in the information of the Web page may be converted to voice data. Further, the text data may be converted into small text data with a reduced information amount (for example, a part of the text data is deleted, a summary of the text data is created, and an index of the text data is created). Further, the small text data may be converted into voice data. The image data in the information of the Web page may be converted into text data representing the image. Further, the text data may be further converted into audio data. Also,
The image data may be converted into small image data with a reduced information amount (for example, the image data may be reduced using an existing image compression technique). Through these processes and conversions, the viewer of the Web page can recognize by hearing without relying on the visual sense. Therefore, even when moving, the information intended by the creator can be easily and safely stored. Available to
Further, even when the display screen is small, it is possible to release the complexity of scrolling.

The processing and conversion are performed by judging the type of the terminal requesting the information (for example, PC, PDA or mobile device, etc.), and determining the type of the terminal (for example, PDA or mobile device). May be performed in some cases. As a result, when the requesting terminal is a mobile device or the like, the data is automatically processed and converted.
The trouble of instructing 0 is eliminated.

Further, the information processing server 100 may determine the communication quality with the mobile device 500, and may perform these processing and conversion when it is determined that the communication quality is poor. Thereby, especially in mobile communication, data is automatically processed and converted in accordance with the communication quality, so that there is no need for the viewer to dare to instruct the information processing server 100.

Further, as for voice conversion, the voice may be converted to voice applied to a 4.8 kbps CODEC applied in a mobile communication network.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a functional block of the information processing server shown in FIG. 1, and conceptually shows only a part related to the present invention in the function of the information processing server.

The information processing server 100 includes at least an analysis engine 102, a control engine 110, a reading engine 112, and a display engine 114. The analysis engine 102 is connected to the control engine 110, the reading engine 112, and the display engine 114,
It has a function of analyzing the Web page 202 received from the server 200. Here, when the Web page 202 includes the text data 204 and the image data 206, the text data 204 is extracted as the reading data 104 and transmitted to the reading engine 112, and the image data 206 is displayed as the display data 108. Extract and send to display engine 114. Then, synchronization control information 106 for synchronizing the text data 204 and the image data 206 on the display screen is created and transmitted to the control engine 110. The control engine 110 includes an analysis engine 102, a reading engine 112, and a display engine 11.
4. Voice transmission device 116 and packet transmission device 118
And has a function of controlling the operation of the reading engine 112 and the display engine 114 based on the synchronization control information 106 received from the analysis engine 102. The reading engine 112 is connected to the analysis engine 102, the control engine 110, and the voice transmission device 116, and under the control of the control engine 110, processes and converts the reading data 104 received from the analysis engine 102 into voice data. Has functions. Display engine 114
Is connected to the analysis engine 102, the control engine 110, and the packet transmission device 118,
Has the function of processing and converting the display data 108 received from the analysis engine 102 into packet data. The voice transmission device 116 is connected to the control engine 110 and the reading engine 112, and via a voice channel of the mobile wireless network 400,
The voice data generated by the reading engine 112 is transferred to the mobile device 5.
It has the function of transmitting to 00. Packet transmission device 118
Is connected to the control engine 110 and the display engine 114, and has a function of transmitting packet data generated by the display engine 114 to the mobile device 500 via a packet channel of the mobile radio network 400. Further, the synchronization control information 106 may be transmitted directly from the control engine to the audio transmission device 116 or the packet transmission device 118. Here, the voice channel and the packet channel may use a multi-call function in the IMT-2000 system. This makes it possible to provide high-quality information by simultaneously using a plurality of channels.
Also, the voice transmission device 116 and the packet transmission device 11
In step 8, the data is divided and transmitted to check the normality of each divided transmission. If the data is normal, the next divided transmission may be performed, and if abnormal, the data may be retransmitted. As a result, data continuity can be ensured, and even when communication quality is poor,
It can be displayed as intended by the creator of the Web page.

FIG. 4 is an image diagram showing an outline of an information distribution method when anchor information as an important word is embedded in an HTML document in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows an HTML file 1 (40 in FIG. 4).
The case where (2) is transmitted from the WWW server 200 to the mobile device 500 through the information processing server 100 will be described as an example.

First, the information processing server 100 sends an HTML message from the WWW server 200 via the Internet 300 to the HTML.
When the file 1 is received, the analysis engine 102 analyzes the tags in the HTML file 1 and reads out the reading data 104 containing text and the display data 10 containing anchor information linked to another HTML file.
8, reading data 104 and display data 108
And the synchronization control information 106 for synchronizing. That is, the analysis engine 102 determines from the HTML tags that the anchor information of the HTML file 1 is “screening theater” and “period”, and “analyzing theater” and “period”
Is generated. In addition, the analysis engine 102 converts the text portion of the HTML file 1 (“Movie information features movies that will be screened in 2000. Screening theaters and periods are subject to change. It is determined from the HTML tag, and the reading data 104 including this is generated. The analysis engine 102
The synchronization control information 1 is displayed so that the display data 108 is displayed on the screen while the reading data 104 is being read.
06 is generated.

Next, the reading engine 112 of the information processing server 100 converts the reading data 104 into voice data, transmits the voice data to the voice transmission device 116, and
16 transmits the reading data 104 to the mobile device 500 via the mobile radio network 400.

Next, the display engine 114 of the information processing server 100 converts the display data 108 into packet data and transmits the packet data to the packet transmitting device 118, and the mobile device 500 is transmitted from the packet transmitting device 118 via the mobile radio network 400. Is transmitted to the display data 108.

At this time, the control engine 110 of the information processing server 100 controls the reading data 104 and the display data 108 to be transmitted to the mobile device 500 in synchronization based on the synchronization control information 106.

Next, in the mobile device 500, the received voice data is output as voice, the packet data is converted into display data 108 and displayed on the screen. The mobile device 50 at this time
A screen display image 0 is shown at 404 in FIG.

Next, the user inputs the anchor information (“screening theater” and “period”) displayed on the screen to the mobile device 500.
The cursor is moved using the operation buttons or the like to select.
When any one of the anchor information is selected, an HTML document to be transmitted to the mobile device 500 next is specified according to the link information (URL address of another HTML file) specified by the anchor information, and the existing hypertext is specified. HTML file is converted to WWW server 200 by technology etc.
To the information processing server 100.

For example, when the link information indicating the address of the HTML file 11 is set in the “screening theater” of the anchor information displayed on the screen at 404 in FIG. 4, when the user selects “screening theater” Is
The HTML file 11 is transmitted from the WWW server 200 to the information processing server 100.

Next, the information processing server 100 executes the WWW
HTM from server 200 via Internet 300
When the L file 11 (406 in FIG. 4) is received, the analysis engine 102 analyzes the tag in the HTML file 1 and displays the reading data 104 and the display information including the anchor information linked to another HTML file. The data 108 and the synchronization control information 106 for synchronizing the reading data 104 and the display data 108 are generated.
That is, the analysis engine 102 outputs the HTML file 1
Anchor information for "Tokyo", "Osaka" and "Yokohama"
Is determined from the HTML tag, and display data 108 including “Tokyo”, “Osaka”, and “Yokohama” is generated. In addition, the analysis engine 102 outputs the HTML file 1
("The screening theater can be selected from Tokyo, Osaka, and Yokohama.") Is determined from the HTML tag, and the reading data 104 including this is generated. Further, the analysis engine 102 generates the synchronization control information 106 so that the display data 108 is displayed on the screen while the reading data 104 is being read.

Next, the reading engine 112 of the information processing server 100 converts the reading data 104 into voice data and sends the reading data 104 from the voice transmission device 116 to the mobile device 500 via the mobile radio network 400.
Send

Next, the display engine 114 of the information processing server 100 converts the display data 108 into packet data, and sends the display data 108 to the mobile device 500 from the packet transmission device 118 via the mobile radio network 400.
Send 8.

At this time, the control engine 110 of the information processing server 100 controls the reading data 104 and the display data 108 to be synchronized and transmitted to the mobile device 500 based on the synchronization control information 106.

Next, the mobile station 500 outputs the received voice data as voice, converts the packet data into display data display data 108, and displays it on the screen. A screen display image of the mobile device 500 at this time is indicated by 408 in FIG.

Next, the user selects the anchor information (“Tokyo”, “Osaka” and “Yokohama”) displayed on the screen by moving the cursor using the operation buttons of the mobile device 500 or the like. When any one of the anchor information is selected, the mobile station 500 then moves according to the link information (URL address of another HTML file) specified by the anchor information.
The HTML document to be transmitted to is specified, and the HTML file is converted to the WWW server 2 by the existing hypertext technology.
00 to the information processing server 100.

For example, in 408 of FIG. 4, the HTML file 1 is added to “Tokyo” of the anchor information displayed on the screen.
When the link information indicating the address of No. 11 is set and the user selects “Tokyo”, the HTM
The L file 111 is transmitted from the WWW server 200 to the information processing server 100.

Next, the information processing server 100 executes the WWW
HTM from server 200 via Internet 300
When the L file 111 (410 in FIG. 4) is received, the analysis engine 102 analyzes the tag in the HTML file 1 and displays the reading data 104 and the display information including anchor information linked to another HTML file. The data 108 and the synchronization control information 106 for synchronizing the reading data 104 and the display data 108 are generated. Here, the analysis engine 102 determines from the HTML tags that the anchor information of the HTML file 1 is “Shibuya”, “Shinjuku” and “Akasaka”,
The display data 108 including “Shinjuku” and “Akasaka” is generated. In addition, the analysis engine 102 determines the text portion of the HTML file 1 (“Tokyo can be selected from Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Akasaka”) from the HTML tag, and generates the reading data 104 including this. Further, the analysis engine 102 generates the synchronization control information 106 so that the display data 108 is displayed on the screen while the reading data 104 is being read.

Next, the reading engine 112 of the information processing server 100 converts the reading data 104 into voice data, and sends the reading data 104 from the voice transmitting device 116 to the mobile device 500 via the mobile radio network 400.
Send

Next, the display engine 114 of the information processing server 100 converts the display data 108 into packet data, and sends the display data 108 from the packet transmitting device 118 to the mobile device 500 via the mobile radio network 400.
Send 8.

At this time, the control engine 110 of the information processing server 100 controls the reading data 104 and the display data 108 to be transmitted to the mobile device 500 in synchronization based on the synchronization control information 106.

Next, the mobile device 500 outputs the received voice data as voice, converts the packet data into display data 108, and displays the data on the screen. The mobile device 50 at this time
A screen display image of 0 is shown at 412 in FIG.

Next, the user selects the anchor information (“Shibuya”, “Shinjuku” and “Akasaka”) displayed on the screen by moving the cursor using the operation buttons of the mobile device 500 or the like. When any one of the anchor information is selected, the mobile station 500 then moves according to the link information (URL address of another HTML file) specified by the anchor information.
The HTML document to be transmitted to is specified, and the HTML file is converted to the WWW server 2 by the existing hypertext technology.
00 to the information processing server 100.

As a result, the anchor information is embedded in the text sentence to be read aloud, and the anchor information is displayed on the display in synchronization with the reading of the anchor information, which is a heavy term, and the displayed anchor information is displayed. It is possible to view information hierarchically using the information.

In addition, a hierarchical information browsing method using a hypertext technique or the like that can be realized only with text information can be easily introduced into a voice information browsing system.

Further, the user who has listened to the voice information based on the read-out data can easily access information that the user wants to know in more detail in the read-out voice information.

In the present embodiment, the case where the information processing server 100 converts the reading data 104 into voice data and transmits it to the mobile device 500 has been described as an example, but the present invention is limited to such a case. Instead, the information processing server 100 sends the reading data 104
The mobile station 500 transmits itself and reads out the data 1 for reading out.
04 may be converted to audio data and output as audio. Thereby, the reading data 10 which is generally text data is read.
4 is smaller in data size than audio data which is generally binary data.
The traffic efficiency between the mobile device 500 and the mobile device 500 can be improved.

(Additional Services) Here, the information processing server may have the following additional services in addition to the functions described above. (1) Timer function When the time designated by the user comes, the mobile device 500 is automatically started, accesses the designated WWW server 200, and automatically reads out the contents by voice. A plurality of times can be registered by a timer. (2) Reading page storage function When the user designates data necessary for storage such as time and URL, the information processing server 100 accesses the WWW server 200 in advance and stores the information. When the user accesses the information processing server 100 at any time after the designated time, the content is read aloud. (3) Program organization function A schedule for a user to browse the contents of a desired Web page is organized as if it were a TV program table, and WWW
Send it to server 200. Then, the WWW server 200
Transmits information to the mobile device 500 according to this schedule by using functions such as timer reception and reading aloud page storage. (4) Update catch function It is checked whether or not the WWW server 200 of the URL designated by the user has been updated. Information processing server 100 is WWW
There is a case where the server 200 checks the presence or absence of the update at regular intervals, and a case where the WWW server 200 uses a service for notifying the registered member of the presence or absence of the update. Here, if there is an update, the information processing server 100 sets the mobile device 50
0 may be notified by e-mail, the updated content may be stored on the information processing server 100, and the mobile device 500 may be automatically activated to start reading out. Good. (5) Skip function Skips paragraphs and chapters while the user is reading and fast-forwards. (6) Onomatopoeia / Sound Effect Function When a specific symbol or code is described on a Web page, sound data corresponding to the specific symbol or code is inserted. (7) Voice Command Function Even if the user does not operate a button or the like of the mobile device 500, the user can control reading aloud by inputting a command by voice. For example, URL skip, page skip, Phone-to operation, and the like can be performed.

(Other Embodiments) In the above embodiment, the case where the information processing server 100 is used has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this case. Either function, WWW
It is obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be implemented even when realized in the server 200, the mobile wireless network 400, or the mobile device 500.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where a mobile communication system is used has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this case. Using a network, intranet or LAN, personal computer, PD
A or the like may be used as a communication terminal.

Further, in the above-described embodiment,
Although the case where the information processing server 100 realizes the voice transmission device 116 and the packet transmission device 118 as independent housings has been described as an example, the present invention is not limited to this case, and may be applied to other embodiments. It is obvious to those skilled in the art that any of these can be implemented as one housing by appropriately combining them with each other.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the information processing server 100 and the WWW server 200 are realized as independent housings, but the present invention is not limited to this case. However, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that in other embodiments, these can be combined with each other as appropriate and implemented as one housing.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the service and system system of NTT DOCOMO (company name) have been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this case. Instead, in other embodiments, the present invention may be applied to other companies' services and system systems having the same function.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where WWW server 200 is connected via Internet 300 has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this case, and other embodiments are possible. In the embodiment, the WWW server 200 may be directly connected to the information processing server 100.

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As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to appropriately convert accompanying information such as text information into audio information, and display a Web page on a screen and output audio as intended by the maker. it can. Thus, information can be acquired through hearing a desired Web page.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to display a Web page in which sound and image are synchronized, and to broadcast a program to a mobile device.

Further, according to the present invention, data transmission can be made more efficient.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, the so-called P
A UL-type information distribution service can be efficiently performed.

Further, according to the present invention, a broadcast or program broadcast can be efficiently performed for a plurality of users, and a so-called PUSH type information distribution service can be efficiently performed.

Further, according to the present invention, the conversion operation on the mobile device can be further simplified.

Further, according to the present invention, anchor information is embedded in a text sentence which is a source of voice reading, and the anchor information is displayed on a display in synchronization with reading of the anchor term which is a multiple term. Using the displayed anchor information, information can be viewed in a hierarchical manner.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily introduce a hierarchical information browsing method using a hypertext technology or the like which can be realized only with text information in a voice information browsing system. .

Further, according to the present invention, a user who has listened to voice information using read-out data can easily access information that he / she wants to know in more detail in the read-out voice information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of an information providing system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional block of the information processing server.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a concept of information processing and conversion according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an image diagram showing an outline of an information distribution method when anchor information as an important word is embedded in an HTML document in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 Information processing server 102 Analysis engine 104 Reading data 106 Synchronization control information 108 Display data 110 Control engine 112 Reading engine 114 Display engine 116 Voice transmission device 118 Packet transmission device 200 WWW server 202 Web page 204 Text data 206 Image data 300 Internet 400 Mobile wireless network 402 Display image of HTML file 1 404, 408, 412 Screen display image of mobile device 406 Display image of HTML file 11 410 Display image of HTML file 111 500 Mobile device

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shoichi Horiguchi 2-1-11-1 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (72) Inventor Hiroshi Uehara Machiji Nagata, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (Chapter 11-1) NTT Docomo (72) Inventor Shoichiro Ishigaki 2-1-1, Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo NTT Docomo (72) Inventor Seto Hongo 2-1-1, Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside NTT Docomo (72) Inventor Nobuhiko Shigitani 2-1-1 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo NTT Corporation T. Docomo (72) Inventor Katsumi Tanaka 1-2-2 Itami, Itami-shi, Hyogo (72) Inventor Kazutoshi Kazutoshi 13-23 Yamashitacho, Akashi-shi, Hyogo Surpass Akashi Park 301

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. An information distribution method for distributing provided information including image data and / or accompanying information accompanying the image data to a communication terminal from an information providing server via a network, wherein the provided information is transmitted to the communication terminal. And transmitting the image data and / or the accompanying information to the communication terminal, and outputting the accompanying information by voice. 2. The information distribution method according to claim 1, further comprising a synchronization step of synchronizing the screen display by the screen display step with the audio output by the audio output step. . 3. The information distribution method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting step transmits the provided information through a plurality of channels. 4. The information distribution method according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of channels include a packet channel and a voice channel. 5. The information distribution method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting step transmits the provided information based on a distribution request instruction from the communication terminal. Information distribution method. 6. The information distribution method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting step is performed on the communication terminals belonging to a specific group or all of the communication terminals. An information distribution method characterized by transmitting provided information. 7. The information distribution method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting step is performed for the communication terminal of a specific subscriber who has contracted to receive the provided information. An information distribution method characterized by transmitting provided information. 8. The information distribution method according to claim 1, wherein the accompanying information is conversion information converted into a desired format suitable for reading aloud speech. Delivery method. 9. An information distribution system for distributing provided information including image data from an information providing server to a communication terminal via a network, wherein the information providing server includes: a first transmission unit configured to transmit image data to the communication terminal; A first conversion unit for converting accompanying information attached to the image data into conversion information in a format suitable for reading aloud speech; a second conversion unit for converting the conversion information into voice information; A second transmission unit that transmits information and / or the conversion information; and a third transmission unit that transmits synchronization information for synchronizing the image data and the audio information on a surface of the communication terminal. Means for displaying the image data and / or the conversion information on a screen based on the synchronization information; and sounding the audio information based on the synchronization information. An information delivery system comprising: a voice output unit. 10. The information distribution system according to claim 9, wherein said first transmitting means further comprises means for transmitting said image information to said communication terminal on a first channel, and wherein said second transmitting means comprises: The communication apparatus further includes means for transmitting the voice information and / or the conversion information to a communication terminal on a second channel different from the first channel, wherein the third transmission means transmits the synchronization information to the communication terminal on the first channel. An information distribution system, further comprising: means for transmitting the information. 11. The information distribution system according to claim 10, wherein said first channel is a packet channel, and said second channel is a voice channel. 12. A providing device for providing an HTML file distributed to a communication terminal via a network,
In an information distribution system including a processing device that processes a TML file, the processing device analyzes a tag in the HTML file, and reads out reading data and anchor information in which a link is set to another HTML file. Generating means for generating display data including, and synchronization control information for synchronizing the reading data and the display data, and synchronizing the reading data and the display data based on the synchronization control information, Control means for controlling transmission to the communication terminal, the communication terminal receiving means for receiving the read-out data and the display data, and converting the read-out data into voice data and outputting the voice. Voice output means, screen display means for displaying the display data on the screen, and selecting the anchor information displayed on the screen Information distribution system characterized by comprising selection means that. 13. A providing device for providing an HTML file distributed to a communication terminal via a network,
In an information distribution system including a processing device that processes a TML file, the processing device analyzes a tag in the HTML file, and reads out reading data and anchor information in which a link is set to another HTML file. Generating means for generating display data including the read-out data and synchronization control information for synchronizing the read-out data and the display data; voice converting means for converting the read-out data into voice data; and packetizing the display data. A packet conversion unit that converts the voice data and the packet data into data based on the synchronization control information; and a control unit that controls the voice data and the packet data to be transmitted to the communication terminal. Receiving means for receiving data and the packet data; and audio output for outputting the audio data as audio. Information distribution system comprising: means, a screen display means for converting the screen displaying the packet data data for the display, that a selection means for selecting the anchor information displayed on the screen. 14. A providing device for providing an HTML file distributed to a communication terminal via a network,
In an information distribution method of an information distribution system having a processing device for processing a HTML file, the processing device analyzes a tag in the HTML file, and sets a link to read-out data and another HTML file. Generating display data including the anchor information, and synchronization control information for synchronizing the read-out data and the display data; and generating the read-out data and the display data based on the synchronization control information. A control step of controlling transmission from the processing device to the communication terminal in synchronization; and, in the communication terminal, an audio output step of converting the read-out data into audio data and outputting audio, and in the communication terminal, A screen display step of displaying display data on a screen; Information distribution method characterized by comprising a selection step of selecting the anchor information displayed. 15. A providing device for providing an HTML file distributed to a communication terminal via a network,
In an information distribution method of an information distribution system having a processing device for processing a HTML file, the processing device analyzes a tag in the HTML file, and sets a link to read-out data and another HTML file. Generating the display data including the anchor information, and the synchronization control information for synchronizing the read-out data and the display data; and converting the read-out data into audio data in the processing device. A packet conversion step of converting the display data into packet data in the processing device; and synchronizing the audio data and the packet data with the communication terminal based on the synchronization control information in the processing device. A control step of controlling to transmit, and A voice output step of voice-outputting the voice data; a screen display step of converting the packet data into the display data at the communication terminal and displaying the screen; and the anchor information displayed on the screen at the communication terminal. And a selecting step of selecting (1).