JP2002190882A - Communication unit, communication system, control method for the communication unit, and medium for providing control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication system or the like that has an efficient information providing means in matching with an information placing charge when executing an information providing service where the information provider provides information to communication terminals and pays part or all of communication charges. SOLUTION: Information providers sequentially register and update their information placing charge and their communication charge of provided information registered in an information providing device 11, and the information of an information provider setting the highest information placing charge is transmitted to a communication terminal with priority when the communication terminal requests provision of information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication system using a communication terminal such as a telephone, and more particularly to a method of calculating a communication fee based on the time and amount of information to be provided instead of providing information to the communication terminal. And a communication system in which an information provider bears part or all of a communication charge on behalf of the information provider.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information providing services using a telephone or the like include a pay telephone service and a dial Q2 service as outgoing billing services in which a caller bears a call charge and an information charge. There is a toll-free service as an incoming call charging service that bears call charges and information charges.

[0003] For general communication, the caller bears the entire amount, and there is no combination of general communication and information providing service, which has been demanded by users who desire a low communication fee and information providing service. There is an increasing demand from service providers for more effective transmission of commercial information to communication networks.

[0004] As a conventional technique for responding to this demand, for example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 8-130579 (communication network having a communication service function with advertisement), a communication fee is charged for a certain amount of time or for a certain amount of advertisement information provided by an advertiser. There has been proposed a method of transmitting a communication fee to a terminal to be charged and charging a part of a communication fee to an advertiser instead.

[0005] In these services, when a request for information provision is made from a communication terminal such as a telephone, an information provision service of an information specific type and an information provision service of an information selection type are provided. The information providing service of the information specifying type is an information providing service in which information is specified in advance and requested to a center, and the center extracts requested information from registered information and sends it to a communication terminal. In addition, the information providing service of the information selection type requests an ambiguous request to the center (for example, by specifying a field of information to be acquired or a search key), and the center matches the request from the registered information. This is an information providing service that selects information to be extracted, extracts the information, and sends it to the communication terminal.

[0006]

However, the above-mentioned conventional services, particularly when an information provision request is made from a communication terminal such as a telephone, has the following problems in the information selection type information provision service. Was.

[0007] For example, in the case of a service in which a plurality of information providers register information in the information providing service, if an information selection type information providing service is used from a communication terminal,
Information matching the request is selected and taken out and sent to the communication terminal, but the order of the selected information is not fixed,
When sent to the communication terminal at the front of the list, it is easy for the user to adopt it, but at the end of the list, it is difficult for the user to adopt it, which is inefficient for the information provider.

[0008] Particularly, in a communication terminal having a limited screen display area, such as a cellular phone, which has been remarkably popular in recent years,
Whether it is displayed on the screen in front of the list and operated by a single operation of the mobile terminal or displayed on the screen after being operated multiple times after the list differs greatly depending on whether it is easy for users to adopt it. However, it was inefficient for the information provider.

[0009] In such a situation, even if the information provider intends to register the information in the ringing billing service and enhance the advertising effect, it is not possible to obtain a sufficient effect for the above-mentioned reason.

[0010] In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention provides an information providing service in which, instead of providing information to a communication terminal, an information provider bears part or all of a communication charge on behalf of an information provider. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication system or the like having an efficient information providing means corresponding to an information publication fee for a provider.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication apparatus for providing information to a communication terminal from an information providing apparatus storing information from an information provider. In a communication device comprising a providing unit and a charging unit for charging the information provider a part or all of the communication fee for providing the information, the information provider sequentially stores the information stored in the information providing device. Providing information management means for enabling change, and when the communication terminal requests provision of information, selects the information in the information providing apparatus according to the request under predetermined selection conditions and provides the information to the communication terminal Information selection means.

In the communication device according to the second aspect of the present invention,
2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the information managed by the provided information management means includes an information publication fee attached to the information provided to the communication terminal.

In the communication device according to the third aspect of the present invention,
The communication device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the information managed by the provided information managing means includes a communication charge added to the information provided to the communication terminal.

[0014] In the communication device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention,
3. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the information selecting unit preferentially selects one having the higher information publication fee.

[0015] In the communication device according to the fifth aspect of the present invention,
4. The communication device according to claim 3, wherein the information selecting unit selects the one with the higher communication burden fee preferentially.

In the communication device according to the invention described in claim 6,
6. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said charging means charges said information provider to said information provider.

In the communication device according to the invention described in claim 7,
6. The communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said charging means charges said information provider a charge for said communication load and discounts said charge for said communication terminal.

In the communication device according to the invention described in claim 8,
8. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said charging means calculates and charges a communication fee according to a time or an amount of information to be provided.

In a communication system according to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the communication system including a plurality of communication terminals and an exchange for connecting the plurality of communication terminals, the exchange exchanges information from the information provider. An information providing device for storing, an information providing unit for providing information from the information providing device to the communication terminal, a charging unit for charging a part or all of a communication fee for providing the information to the information provider, Providing information management means for allowing the information provider to sequentially change information stored in an information providing device, and information in the information providing device in response to the request when the communication terminal requests information provision And information selecting means for selecting the selected information under a predetermined selection condition and providing the selected information to the communication terminal.

In a communication system according to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the communication system according to the ninth aspect, the information managed by the provided information managing means is added to the information provided to the communication terminal. It is characterized by including an information publication fee.

[0021] In the communication system according to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the communication system according to the ninth or tenth aspect, the information managed by the provided information managing means is different from the information provided to the communication terminal. It is characterized by including a communication fee charged.

In a communication system according to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the communication system according to the tenth aspect, the information selecting means preferentially selects one having a higher information publication fee.

[0023] In a communication system according to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the communication system according to the twelfth aspect, the information selecting means preferentially selects one having the higher communication charge.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the communication system according to the tenth to thirteenth aspects, the charging means charges the information provider for the information posting fee. I do.

In a communication system according to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the communication system according to any one of the eleventh to thirteenth aspects, the billing means bills the information provider for the communication load fee and the communication load. It is characterized in that it is discounted from the terminal billing.

In a communication system according to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the communication system according to any one of the ninth to fifteenth aspects, the charging means calculates and charges a communication fee according to a time or an amount of information to be provided. It is characterized by.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication apparatus control method, comprising: an information providing means for providing information to a communication terminal from an information providing apparatus storing information from an information provider; and a communication fee for providing the information. And a charging means for charging the information provider for a part or all of the information provided by the information provider, wherein the information provider enables the information provider to sequentially change information stored in the information provider. Wherein when the communication terminal requests provision of information, information in the information providing device according to the request is selected under predetermined selection conditions and provided to the communication terminal.

[0028] In the control method of a communication device according to the present invention, in the control method of the communication device according to the seventeenth aspect, the information managed by the provided information managing means may include information provided to the communication terminal. It is characterized by including the information publication fee attached to

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, in the control method of the communication device according to the seventeenth or eighteenth aspect, the information managed by the provided information management means is transmitted to the communication terminal. It is characterized in that it includes a communication charge added to the provided information.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the method for controlling a communication device according to the eighteenth aspect, in the information selection step, the information selection step preferentially selects one having a high information publication fee. It is characterized by the following.

[0031] In the control method of a communication device according to the present invention, in the control method of the communication device according to the present invention, the information selection step preferentially selects a communication fee higher in the communication burden. It is characterized by the following.

[0032] In the control method of a communication device according to the invention of claim 22, in the control method of the communication device according to any one of claims 18 to 21, the charging step includes the step of providing the information provider with the information posting fee. It is characterized by charging.

[0033] In the control method of a communication device according to the invention of claim 23, in the control method of the communication device according to any one of claims 19 to 21, the charging step includes transmitting the communication load fee to the information provider. It is characterized in that a charge is made and a discount is made from the charge of the communication terminal.

[0034] In the control method of a communication device according to the invention of claim 24, in the control method of the communication device according to any one of claims 17 to 23, the billing process includes setting a communication fee according to time or amount of information to be provided. It is characterized by calculating and charging.

[0035] In a medium for providing a control program according to the twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, an information providing means for providing information to a communication terminal from an information providing device for storing information from an information provider, and a communication for providing the information. A medium storing a control program for executing a control method of a communication device including a charging unit for charging a part or all of a fee to the information provider, wherein the control program is provided in the information providing device. A provision information management step of allowing the information provider to sequentially change stored information; and when the communication terminal requests provision of information, a predetermined selection of information in the information providing apparatus in response to the request. Selecting on condition and providing to the communication terminal.

[0036] In the medium for providing a control program according to the invention according to claim 26, in the medium for providing a control program according to claim 25, the information managed in the provided information management step is provided to the communication terminal. It is characterized by including the information publication fee attached to the information.

[0037] In the medium for providing a control program according to the invention according to claim 27, in the medium for providing a control program according to claim 25 or 26, the information managed in the provided information management step is the communication information. It is characterized by including a communication charge added to the information provided to the terminal.

[0038] In the medium for providing a control program according to the invention of claim 28, in the medium for providing a control program according to claim 26, the information selecting step preferentially gives a higher price to the information publication fee. It is characterized by selecting.

According to a twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, in the medium for providing a control program according to the twenty-seventh aspect, in the medium for providing a control program according to the twenty-seventh aspect, the information selecting step gives priority to the one having the higher communication burden fee. It is characterized by selecting.

According to a thirtieth aspect of the present invention, in the medium for providing a control program according to the twenty-sixth to thirty-ninth aspects, the charging step comprises: It is characterized by charging a user.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, in the medium for providing a control program according to any one of the twenty-seventh to thirty-third aspects, the charging step includes providing the communication load fee with the information provision. And a discount from the charge of the communication terminal.

[0042] In the medium for providing a control program according to the invention of claim 32, in the medium for providing a control program according to any of claims 25 to 31, the charging step is carried out by communicating time or amount of information to be provided. It is characterized in that a fee is calculated and charged.

[0043]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. [First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, wireless communication terminals 1 and 10 such as mobile phones are accommodated and connected to exchanges 6 and 8 via wireless base stations 2 and 9, respectively. Communication terminals 3 such as a subscriber telephone set in a general home and a public telephone set in a public place are accommodated and connected to the exchange 6 via a subscriber line.

It should be noted that the operations and functions of the communication terminal and the exchange, etc., which are already widely known, will not be described as appropriate.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the exchange 6.

The information providing device 11 is a device capable of selecting and sending out one of provided information such as advertisements registered in advance. Note that the information providing device 11 may be installed at a location distant from the exchange 6, for example, at an office of the information provider, and may be connected by a line. The billing device 12 calculates and accumulates communication charges. The communication fee is settled monthly, for example, and charged to the subscriber. Operation terminals 4, 5
The information provider is used by the information provider to sequentially register and update provided information such as advertisements registered in the information providing apparatus 11, and information publication charges and communication charges described later.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a “provided information management table” for managing provided information registered in the information providing apparatus 11.

In the "provided information management table", the provider of the provided information, the field, the information publication fee, the providing time, the communication burden fee, and the like are registered. Also, the number of times and time of accessing information, the total communication charge, and the like are recorded.

FIG. 4 shows the wireless communication terminal 1 that has received the information.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen display example of FIG. 6, in which advertisement information from “AAA trip” is received.

Any wireless communication terminal 1 or communication terminal 3
Dials an information provider identification number (for example, a number assigned to each field) predetermined by a communication carrier when a communication service for receiving information provision is desired. Then, the exchange 6 first connects to the information providing apparatus 11, selects one of the plurality of registered information, and registers the selected information for a predetermined time (for example, in the case of an AAA travel advertisement, the information is registered in the “provided information management table”). (Provided 30 seconds) or a predetermined amount of data, and sends the provided information to the terminal. The communication fee during this time is charged to the information provider.

Next, the exchange 6 sends guidance for prompting the dialing of the telephone number of the other party, and upon receiving the telephone number of the other party from the terminal, makes a connection with the other party's terminal.
Communication with the partner terminal starts. For communication charges with the partner terminal, communication charges set by the information provider (for example,
In the case of an AAA travel advertisement, 10 yen registered in the “provided information management table” is charged to the information provider, and the communication charge is discounted to the caller.

The feature of the present invention is that when selecting one of a plurality of pieces of provided information registered in the information providing apparatus 11, the information of the information provider for which the highest “information posting fee” is set is prioritized. To choose. Further, the information provider is configured to sequentially register and update the "information publication fee" and the "communication burden fee" of the provided information registered in the information providing device 11 from any of the operation terminals 4 and 5. ing.

With the above operation, the information provider can
While providing information to a large number of users,
Efficient information can be provided by changing the information publication fee and the communication burden fee depending on the importance of information and changes in the external environment (existence of competitors, season, time). In addition, the user can communicate at a lower fee.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the processing of the exchange 6 in the first embodiment.

Upon detecting a connection from the communication terminal 2 or 3 in step S601, the exchange 6 receives dial information in step S602. In step S603, it is determined whether or not the received dial information is an information provider identification number. If the result is NO, the process proceeds to step S614 to shift to a normal connection process. If YES, the process proceeds to step S604.

In step S604, connection is made to the information providing apparatus 11, and steps S605 to S607 are performed.
Through the series of processes described above, one of the provided information to be transmitted to the communication terminal is selected from the registered information. In the series of processing from step S605 to step S607, in order to preferentially select information of the information provider to which the highest “information publication fee” is a feature of the present invention, first, in step S605, It is determined whether it is information selection, and if YES, step S6
At 06, the information with the highest "information publication fee" is selected from the "provided information management table". If NO, the information in which the "information publication fee" is set next to the highest in step S607 is selected. By doing so, when there is a repeated request, it is possible to sequentially provide the "information publication fee" from high to low.

Next, in step S608, charging of the information provider of the previously selected provided information to the information provider is started, and in step S609, the provided information is transmitted to the communication terminal. In step S610, information transmission completion is waited, and in step S611, operation guidance is transmitted to the communication terminal. For example, when the wireless communication terminal 1 is connected with the information provider identification number in the “Travel” field, the advertisement information of “AAA Travel” in which the highest “Information Charge” is set in the “Travel” is the communication terminal. And an advertisement and operation guidance as shown in the screen display example of FIG. 4 are displayed.

Then, in step S612, a response from the communication terminal is determined, and another information request (another advertisement request) is made.
If so, in step S613, the charging for the information provider of the provided information that has been transmitted so far is terminated, and the process returns to step S605 to repeat the process for providing the next information.

If no further information provision is requested in step S612, the communication partner number dialed by the communication terminal is received, and in step S614,
Call the other party's communication terminal, and in step S615,
Wait until the partner communication terminal responds, and when there is a response, start charging the communication terminal in step S616 and enter a communication state with the partner communication terminal. If no response is obtained in step S615, the process proceeds to step S619.

After entering the communication state with the partner communication terminal, in step S617, the system waits until the communication state between the communication terminal and the partner communication terminal ends.
At 8, the charging of the communication terminal is terminated. Then, the process proceeds to step S619, and it is determined whether the information is being provided to the communication terminal. If the dial information is not the information provider identification number in step S603, a normal connection process is performed with the partner communication terminal, and thus the determination here is NO. If YES, step S620
Ends the charging of the information provider.

Finally, in step S621, charging for the communication terminal and charging for the information provider are determined. The charge to the communication terminal is a charge obtained by subtracting the communication charge of the information provider from the communication charge with the partner communication terminal. The charge to the information provider is a charge obtained by adding the information publication fee, the communication fee required to send the information to the communication terminal, and the communication burden fee of the information provider. The “provided information management table” records the number of times and time of accessing information, the total communication charge, and the like, and transfers information necessary for charging to the charging device 12.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an operation according to an instruction from an information provider in the first embodiment.

The feature of the present embodiment is that when selecting one of a plurality of pieces of provided information registered in the information providing apparatus 11, the information of the information provider having the highest “information posting fee” is given priority. To choose. Further, the information provider is configured to sequentially register and update the "information publication fee" and the "communication burden fee" of the provided information registered in the information providing device 11 from any of the operation terminals 4 and 5. ing. Here, a process in which an information provider registers and updates provided information and the like registered in the information providing apparatus 11 will be described.

When the exchange 6 detects the connection from the information provider in step 801, it accepts the processing request of the information provider in step S802. Next, in steps S803 to S809, the request is separated. That is, if the information is registered in step S803, the information received from the information provider is registered in the information providing apparatus 11 in step S804. If the information is to be deleted in step S805, the instructed information is deleted from the information providing apparatus 11 in step S806. If the information is to be updated in step S807, the supported information (for example, “information publication fee” or “communication burden fee”) is updated by the information providing device 11. If the report is referred to in step S809, the report of the state of the "provided information management table" and the state of charging is returned to the information providing operation terminal in step S810. For example, information providers can know the current status of information provision using the “view report” function, and present higher “information publication fees” than other companies,
If you want to give users priority information,
It can be updated sequentially using the "update information" function.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the information provider can sequentially register and update the “information publication fee” and the “communication burden fee” of the provided information registered in the information providing device 11. Furthermore, when the communication terminal requests provision of information, the information of the information provider who has set the highest “information publication fee” is sent to the communication terminal with priority.

As a result, a service that combines communication and information provision can be provided, and the information provider can provide information to a large number of users, as well as the importance of information and changes in the external environment (competitors). , Season, and time), the information can be efficiently provided by changing the information publication fee and the communication burden fee. In addition, the user,
It becomes possible to receive communication services at lower rates. [Second Embodiment] In the above-described first embodiment, when sending information to a communication terminal, information provided with the highest “information posting fee” among a plurality of pieces of provided information registered in the information providing apparatus 11 is set. In this configuration, one piece of provider information is selected and transmitted to the communication terminal. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the exchange 6 creates a list of provided information and sends it to the communication terminal, and transmits the main body of the provided information to the communication terminal in response to a selection instruction from the communication terminal. I have.

When the list of the provided information is created, a feature of the present embodiment is that the information provider for which the highest “information publication fee” is set from among the provided information registered in the information providing apparatus 11. The information in the list is prioritized and brought to the top of the list.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a screen display of the wireless communication terminal 1 receiving the list created in this manner. In this example, “AAA trip” for which the highest “information publication fee” is set is included in the list. Is at the beginning. In a communication terminal with a limited screen display area, such as a mobile phone, a user who is displayed at the top of the list is more likely to be selected by a user and obtains an advertising effect commensurate with a high "information publication fee". be able to. In addition, the user can select the information that suits his or her preference from among a plurality of pieces of information. It is possible to do.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing of the exchange 6 in the second embodiment of the present invention.

The processing of the exchange 6 in the present embodiment is performed in step S in the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6 described above.
The processing up to step S604 after connection with the communication terminal in step 601 is the same as the processing after connection with the partner communication terminal in step S614. Here, only the portions different from the first embodiment will be described.

The exchange 6 detects the connection from the communication terminal, and if the received dial information is the information provider identification number, connects to the information providing apparatus 11 and performs communication by a series of processing from step S701 to step S704. Create a list of provided information to be sent to the terminal.

First, in step S 701, the information of the information provider to which the highest “information publication fee” is set, which is a feature of the present invention, is preferentially brought to the top of the list. Select the information with the highest “information publication fee” and add it to the list.

Next, in step S702, it is determined whether or not there is next information to be added to the list. If YES, information in which the "information publication fee" is set next to the highest in step S703 is selected. After the addition to the list, the process returns to step S702 and the process is repeated.

When there is no more information to be added to the list, the flow advances to step S704 to send the list to the communication terminal.
The screen display example of the communication terminal at this time is the example illustrated in FIG. 8 described above. In step S705, if the selection is received by the user and the user is not selected, the process proceeds to step S705.
The routine proceeds to 614, where communication processing with the partner communication terminal is started. If it has been selected, after starting charging for the selected information provider, in step S707, the provided information is transmitted to the communication terminal.

In step S708, the operation guidance is sent to the communication terminal. For example, from the list, "AA
When "A trip" is selected, advertisement information of "AAA trip" is transmitted to the communication terminal, and an advertisement and operation guidance as shown in the screen display example of FIG. 4 are displayed.

Then, in step S709, the response from the communication terminal is determined, and another information request (another advertisement request) is made.
If so, in step S710, charging of the information provider that has been transmitted so far to the information provider ends, and the process returns to step S705 to repeat the process for providing the next information. If no further information provision is requested in step S709, the process moves to step S614, and communication processing with the partner communication terminal is started.

According to the above-described processing, in a communication terminal such as a mobile phone in which the size of the screen display area is limited, the higher the display is in the list, the higher the possibility of being selected by the user. An advertising effect commensurate with the "information publication fee" can be obtained. In addition, the user can select information that suits his or her preference from among multiple types of information. Can be performed.

In the above-described embodiment, a mobile phone is particularly used as a communication terminal. However, the present invention is applied not only to wired telephone communication but also to a mobile phone network,
S network, facsimile network, video phone network, data network, IS
DN, Internet, Local Area Network,
It goes without saying that the present invention is applicable to any communication network such as multimedia communication.

The above-described control method can be realized by storing a program in accordance with the flowcharts of FIGS. 5, 6, 7, and 9 in a storage device in the exchange 6 and operating the program. Becomes

The present invention is not limited to the apparatus of the above-described embodiment, but may be applied to a system including a plurality of devices or an apparatus including a single device. A storage medium storing program codes of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus reads out and executes the program code stored in the storage medium. It goes without saying that it will be completed by doing so.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, an optical disk,
A magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, and a ROM can be used. When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS or the like running on the computer performs actual processing based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that a case where some or all of the functions are performed and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing is also included.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the program code is read based on the next program code. Needless to say, the extended function may be performed by a CPU or the like provided in an expansion board or an expansion unit to perform a part or all of the actual processing, and the processing may realize the functions of the above-described embodiments. No.

[0084]

As described above, according to the present invention, an information provider sequentially registers and updates the information publication fee and communication burden fee of the provided information registered in the information providing device. Further, at the time when the communication terminal requests the provision of information, the information of the information provider who set the highest information publication fee is sent to the communication terminal with priority,
Information providers can efficiently provide information by changing information publication fees and communication charges in consideration of changes in the external environment (for example, presence of competitors, season, time, etc.) Become. Further, it becomes possible for the information provider to provide an efficient information provision means commensurate with the information publication fee. In addition, the user can receive a communication service at a low fee due to a communication burden fee by the information provider.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the exchange 6;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a “provided information management table” for managing provided information registered in the information providing apparatus 11;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of the wireless communication terminal 1 that has received the information provision according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing of the exchange 6 in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart continued from FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an operation according to an instruction of an information provider in the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of a wireless communication terminal 1 that has received information provision according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing of the exchange 6 in the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

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Claims (32)

[Claims] An information providing means for providing information to a communication terminal from an information providing device for storing information from an information provider,
A communication device including a charging unit for charging a part or all of the communication fee for providing the information to the information provider, wherein the information provider enables the information provider to sequentially change the information stored in the information provider. Provided information management means, when the communication terminal requests provision of information, selects information in the information providing apparatus according to a predetermined selection condition in response to the request, information selection means to provide to the communication terminal, A communication device comprising: 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the information managed by the provided information management means includes an information publication fee attached to the information provided to the communication terminal. 3. The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information managed by the provided information management means includes a communication charge added to the information provided to the communication terminal. Communication device. 4. The information selection unit according to claim 2, wherein the information selection unit selects the one with a high information publication fee by priority.
The communication device according to claim 1. 5. The information selection means according to claim 3, wherein the information selection means gives priority to the one with the higher communication charge.
The communication device according to claim 1. 6. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the charging unit charges the information provider for the information publication fee. 7. The communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the charging unit charges the communication provider a charge for the communication load and discounts the charge from the communication terminal. 8. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said charging means calculates and charges a communication fee according to a time or an amount of information to be provided. 9. A communication system comprising: a plurality of communication terminals; and an exchange for connecting the plurality of communication terminals, wherein the exchange comprises: an information providing apparatus for storing information from the information provider; Information providing means for providing information from the device to the communication terminal; charging means for charging the information provider for a part or all of a communication fee for providing the information; and information stored in the information providing device. Providing information management means for enabling an information provider to sequentially change, and when the communication terminal requests information provision, selects information in the information providing apparatus according to the request under predetermined selection conditions, A communication system comprising: an information selection unit provided to a communication terminal. 10. The communication system according to claim 9, wherein the information managed by the provided information management means includes an information publication fee attached to the information provided to the communication terminal. 11. The information management method according to claim 9, wherein the information managed by the provided information management means includes a communication charge added to the information provided to the communication terminal. Communications system. 12. The communication system according to claim 10, wherein said information selecting means preferentially selects the one with a higher information publication fee. 13. The communication system according to claim 12, wherein said information selecting means preferentially selects the one with the higher communication charge. 14. The communication system according to claim 10, wherein said charging means charges said information provider to said information provider. 15. The communication system according to claim 11, wherein said charging means charges said communication load fee to said information provider and discounts said charge from said communication terminal. 16. The communication system according to claim 9, wherein said charging means calculates and charges a communication fee according to a time or an amount of information to be provided. 17. An information providing means for providing information to a communication terminal from an information providing device storing information from an information provider, and charging a part or all of a communication fee for providing the information to the information provider. A method of controlling a communication device comprising a charging unit, wherein a provided information management unit that enables the information provider to sequentially change information stored in the information providing device is provided, and the communication terminal requests provision of information. A method of controlling a communication device, comprising: selecting information in the information providing device according to the request under a predetermined selection condition and providing the selected information to the communication terminal. 18. The control of the communication device according to claim 17, wherein the information managed by the provided information management means includes an information publication fee attached to the information provided to the communication terminal. Method. 19. The information management method according to claim 17, wherein the information managed by the provided information management means includes a communication charge added to the information provided to the communication terminal. A communication device control method. 20. The control method for a communication device according to claim 18, wherein in the information selection process, the one with the higher information publication fee is preferentially selected. 21. The control method for a communication device according to claim 19, wherein, in the information selection process, the one with the higher communication burden is preferentially selected. 22. The control method according to claim 18, wherein said charging step charges said information provider to said information provider. 23. The communication apparatus according to claim 19, wherein in the charging step, the communication load is charged to the information provider and discounted from the charging of the communication terminal. Control method. 24. The control method for a communication device according to claim 17, wherein said charging process calculates and charges a communication fee according to a time or an amount of information to be provided. 25. An information providing means for providing information to a communication terminal from an information providing device for storing information from an information provider, and charging a part or all of a communication fee for providing the information to the information provider. A medium storing a control program for executing a control method of a communication device including a charging unit, wherein the control program enables the information provider to sequentially change information stored in the information providing device. Provided information management step, and when the communication terminal requests the provision of information, selecting the information in the information providing device according to the request under a predetermined selection condition, and providing to the communication terminal A medium for providing a control program, comprising: 26. The control program according to claim 25, wherein the information managed in the provided information management step includes an information posting fee attached to the information provided to the communication terminal. Medium to do. 27. The information processing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the information managed in the provided information management step includes a communication charge added to the information provided to the communication terminal. A medium that provides a control program. 28. The medium for providing a control program according to claim 26, wherein in the information selecting step, the information with a higher information publication fee is selected with priority. 29. A medium for providing a control program according to claim 27, wherein said information selecting step preferentially selects one having a higher communication burden fee. 30. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the charging step charges the information provider to the information provider.
A medium for providing the control program according to any one of claims 6 to 29. 31. The control program according to claim 27, wherein said charging step charges said communication load fee to said information provider and discounts said charge from said communication terminal. The medium to provide. 32. A medium for providing a control program according to claim 25, wherein said charging step calculates and charges a communication fee according to a time or an amount of information to be provided.