JP2002024114A - Information distribution requesting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information distribution requesting method capable of acquiring required information by one time of connection to an information providing source. SOLUTION: Concerning the information distribution requesting method for selecting the required information out of various kinds of information provided by the information providing source and requesting the distribution of this selected information to the information providing source, this method has a first step for reading a bar code which is displayed on a medium, corresponding to the selected information, a second step for converting the read bar code to an ID number corresponding to the selected information and a third step for transmitting the ID number to the information providing source.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information distribution request method, and more particularly, to a method of selecting necessary information from various information provided by an information provider using the Internet or the like and requesting the information provider. And a method for requesting information distribution.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, information communication technologies such as the Internet, mobile communication, and broadcasting have remarkably advanced, and information transmission speed has been rapidly increased. Therefore, it has become possible to select various information provided by an information provider and quickly download the information and data to an information device such as a personal computer. It is expected that such a trend will not change in the future, and that an environment will be set up so that users can receive comfortable services.

At present, when downloading selected information from a variety of information contents provided by an information provider to a personal computer or the like, for example, the information provider browses various information displayed on a homepage or the like, and from among the information, reads the information. A method of searching for information content that the user wants and downloading it is used. At that time, a method of selecting necessary information from various types of information using an operation key attached to the information terminal device and downloading the selected information is used.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a procedure for downloading such conventional information. As shown in FIG. 6, various types of information provided by the information provider are classified for each information content, and are configured to be searchable by hierarchy. That is, for various types of information provided by a specific information provider, the type of the information content is selected from the main menu.

In the example shown in FIG. 6, the types of information are "music distribution", "shop", "ringtone", "news",
Information contents such as “weather forecast” and “train timetable” are prepared. In addition, the “music distribution” menu includes “Japanese music list”, “Western music list”, “Anime list”,
The list is divided into "list by artist" and "list in alphabetical order", which are further classified by song, name, and Japanese syllabary. Also, looking at the contents of the "train timetable", the contents are further divided into "by route" or "in alphabetical order" and arranged in a tree shape.

Therefore, when it is desired to select and download desired information from the information content formed in such a tree shape, the following procedure is executed. For example, if you want to download a song, select the content "Music distribution" by menu search to search for that song, connect to a service center that provides this music distribution, and then name Japanese music, Western music, artist names, etc. Are displayed, and further, search conditions and the like requested by each of them are searched, and finally, the requested data is reached, and this is requested to be distributed to the service center.

[0007]

As described above, according to the conventional information distribution request method, when a user wants to obtain desired data or information content, the user is required to contact a service center as an information provider several times each time a search condition or the like is specified. Must connect. As the number of content types increases and the classification hierarchy increases, the number of connections naturally increases. While the amount of information content is small, the trouble of searching for the information you need does not increase so much, but as the content increases and the types diversify, it will take longer for you to reach the information you are requesting. It takes a lot of time and effort. Although the operation keys attached to the information terminal for performing these searches are becoming easier to use, repeated operations require extra labor.

[0008] Therefore, when the information that the user ultimately wants to obtain is clearly known in advance, it is desirable to reduce the trouble of searching as much as possible, but this cannot be realized by the conventional method. Further, if the search takes a long time, the connection time to the Internet or the like increases, so that the communication amount also increases, and there is a problem that the economic burden on the user increases. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and provides an information distribution request method capable of requesting distribution without connecting and searching for information contents required by a user through an information network. The purpose is to:

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided an information distribution request method for selecting necessary information from various types of information provided by an information provider and requesting the information provider to distribute the selected information. A first step of reading a barcode corresponding to the selection information displayed on a medium, a second step of converting the read barcode into an ID number corresponding to the selection information, and Transmitting the information to an information provider.

The present invention further provides an information distribution request method for selecting necessary information from various types of information provided by an information provider and requesting the information provider to distribute the selected information. A first step of inputting an ID number corresponding to the selected information, and a second step of transmitting the input ID number to the information provider.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the future, a service for downloading various kinds of information provided by an information provider by connecting to the Internet or the like using a portable telephone terminal or a mobile information terminal will be widespread. In particular, music distribution or online shopping is frequently performed using a mobile phone terminal, a mobile information terminal, or the like. In this case, magazines or catalogs (hereinafter, referred to as paper media) or the like related to those services are generally published, and the titles of music and the like and the corresponding ID numbers are displayed in barcodes on the paper media. there is a possibility. Therefore, when trying to receive the information required by the user from these paper media, the mobile phone terminal or the mobile information terminal has a built-in barcode reading unit, or the mobile phone terminal connected to the barcode reading unit or the same. The barcode displayed on the paper medium is read using an information terminal or the like. When reading a barcode, the barcode can be read by moving the barcode reading unit on the paper surface and tracing the barcode.

FIG. 1 shows a song title and a bar code corresponding to the song title in the case of music distribution displayed on the above-mentioned paper medium. In addition, a barcode number or an ID number x, y, z is described corresponding to the barcode. When the user wishes to receive the required song title from these paper media, the following is performed. First, a song title such as a song required by the user is selected from a paper medium such as a magazine related to a service (information) to be distributed, and a barcode corresponding to the title is confirmed. Next, by operating an information device capable of reading a barcode, the information device is set to a barcode reading mode.

Next, the bar code is read by tracing the bar code on the paper medium with the bar code reading section. As a method of confirming whether or not the barcode has been correctly read, it is easy to confirm by displaying an ID number corresponding to the barcode as shown in FIG. 1 on the display of the information device. Next, when the barcode is read correctly and its barcode number or ID number is confirmed,
By transmitting the number to the service center that provides the service information, an information distribution request can be made, and the required information can be distributed. In order to make a data distribution request by transmitting the ID number to the service center, a distribution request screen for transmitting the information device information distribution request is separately called, and the ID number described above is placed in a predetermined portion of the distribution request screen. Can be carried out by filling in.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration of an information device used for an information distribution request. A bar code reading section 20a or 2a is provided on an end surface or a bottom surface of a housing 10 of the information device.
0b is provided. For example, when a mobile phone terminal is used as the information equipment, the bar code displayed on the medium is read by the bar code reading unit 20a or 20b provided on the housing 10 of the mobile phone terminal, so that the necessary information can be easily obtained. Can be requested.

FIG. 3 shows the information terminal 30 and the bar code reader 4.
It shows an example of connection with 0. In the case shown in FIG. 3, the information terminal 30 and the barcode reading unit 40 are connected by wire using a connection code 35 separately provided. FIG. 4 shows still another connection example. In this case, a wireless connection unit such as Bluetooth is provided in the information terminal 30 and the barcode reading unit 40, and the connection is performed via wireless. In the above-described embodiment, the barcode is read, converted to an ID number and transmitted to the information provider. For example, the ID number is directly input without passing through the barcode, and the input is performed. The transmitted ID number may be transmitted to the information provider.

FIG. 5 shows a method of displaying information on a paper medium in such a case. For example, necessary information (such as a song name) is associated with ID numbers x, y, and z corresponding thereto. The user confirms the ID number corresponding to the required information from the paper medium, inputs the ID number directly from the input unit of the information device, transmits the ID number to the service center, and transmits the data to the service center. Can be requested. Download various information provided by the information provider and save the various information in the mobile terminal.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, one-time connection (transmission) is performed without requesting to connect to the information provider many times to perform a search when requesting distribution of desired information.
Can make an information distribution request. Therefore, the access time required to obtain the information to be obtained is reduced, and the trouble of connecting to the service center many times for each search can be omitted, so that the burden of the communication fee can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a method for displaying information on a paper medium used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information terminal used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the information terminal used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing still another configuration example of the information terminal used in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of a method for displaying information on a paper medium used in the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional information download procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Housing of information terminal 20a, 20b Barcode reading part 30 Information terminal 40 Barcode reading part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information distribution requesting method for selecting necessary information from various types of information provided by an information provider and requesting the information provider to distribute the selected information, the method comprising the steps of: A first step of reading a barcode corresponding to information; and an ID corresponding to the selected information by reading the barcode.
An information distribution request method, comprising: a second step of converting the ID number into a number; and a third step of transmitting the ID number to the information provider. 2. An information distribution request method for selecting necessary information from various types of information provided by an information provider and requesting the information provider to distribute the selected information, wherein the information displayed on a medium is selected. An information distribution request method, comprising: a first step of inputting an ID number corresponding to information; and a second step of transmitting the input ID number to the information provider.