JP2003051897A - Internet terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an Internet terminal that can automatically dial another access point when the terminal cannot connect to an initial access point and can access a more efficient access point depending on the situation. SOLUTION: The Internet terminal that connects to the Internet to exchange data via a public line 10, is provided with a control section 1 for controlling the entire section, and the control section 1 registers a plurality of telephone numbers of access points and the priority of them in advance to a storage section 6 and the terminal dials a telephone number of an access point with second priority when the terminal fails to connect to the access point with the highest priority.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an internet terminal for exchanging data by connecting to the internet via a public line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional Internet terminal, if a telephone number of one access point of a contracted provider is set, the telephone number of the set access point is dialed when starting an application related to the Internet. , Make a connection to the Internet. If you cannot connect to the access point at one time, redial the same number and try again.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional Internet terminal, when the access point to be connected is crowded and the connection cannot be established, when the user tries to connect to another uncrowded access point, There has been a problem that the telephone number of the access point has to be reset and the operation is complicated.

In this Internet terminal, by making it possible to register a plurality of access points, it is required to automatically dial another access point when the first access point cannot be connected.
Depending on the situation, it is required to access more efficient access points.

In order to meet this demand, the present invention can automatically dial another access point when the first access point cannot be connected, and
It is an object of the present invention to provide an internet terminal capable of accessing a more efficient access point depending on the situation.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, an internet terminal of the present invention is an internet terminal for exchanging data by connecting to the internet via a public line, and has a control unit for controlling the whole. The control unit pre-registers the telephone numbers and priorities of a plurality of access points in the storage unit, and if the connection to the access point with the highest priority fails, the telephone number of the access point with the next highest priority is stored. It has a configuration that automatically dials.

[0007] This provides an Internet terminal that can automatically dial another access point when it cannot connect to the first access point.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An internet terminal according to claim 1 of the present invention is an internet terminal which connects to the internet via a public line to exchange data, and has a control unit for controlling the whole, The control unit pre-registers the telephone numbers and priorities of multiple access points in the storage unit, and if the connection to the highest priority access point fails, the telephone number of the next highest priority access point is automatically set. I decided to dial.

With this configuration, when the connection to the set access point is not successful and the connection to another access point is tried, there is no need to set the access point's telephone number again. Therefore, the access point's telephone number is set. This has the effect of avoiding the complicated operation of resetting.

The Internet terminal according to claim 2 is
An Internet terminal that connects to the Internet via a public line to exchange data, and has a control unit that controls the whole, and the control unit registers the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points in a storage unit in advance, and registers them. The number of past connections of the selected access point is stored in the storage unit, and the access point with the largest number of past connections is preferentially selected and dialed.

With this configuration, an access point with a large number of past connections is preferentially selected, so that an access point with a large number of past connections, that is, an easily connectable access point is selected.

The Internet terminal according to claim 3 is
An Internet terminal that connects to the Internet via a public line to exchange data, and has a control unit that controls the whole, and the control unit registers the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points in a storage unit in advance, and registers them. Among the stored access points, the data transfer speed for the previously connected access point is stored in the storage unit, and of the stored data transfer speeds, the access point with the faster data transfer speed is selected and dialed. It is a thing.

With this configuration, when a faster data transfer speed is advantageous, it is possible to select an access point having the advantageous data transfer speed.

The Internet terminal according to claim 4 is
An Internet terminal that connects to the Internet via a public line to exchange data, and has a control unit that controls the whole, and the control unit registers the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points in a storage unit in advance, and registers them. When the started application is an application that requires high-speed data transfer, the data transfer speed for the access point that was connected in the past among the access points that have been connected is stored in the storage section, and the number of past connections of the registered access point is stored Is to prioritize an access point with a high data transfer speed, and prioritize an access point with a large number of past connections if the activated application is not an application requiring high-speed data transfer.

With this configuration, the priority of the dialed access point can be changed depending on the application to be activated. Therefore, when the faster data transfer speed is advantageous, the access point having the advantageous data transfer speed is selected. In addition, when it is advantageous that the number of connections is large, the access point having the advantageous number of connections can be selected.

The internet terminal according to claim 5 is
An Internet terminal that connects to the Internet via a public line to exchange data, and has a control unit that controls the whole, and the control unit records the access point that was able to connect in the past and the time period when it was accessed. In this case, the time zone to be accessed is detected, and the access point with a large number of past connections is preferentially selected and dialed in the detected time zone.

With this configuration, an access point having a large number of past connections in the connecting time zone, that is, an access point that is easily connected in the connecting time zone is preferentially selected.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
~ It demonstrates using FIG.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an Internet terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a control unit for controlling the operation of the Internet terminal, 2 is an input unit for the user to register an access point for the first time, 3 is a display unit for displaying information, and 4 is a display unit. An access point selecting section 5 for selecting an access point to be connected according to conditions from the registered access points is an access point selected by the access point selecting section 4 from telephone numbers registered in the storage section 6 described later. An access point number detection unit for detecting the telephone number of the access point, a storage unit 6 for registering the telephone number of the access point and connection information, and a line connection unit 7 for connecting to the public line 10.

The operation of the Internet terminal configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit 1 of the internet terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points are input to the Internet terminal from the input unit 2 with priorities, the telephone numbers and priorities are registered in the storage unit 6 (S1). Next, when an Internet-related application is activated (S2), the access point selection unit 4 selects the access point with the highest priority, and the access point number detection unit 5 detects the telephone number from the storage unit 6 ( S3). Next, the line connection unit 7 dials the access point number (S4). If the connection to the access point is successful (S5), data communication is performed (S7), and the received information and the like are displayed on the display unit 3. If connection to the access point fails (S
5), the access point selection unit 4 selects the access point with the next highest priority, and the access point number detection unit 5 detects the telephone number from the storage unit 6 (S).
6). The line connection unit 7 dials the access point number (S4), and if the connection fails (S5), the operations of steps S6, S4, and S5 are repeated.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the control unit 1 registers the telephone numbers and priorities of a plurality of access points in the storage unit 6 in advance, and the connection to the access point with the highest priority is established. If it fails, it automatically dials the phone number of the access point with the next highest priority, so if the connection to the set access point does not go well and you try to connect to another access point, the phone number of the access point is re-established. Since it is not necessary to re-set, the complicated operation of resetting the telephone number of the access point can be avoided.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an Internet terminal according to second, third, and fourth embodiments of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, a control unit 11, an input unit 12,
Display unit 13, access point selection unit 14, access point number detection unit 15, storage unit 16, line connection unit 17
1 corresponds to the control unit 1, the input unit 2, the display unit 3, the access point selection unit 4, the access point number detection unit 5, the storage unit 6, and the line connection unit 7 in FIG. Reference numeral 18 is a connection information detection unit that detects information such as data transfer speed, and 19 is an access point connection information writing unit that writes the information detected by the connection information detection unit 18 in the storage unit 16.

The operation of the Internet terminal configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit 11 of the internet terminal according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points are input to the Internet terminal from the input unit 12 with priorities, the telephone numbers and priorities are registered in the storage unit 16 (S11). Next, when the Internet-related application is activated (S12), the access point selection unit 14 selects the access point with the largest number of past connections, and the access point number detection unit 15 is selected.
Thus, the telephone number is detected from the storage unit 16 (S13).
If there is an access point with the same number of past connections, the access point selection unit 14 selects the access point registered with a higher priority. Next, the line connection unit 17 dials the access point number (S1).
4). If the connection to the access point is successful (S1
5) Data communication is performed (S17), the received information and the like are displayed on the display unit 13, the number of times of connection of the connected access point is increased by 1 and re-registered in the storage unit 16 (S1).
8). If connection to the access point fails (S1
5) Then, the access point selection unit 14 selects the access point with the next largest number of connections, and the access point number detection unit 15 detects the telephone number from the storage unit 16 (S16). The line connection unit 17 dials the number of the access point (S14), and if the connection fails (S15), the operations of steps S16, S14 and S15 are repeated.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the control unit 11 registers the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points in the storage unit 16 in advance, and the past connection count of the registered access points is stored in the storage unit 16. By memorizing and preferentially selecting an access point with a large number of past connection times and dialing, it is possible to preferentially select an access point with a large number of past connection times. You can select an access point with easy connection.

(Third Embodiment) The configuration of an Internet terminal according to the third embodiment of the present invention is the same as that of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. The difference between the present embodiment and the second embodiment is the operation of the control unit 11.

The operation of the Internet terminal configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit 11 of the internet terminal according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points are input to the Internet terminal from the input unit 12 with priorities, the telephone numbers and the priorities are stored in the storage unit 1.
6 is registered (S21). Next, when an Internet-related application is activated (S22), the access point selecting unit 14 selects an access point having the highest communication speed (data transfer speed) in the past, and the access point number detecting unit 15 causes the storage unit 16 to be selected. The telephone number is detected from (S23). If there are access points with the same past communication speed, the access point selection unit 14 selects the access point registered with the higher priority. Next, the line connection unit 17 dials the access point number (S24). If the connection to the access point is successful (S25), data communication is performed (S27), and the received information and the like are displayed on the display unit 13.
The communication speed with the connected access point is detected by the connection information detection unit 18 (S28), and is re-registered in the storage unit 16 (S29). If the connection to the access point fails (S25), the access point selection unit 14 selects the access point with the next highest communication speed, and the access point number detection unit 15 detects the telephone number from the storage unit 16 (S26). Line connection part 1
7 dials the access point number (S2
4) If connection fails again (S25), step S2
The operations of S6, S24 and S25 are repeated.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the control unit 11 registers the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points in the storage unit 16 in advance, and among the registered access points, the data for the access points connected in the past is stored. By storing the transfer speed in the storage unit 16 and preferentially selecting and dialing an access point having a higher data transfer speed among the stored data transfer speeds, if the higher data transfer speed is advantageous, An access point with an advantageous data transfer speed can be selected.

(Embodiment 4) The configuration of the Internet terminal according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention is the same as that of Embodiment 2, as shown in FIG. The difference between the present embodiment and the second embodiment is the operation of the control unit 11.

The operation of the Internet terminal configured as above will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.
7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the operation of the control unit 11 of the internet terminal according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 7, first, when the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points are input to the Internet terminal from the input unit 12 with priorities, the telephone numbers and the priorities are registered in the storage unit 16 (S31). Next, when an Internet-related application is started (S3
2) If the activated application requires high-speed data communication (S33), the access point selection unit 14 selects the access point with the highest communication speed in the past, and the access point number detection unit 15 stores the storage unit. The telephone number is detected from 16 (S3
4). If there is an access point with the same communication speed in the past, the access point selection unit 14 selects the access point registered with the higher priority. Next, the line connection unit 17 dials the access point number (S35). If the connection to the access point is successful (S36), data communication is performed (S38), the received information and the like are displayed on the display unit 13, and the connection information detection unit 18 detects the communication speed with the connected access point. Then, it is re-registered in the storage unit 16 (S39). If the connection to the access point fails (S36), the access point selection unit 14 selects the access point with the next highest communication speed, and the access point number detection unit 15 detects the telephone number from the storage unit 16 (S37). . The line connection unit 17 dials the number of the access point (S35), and if the connection fails (S36), the operations of steps S37, S35, and S36 are repeated.

When the application started in step S33 does not require high-speed data communication (S
33), the access point selection unit 14 selects the access point with the largest number of past connections, and the access point number detection unit 15 detects the telephone number from the storage unit 16 (S40). The access point selection unit 14
If there are access points with the same number of past connections, the access point registered with the highest priority is selected. The line connection unit 17 dials the access point number (S41). If the connection to the access point is successful (S42), data communication is performed (S44),
The received information and the like are displayed on the display unit 13, the number of times of connection of the connected access point is increased by 1 and re-registered in the storage unit 16 (S45). If the connection to the access point fails (S42), the access point selection unit 14 selects the access point with the next largest number of connections, and the access point number detection unit 15 detects the telephone number from the storage unit 16 (S43). . The line connection unit 17 dials the access point number (S41), and if the connection fails (S42), steps S43, S41,
The operation of S42 is repeated.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the control unit 11 registers the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points in the storage unit 16 in advance, and the data for the access points connected in the past among the registered access points is registered. The transfer speed is stored in the storage unit 16, the past connection count of the registered access point is stored in the storage unit 16, and when the activated application is an application that requires high-speed data transfer, the access point with the faster data transfer speed is given priority. If the launched application is not an application that requires high-speed data transfer, by prioritizing the access point with the most number of past connections,
Since the priority of the access points to dial can be changed depending on the application to be started, when the faster data transfer speed is advantageous, the access point having the advantageous data transfer speed can be selected and the connection can be established. If it is advantageous to have a large number of times, it is possible to select an access point having the advantageous number of connections.

(Fifth Embodiment) FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an Internet terminal according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 3, the control unit 21, the input unit 22,
Display unit 23, access point selection unit 24, access point number detection unit 25, storage unit 26, line connection unit 27,
The connection information detection unit 28 and the access point connection information writing unit 29 are the control unit 11, the input unit 12, and the display unit 1 of FIG.
3, access point selection unit 14, access point number detection unit 15, storage unit 16, line connection unit 17, connection information detection unit 18, access point connection information writing unit 19
Since it corresponds to, the description is omitted. Reference numeral 30 is a time detection unit that detects time.

The operation of the Internet terminal configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit 21 of the internet terminal according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points are input to the Internet terminal from the input unit 22 with priorities, the telephone numbers and the priorities are stored in the storage unit 2.
6 is registered (S51). When the Internet-related application is activated (S52), the time detection unit 30
To detect the time (S53), select an access point with a large number of connections in the same past time period, and the access point number detection unit 25 detects the telephone number from the storage unit 26 (S54). Access point selector 24
If there is an access point with the same number of past connections, selects the access point registered with the highest priority. Next, the line connection unit 27 dials the access point number (S55). If the connection to the access point is successful (S56), data communication is performed (S56).
58), the received information is displayed on the display unit 23, and the number of times of connection with the connected access point is increased by 1 (S
59), the access point connection information writing unit 29 re-registers it in the storage unit 26 (S60). If the connection to the access point fails (S56), the access point selecting section 24 selects the access point having the next largest number of connections by the access point selecting section 24, and the access point number detecting section 25 selects the telephone number from the storage section 26. Is detected (S57). The line connection unit 27 dials the access point number (S55), and if the connection fails (S56), steps S57, S55, and S5.
The operation of 6 is repeated.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the control unit 21 records the access points that were able to connect in the past and the access time zone in the recording unit 26, and detects the access time zone. , By preferentially selecting and dialing an access point with a large number of past connections in the detected time zone, it is easy to connect in an access point with a large number of past connections in the connecting time zone, that is, in the connecting time zone. Access points can be selected preferentially.

[0043]

As described above, according to the internet terminal according to the first aspect of the present invention, the internet terminal is connected to the internet via the public line to exchange data, and is a control for controlling the whole. Has a section,
The control unit pre-registers the telephone numbers and priorities of multiple access points in the storage unit, and if the connection to the highest priority access point fails, the telephone number of the next highest priority access point is automatically set. If you try to connect to a different access point by dialing and the connection to the set access point does not work, you do not need to set the access point's phone number again. An advantageous effect is obtained in that the complicated operation of setting can be avoided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the internet terminal is an internet terminal for exchanging data by connecting to the internet via a public line, and has a control unit for controlling the whole, and the control unit has a plurality of units. By registering the telephone number of the access point in advance in the storage unit, storing the past connection count of the registered access point in the storage unit, and preferentially selecting and dialing the access point with the most past connection count, Since an access point with a large number of past connections is preferentially selected, there is an advantageous effect that an access point with a large number of past connections, that is, an access point with a simple connection is selected.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the internet terminal is an internet terminal for exchanging data by connecting to the internet through a public line, and has a control unit for controlling the whole, and the control units are plural. The access point's telephone number is registered in the storage unit in advance, the data transfer speed for the previously connected access point among the registered access points is stored in the storage unit, and the faster data transfer speed of the stored data transfer speeds is stored. By preferentially selecting and dialing the access point of, the advantage that the access point having the advantageous data transfer speed can be selected when the faster data transfer speed is advantageous is obtained.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an internet terminal, which is connected to the internet via a public line to exchange data, has a control unit for controlling the whole, and a plurality of control units are provided. The access point's telephone number is registered in the storage unit in advance, and the data transfer speed for the previously connected access point among the registered access points is stored in the storage unit and the number of past connections of the registered access point is stored in the storage unit. If the stored application is an application that requires high-speed data transfer, the access point with a high data transfer speed is prioritized. If the started application is not an application that requires high-speed data transfer, the access point with a large number of past connections is prioritized. To start Depending on the application, you can change the priority of the access points to dial, so if a faster data transfer speed is advantageous, you can select an access point with that advantageous data transfer speed and When a large number is advantageous, the advantageous effect that the access point having the advantageous number of connections can be selected can be obtained.

According to the internet terminal of claim 5, the internet terminal is connected to the internet via a public line to exchange data, and has a control unit for controlling the whole, and the control unit is The access point that was able to connect to and the access time zone are recorded in the recording unit, the time zone to be accessed is detected, and the access point with the largest number of past connections in the detected time zone is selected and dialed. By doing so, an access point with a large number of past connections during the connecting period,
That is, an advantageous effect is obtained in which access points that are easy to connect are preferentially selected in the connecting time zone.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an Internet terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an Internet terminal according to Embodiments 2, 3, and 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an Internet terminal according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit of the Internet terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit of the Internet terminal according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit of the Internet terminal according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit of the Internet terminal according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit of the Internet terminal according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit of the Internet terminal according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 11, 21 Control unit 2, 12, 22 Input section 3, 13, 23 Display 4, 14, 24 Access point selector 5, 15, 25 Access point number detector 6, 16, 26 Storage 7, 17, 27 line connection 18, 28 Connection information detector 19, 29 Access point connection information writing unit 30 hours detector

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An Internet terminal for exchanging data by connecting to the Internet via a public line,
It has a control unit for controlling the whole, and the control unit registers in advance the telephone numbers and priorities of a plurality of access points in a storage unit, and if the connection to the access point with the highest priority fails, the next priority is given. Internet terminal characterized by automatically dialing the telephone number of a high access point. 2. An Internet terminal for exchanging data by connecting to the Internet via a public line,
The control unit has a control unit for controlling the whole, the control unit pre-registers the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points in a storage unit, stores the past connection number of the registered access points in the storage unit, and stores the past An internet terminal characterized by preferentially selecting and dialing an access point with a large number of connections. 3. An Internet terminal for exchanging data by connecting to the Internet via a public line,
The control unit has a control unit for controlling the whole, and the control unit registers the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points in a storage unit in advance, and stores the data transfer speed for an access point connected in the past among the registered access points. An internet terminal characterized in that an access point having a higher data transfer speed among the stored data transfer speeds is preferentially selected and dialed. 4. An Internet terminal for exchanging data by connecting to the Internet via a public line,
The control unit has a control unit for controlling the whole, and the control unit registers the telephone numbers of a plurality of access points in a storage unit in advance, and stores the data transfer speed for an access point connected in the past among the registered access points. And the number of past connections of the registered access point is stored in the storage unit, and when the started application is an application that requires high-speed data transfer, the access point with a faster data transfer speed is prioritized and started. An Internet terminal that prioritizes an access point with a large number of past connections if the application is not an application requiring high-speed data transfer. 5. An Internet terminal for exchanging data by connecting to the Internet via a public line,
Having a control unit for controlling the whole, the control unit records in the recording unit the access point that was able to connect in the past and the time period of access, and detects the time period to be accessed,
An Internet terminal characterized by preferentially selecting and dialing an access point having a large number of past connections in the detected time zone.