JP2006115126A - Data transmitting and receiving system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply arrange data photographed by a terminal having an image pick-up part like a diary. <P>SOLUTION: A terminal 11a acquires an inherent address, an ID and a password which are issued from an issue server 10a by prescribed registering operation and transmits data (photographing data and additional data) to a data storing server 10b by using the address, a terminal 11b in which a management program is previously installed extracts data stored in the data storing server 10b by using the ID and the password, generates a thumbnail from the extracted photographing data and automatically allocates the generated thumbnail to one data display area on a calendar image managed by the management program on the basis of the additional data acquired from the data storing server 10b. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a data transmission / reception system that transmits captured image data, receives the transmitted image data, and assigns the received image data to an arbitrary position.

  Conventionally, television, newspapers, magazines, radio, and the like are known as corporate advertising media. Advertising by these media is generally called push communication, and is a method of unilaterally transmitting corporate advertising information to users. It is important how effectively corporate advertising information can be transmitted. It is.

Recently, many consumers have information terminal devices such as personal computers, and the information terminal devices can be connected to the Internet to obtain a lot of information. And, on the Internet, advertising activities using the Internet have been activated in companies because of the advantage that a large amount of information that cannot be compared with the above-described advertising media can be provided to users (for example, patent documents). 1).
By the way, most of the advertisements currently existing on the Internet are banner advertisements. Many of these banner advertisements have a limited display space, and therefore, the contents of the advertisement are revealed only when the user clicks on the banner advertisement. Such a banner advertisement is not an attractive advertisement form for a company.

  In view of this, an advertisement form that uses a background image displayed on a display unit of an information terminal device, that is, a so-called desktop wallpaper image, has attracted attention. This is done by a company creating a wallpaper image for its own advertisement and providing the created wallpaper image to the user via the Internet or packaged media (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2002-221926 A JP 2001-31647 A

  By the way, the user rarely sets the same wallpaper image for a long time, and soon gets bored with the wallpaper image, and the wallpaper image is changed to another image (an image of another company). For this reason, a company has to frequently provide a wallpaper image to the user and set a new wallpaper image each time, and it has been difficult to effectively carry out advertising activities.

  In recent years, portable terminals that have been explosively popular have built-in an imaging unit (camera) for imaging a subject. A user having such a portable terminal communicates with a family, a friend, and the like by transmitting and receiving captured images, and manages image data transmitted and transmitted to a personal computer owned by the user. ing.

  By the way, when transmitting image data captured by a portable terminal to a PC or the like, a predetermined data transmission / reception tool, a so-called E-MAIL system is used. The E-MAIL system is a system that transmits and receives data between terminals using a unique address acquired in advance.

  After transmitting a mail with image data attached from the mobile terminal to the PC, the user activates the PC and operates a predetermined application (mailer) to receive the mail. Then, the user manages the image data by storing the image data attached to the received mail in an arbitrary directory and performing an operation such as associating the stored image data with a predetermined application. As described above, the user needs to perform a complicated operation to manage the image data captured by the portable terminal.

  In addition, when a large amount of image data is captured by a mobile terminal for several days at a travel destination, organizing the image data becomes complicated.

  Therefore, users are demanding a system (application) that can organize image data captured by a portable terminal without complicated operations. Therefore, if it is possible to provide a system (application) that meets such user's needs at a low cost and provide the system with an advertising function, it will be beneficial to both the user and the company.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a data transmission / reception system that transmits and receives image data that is beneficial to both the user and the company.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the data transmission / reception system according to the present invention issues a unique data transmission address, a unique identification symbol, and a unique password when a predetermined registration operation is performed. An issue server, a data storage server in which a user data area having a predetermined data capacity is formed each time the address is issued by the issue server, and an authentication server that performs user authentication based on the input identification symbol and password And a data providing server that reads data from a user data area of the data storage server according to an authentication result of the authentication server, an imaging unit that images a subject, and an image captured by the imaging unit Based on the additional data generation unit that generates additional data related to the imaging data and the address issued by the issuing server A first terminal having imaging data captured by the imaging unit and a transmission unit that transmits additional data related to the imaging data to the data storage server, and a data display area divided into predetermined sizes on a daily basis An arithmetic processing unit that performs arithmetic processing on an application program that manages a set of calendar images that are associated with a plurality of different wallpaper images corresponding to each of the set of calendar images, and arithmetic processing is performed by the arithmetic processing unit The calendar image managed by the application program, the display unit that displays the wallpaper image corresponding to the calendar image, the authentication server, and the identification symbol and password issued by the issuing server are input. Receives imaging data and additional data transmitted from the input unit and the data access server. The receiving unit, the converting unit that converts the data size of the imaging data received by the receiving unit to a predetermined data size, and the imaging data converted by the converting unit are received together with the imaging data. A second terminal having an allocating unit that allocates to one data display area on the calendar image displayed on the display unit based on the additional data, and the issuing server includes the issued address, identification symbol, and password Is transmitted to the authentication server, the authentication server stores the address, the identification symbol, and the password transmitted from the issuing server in association with each other, and the identification symbol and the password are input by the input unit of the second terminal. The entered identification symbol and password are compared with the stored ones, and the identification symbol and pass The address associated with the word is transmitted to the data access server, and the data access server reads data from the user data area of the data storage server based on the address supplied from the authentication server, and reads the read data. Transmit to the second terminal.

  In the present invention, a unique address, ID, and password issued by the issuing server through a predetermined registration operation are acquired, and data (imaging data and additional data) is stored in the data storage server using the address by the terminal. The data is stored in the data storage server using the ID and password, and a thumbnail is generated from the captured image data. Based on the additional data acquired from the data storage server, it is automatically assigned to one data display area on the calendar image managed by the application program, so that the user can take an image on the terminal without complicated work. Organize (manage) the captured image data based on the imaging date It can, for example, it is possible to create a diary with photos in a simple manner.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the data transmission / reception system 1, a service providing unit 10 that distributes data and a terminal 11a and a terminal 11b that transmit and receive data are connected via a network. Note that a plurality of terminals are connected to the actual network, but in the following description, for convenience, it is assumed that two terminals 11a and 11b are connected.

  In addition, the service providing unit 10 issues a unique data transmission address, an issuance server 10 a that issues a unique password, and an address is issued by the issuance server 10 a when a predetermined registration operation is performed. A data storage server 10b in which a user data area having a predetermined data capacity is formed, an authentication server 10c that performs user authentication based on the input password, and the data storage server 10b according to the authentication result of the authentication server 10c. And a data access server 10d for reading predetermined data. Furthermore, the service providing unit 10 may include an application server 10e that stores application programs described later.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the terminal 11 a includes an imaging unit 20 that captures an image of an object, an additional data generation unit 21 that generates additional data related to imaging data captured by the imaging unit 20, and an address issued by the issuing server 10 a. The transmission unit 22 transmits image data captured by the image capturing unit 20 and additional data related to the image data to the data storage server 10b.

  The additional data generation unit 21 generates additional data based on the date when the subject is imaged by the imaging unit 20.

  Moreover, the terminal 11a may have the input part 23 into which the comment information by a user is input. In this case, the additional data generation unit 21 generates additional data based on the comment information input from the input unit 23 together with the date when the subject is imaged by the imaging unit 20.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the terminal 11 b includes a set of calendar images each including a data display area divided into predetermined sizes on a daily basis, and a plurality of different wallpaper images corresponding to each of the set of calendar images. Are stored in a storage unit 30 that stores application programs (hereinafter referred to as management programs), an arithmetic processing unit 31 that performs arithmetic processing on the management program stored in the storage unit, and an arithmetic processing unit 31. The calendar image managed by the management program that has been processed, the display unit 32 that displays the wallpaper image corresponding to the calendar image, and the authentication server 10c are accessed, and the identification symbol and password issued by the issuing server 10a are input. Receiving the image data and additional data transmitted from the input unit 33 and the data access server 10d The reception unit 34, the conversion unit 35 that converts the data size of the imaging data received by the reception unit 34 so as to have a predetermined data size, and the imaging data that has been converted to the predetermined data size by the conversion unit 35 Based on the additional data related to the imaging data, an assigning unit 36 that automatically assigns to one data display area on the calendar image displayed on the display unit 32 is provided. The terminal 11b further includes a reader unit 37 that reads data from the packaged medium, and a pointing device 38 that operates a mouse pointer that moves on the display unit 32.

  For example, the conversion unit 35 may be configured to generate a thumbnail based on the imaging data received by the reception unit 34. The thumbnail is an image whose file size is reduced in order to display a large number of image data as a list. The assigning unit 36 automatically assigns the generated thumbnail to one data display area on the calendar image based on the additional data.

  The reader unit 37 is a multi-reader that can access various media and read stored data.

  The pointing device 38 is connected to a mouse or a keyboard for inputting various data in accordance with a user operation.

  Here, the procedure for user registration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In step ST1, the terminal 11b accesses the issuing server 10a.

  In step ST2, the issuing server 10a presents a menu for a predetermined registration procedure on the terminal 11b and requests input of predetermined information. The issuance server 10a may request input of information for charging, for example, an account number of a card and an expiration date, during the registration procedure.

  In step ST3, the terminal 11b inputs information requested by the issuing server 10a.

  In step ST4, the issuing server 10a registers information input from the terminal 11b. The issuing server 10a determines whether the input information is valid when the information for charging is input.

  In step ST5, the issuing server 10a issues a unique address, a unique identification symbol (ID), and a unique password. The issuing server 10a notifies the issued unique address, unique ID, and unique password to the terminal 11b and the authentication server 10c. The issuing server 10a notifies the data storage server 10b of the issued unique address.

  In step ST6, when the data storage server 10b receives a notification that an address has been issued from the issuing server 10a, the data storage server 10b forms a user data area for storing data transmitted using the address.

  In step ST7, the authentication server 10c stores the address, ID, and password transmitted from the issuing server 10a in association with each other.

  Next, the procedure for transmitting data from the terminal 11a to the data storage server 10b will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In step ST10, the terminal 11a images a subject.

  In step ST11, the terminal 11a transmits the imaged image data and additional data related to the imaged data to the data storage server 10b using the address previously issued in step ST5.

  In step ST12, the data storage server 10b searches for a corresponding user data area from a plurality of user data areas based on the address used for data transmission, and is transmitted from the terminal 11a to the searched user data area. Store incoming data.

  Next, the procedure in which the terminal 11b receives (acquires) data will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The terminal 11b is assumed to have a management program installed before receiving data described below. Further, the management program may be provided from the application server 10e to the terminal 11b via a network, or may be provided by distribution of a packaged medium such as a CD-ROM in which the management program is recorded. When the management program is provided in packaged media, the management program stored in the packaged media is read by the reader unit 37 and installed in the terminal 11b.

  In step ST20, the terminal 11b starts the installed management program. When the management program is activated, a calendar image is displayed on the display unit 32, and a wallpaper image corresponding to the calendar image is displayed as a background image.

  In step ST21, the terminal 11b accesses the authentication server 10c.

  In step ST22, the authentication server 10c requests the terminal 11b to input an ID and password.

  In step ST23, the terminal 11b inputs an ID and a password in response to a request from the authentication server 10c. The terminal 11b inputs the ID and password notified in advance in the process of step ST5.

  In step ST24, the authentication server 10c authenticates whether the ID and password input from the terminal 11b are correct. The authentication server 10c skips steps ST22 and ST23 when the terminal 11b transmits an ID and a password simultaneously with access in the step ST21.

  In step ST25, when the ID and password transmitted from the terminal 11b are correct, the authentication server 10c transmits an address related to the ID and password to the data access server 10d. If the authentication server 10c determines that the ID and password transmitted from the terminal 11b are not correct, the authentication server 10c requests the terminal 11b to input the ID and password again.

  In step ST26, the data access server 10d accesses the data storage server 10b based on the address transmitted from the authentication server 10c, and searches for a suitable user data area from a plurality of user data areas.

  In step ST27, the data storage server 10b notifies the data access server 10d of the retrieved result.

  In step ST28, the data access server 10d requests the data storage server 10b to read data.

  In step ST29, the data storage server 10b reads data from a suitable user data area in response to a data read request, and transmits the read data to the data access server 10d. In principle, the data storage server 10b deletes the data read from the user data area from the user data area in order to secure the data capacity.

  In step ST30, the data access server 10d transmits the data (imaging data and additional data) transmitted from the data storage server 10b to the terminal 11b.

  In step ST31, the terminal 11b automatically assigns the imaging data to one data display area on the calendar image displayed on the display unit 32 based on the additional data transmitted from the data access server 10d.

  Here, the management program will be described. The management program performs arithmetic processing by the arithmetic processing unit 31 and displays the calendar image stored in the storage unit 30 by switching to the display unit 32 every predetermined period, and displays a plurality of wallpaper images in conjunction with the calendar image. It is a program for displaying on the display part 32 as a background image.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a calendar image A and a wallpaper image B displayed on the display unit 32. The calendar image A displays a calendar for each month, and the day of the week frame (day (SUN), month (MON), fire (TUE), water (WED), tree (THU), gold ( FRI) and soil (SAT)) are displayed, and each day (1-31) is displayed in the day frame D. Further, in the date frame D, the current date is surrounded by the current date frame E so as to stand out. In the figure, the current date is September 6. Further, the current day frame E is managed by the management program so as to automatically move to the current day every time the day changes. As a result, the user can recognize the current date only by looking at the calendar image A displayed on the display unit 32.

  The calendar image A is composed of a set of images for each month, and the wallpaper image B is composed of a plurality of different images corresponding to the calendar images A for each month. The management program manages the calendar image A and the wallpaper image B so that they are automatically switched according to the actual calendar. Note that the calendar image A and the wallpaper image B may be manually switched according to a user operation. For example, the mouse pointer F displayed on the display unit 32 is operated by the pointing device 38, and the BACK button G1 that moves to the calendar image A of the previous month or the NEXT button G2 that moves to the calendar image A of the next month is pressed (clicked). ), The calendar image currently displayed is switched to the calendar image of the previous month or the calendar image of the next month. In conjunction with the calendar image A switching operation, the wallpaper image B is also switched as appropriate.

  Further, when the mouse pointer F is operated by the pointing device 38 and the take-in button H is pressed (clicked), the imaging data reception operation (step ST21) is performed. With such a configuration, the terminal 11b can access the authentication server 10c with a simple operation.

  Here, the operation of the assigning unit 36 will be described. For example, when the date of the additional data transmitted together with the imaging data from the data access server 10d is “September 5”, the allocating unit 36 displays the thumbnailed imaging data as shown in FIG. Is automatically assigned to the data display area I on September 5th.

  Next, image editing will be described. When the thumbnail displayed in each data display area I is pointed with the mouse pointer F and clicked, the image editing mode is entered and the editing screen J appears. The user operates the pointing device 38 to rotate the imaging data displayed in the image portion K of the editing screen J in an arbitrary direction, add a predetermined effect such as a mosaic, and perform various editing operations such as trimming. In addition, image data stored in an arbitrary directory can be read and displayed on the edit screen J, or the image data displayed on the edit screen J can be deleted. Comment information can be added to or deleted from the column L. In the comment column L, when comment information is included in the additional data transmitted together with the imaging data from the data access server 10d, the comment is displayed.

  The data transmission / reception system 1 according to the present invention configured as described above has a unique data transmission address, an issue server 10a that issues a unique password, and a predetermined address each time an address is issued by the issue server 10a. A data storage server 10b in which a user data area having a data capacity is formed, an authentication server 10c for performing user authentication based on the input password, and predetermined data from the data storage server 10b according to the authentication result of the authentication server 10c A service providing unit 10 including a data access server 10d for reading the image, an imaging unit 20 that captures an image of the subject, an additional data generation unit 21 that generates additional data related to imaging data captured by the imaging unit 20, and an issuing server 10a. Imaging data captured by the imaging unit 20 using the issued address; and A terminal 11a having a transmission unit 22 for transmitting additional data related to the imaged data to the data storage server 10b, a set of calendar images composed of a data display area divided into predetermined sizes in units of one day, and the set A storage unit 30 that stores a management program that associates and manages a plurality of different wallpaper images corresponding to each of the calendar images, an arithmetic processing unit 31 that performs arithmetic processing on the management program stored in the storage unit, A calendar image managed by the management program computed by the processing unit 31, a display unit 32 that displays a wallpaper image corresponding to the calendar image, and an identification symbol issued by the issuing server 10a by accessing the authentication server 10c And an input unit 33 for inputting a password, and imaging data transmitted from the data access server 10d A receiving unit 34 that receives the additional data, a conversion unit 35 that converts the image data received by the receiving unit 34 to a predetermined data size, and a conversion unit 35 that converts the data size to a predetermined data size. The terminal 11b having the allocating unit 36 that automatically allocates the captured image data to one data display area on the calendar image displayed on the display unit 32 based on the additional data related to the captured image data. Connected through.

  Therefore, in the data transmission / reception system 1 according to the present invention, a unique address, ID, and password issued by the issuing server 10a are acquired by a predetermined registration operation, and data (imaging) is acquired by the terminal 11a using the address. Data and additional data) is transmitted to the data storage server 10b, and the data stored in the data storage server 10b is extracted by using the ID and password by the terminal 11b in which the management program is installed in advance. A thumbnail is generated from the imaged data, and the generated thumbnail is automatically assigned to one data display area on the calendar image managed by the management program based on the additional data acquired from the data storage server 10b. Is a terminal 11 without complicated work. In the imaging data obtained by imaging, organized on the basis of the imaging date (management) it is possible to, for example, it is possible to create a diary with photos in a simple manner.

  Moreover, it is predicted that the user frequently views the calendar image used as described above, and the wallpaper image that is the background image of the calendar image can also be frequently viewed by the user. Therefore, by using the wallpaper image as an advertising space for the company, the company can perform an effective advertising activity.

  In addition, the calendar image can be switched to a see-through (semi-transparent) mode. By switching to see-through mode, the background wallpaper image can be seen through even in the part where the calendar image is displayed, so the entire wallpaper image can be used for advertisement without being completely shielded by the calendar image, The company can perform more effective advertising activities using the user terminal 11b.

  Furthermore, the wallpaper image may be a still image or a moving (active) image.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments described with reference to the drawings, and various modifications, substitutions or equivalents thereof can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the appended claims. Of course, it can be done.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the data transmission / reception system which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the 1st terminal with which the data transmission / reception system which concerns on this invention is equipped. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the 2nd terminal with which the data transmission / reception system which concerns on this invention is equipped. It is a flowchart with which it uses for description about the procedure at the time of a user performing registration work. It is a flowchart with which it uses for description about the procedure at the time of transmitting the imaged data from the 1st terminal. It is a flowchart with which it uses for description about the procedure at the time of a 2nd terminal acquiring data. It is a figure which shows a mode when the calendar image and wallpaper image which are managed by an application program are displayed on a display part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Data transmission / reception system, 10 service provision part, 10a issuing server, 10b data storage server, 10c authentication server, 10d data access server, 10e application server, 11a, 11b terminal, 20 imaging part, 21 additional data generation part, 22 transmission part , 30 storage unit, 31 arithmetic processing unit, 32 display unit, 33 input unit, 34 reception unit, 35 conversion unit, 36 allocation unit, 37 reader unit, 38 pointing device, A calendar image, B wallpaper image, C day of the week frame, D date frame, E current date frame, F mouse pointer, G1 BACK button, G2 NEXT button, H capture button, I data display area, J edit screen, K image section, L comment field

Claims (7)

When a predetermined registration operation is performed, a unique data transmission address, a unique identification symbol, an issuing server that issues a unique password, and a predetermined time each time the address is issued by the issuing server. A data storage server in which a user data area of the data capacity is formed, an authentication server for performing user authentication based on the input identification symbol and password, and a user of the data storage server according to an authentication result of the authentication server A service providing unit having a data access server for reading data from the data area;
An imaging unit that images a subject, an additional data generation unit that generates additional data related to imaging data captured by the imaging unit, and imaging data captured by the imaging unit based on the address issued by the issuing server And a first terminal having a transmission unit that transmits additional data related to the imaging data to the data storage server,
Calculates an application program that manages a set of calendar images consisting of data display areas divided into predetermined sizes on a daily basis and a plurality of different wallpaper images corresponding to each of the set of calendar images. An arithmetic processing unit to be processed, the calendar image managed by the application program that has been arithmetically processed by the arithmetic processing unit, a display unit that displays a wallpaper image corresponding to the calendar image, and an access to the authentication server, An input unit for inputting an identification symbol and a password issued by the issuing server, a receiving unit for receiving imaging data and additional data transmitted from the data access server, and imaging data received by the receiving unit Conversion unit that converts the data size so that it becomes the data size, and conversion by the above conversion unit The imaging data, based on the additional data received together with the imaging data, and a second terminal having an assignment unit for assigning one of a data display area on a calendar image displayed on the display unit,
The issuing server sends the issued address, identification symbol, and password to the authentication server,
The authentication server stores the address, the identification symbol, and the password transmitted from the issuing server in association with each other, and when the identification symbol and the password are input by the input unit of the second terminal, The symbol and password are compared with those stored, and according to the verification result, the address associated with the identification symbol and password is sent to the data access server,
The data access server reads data from a user data area of the data storage server based on an address supplied from the authentication server, and transmits the read data to the second terminal. . The issuing server includes a charging unit that requests the user to input predetermined information for charging when a predetermined registration operation is performed,
When the accounting unit determines that the predetermined information input by the user is valid, the accounting unit issues a unique data transmission address, a unique identification symbol, and a unique password to the user. The data transmission / reception system according to claim 1.   The data transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the additional data generation unit generates date information on which the imaging data captured by the imaging unit is captured as additional data.   The data transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the additional data generation unit generates comment information input by a user as additional data for the image data captured by the imaging unit. An application server on which the above application program is uploaded,
2. The data transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the second terminal downloads an application program from the application server, and performs arithmetic processing on the downloaded application program by the arithmetic processing unit. The second terminal includes an installation unit in which a packaged medium in which the application program is recorded is inserted, and the application program is read from the packaged medium and installed.
The data transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the arithmetic processing unit performs arithmetic processing on the application program installed by the installing unit. The second terminal includes a pointing device that selects imaging data displayed in a data display area of a calendar image displayed on the display unit;
The data transmission / reception system according to claim 1, further comprising an editing unit that edits a captured image selected by the pointing device.

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