JP2008165560A - Newly-arrived content management system, portable terminal, and server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently manage the distribution of newly-arrived content by making it possible for a user terminal side to decide the confirmation chance of newly-arrived content or the processing content of new arrival confirmation results. <P>SOLUTION: This newly received content management system 10 includes: a portable terminal 100 having a confirmation period detection part 110 for collating date information with a confirmation period table, and for detecting confirmation period arrival, a confirmation request part 111 for receiving the detection of the confirmation period arrival, and for transmitting a new arrival confirmation request to a server 200, and a confirmation result acquisition part 112 for receiving and outputting the result data of newly received content confirmation processing from the server 200; and a server 200 having a latest information acquisition part 210 for receiving the new arrival confirmation request of content from the portable terminal 100, and for specifying the latest version of information of content to be distributed to the portable terminal in the latest information table, a new arrival presence/no presence decision part 211 for collating the latest version information with attribute information relating to the portable terminal existing content in the history table, and for deciding whether or not distributed content to the portable terminal is the latest version, and a result transmission part 212 for transmitting the newly received content presence/no presence information to the portable terminal 100. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a newly arrived content management system, a portable terminal, and a server, and more specifically to a technique for performing a process for confirming whether there is a newly arrived content in a server.

  For example, providing information that requires immediacy, or providing a user with an information distribution system that supports prompt distribution of genre and area information specified by the user, and enables low cost In order to provide effective marketing information for planning sales strategies, the new arrival information stored in each category is stored on the server via the network. A new arrival information generation notification system that notifies a user who wishes to be notified of the occurrence of the occurrence of this occurrence via a network, an information communication system using the system (see Patent Document 1), and the like have been proposed.

In addition, content distribution in the content server is provided for the purpose of providing a content distribution system that can immediately distribute only the highly necessary content in consideration of the degree of necessity of users for each content. In a content distribution system that distributes from a server to a user terminal via a communication line, if the content specified by the user is updated on the content server, the necessity set for each content There has also been proposed a content distribution system (see Patent Document 2) and the like in which an update notification is made to the user terminal when the sum of the priorities indicating the height of a message is a certain value or more.
JP 2002-251353 A JP 2003-330850 A

  By the way, in the prior art, the content distribution server itself starts the process of detecting the presence / absence of newly arrived content and the process of notifying the user terminal of the detection result instead of being triggered by a request from the user terminal. ing. Accordingly, the user terminal side receives the newly arrived content information that is unilaterally sent from the content distribution server and displays it regardless of its own operating status or the like. That is, there is no situation in which the user terminal performs independently such as an opportunity determination for confirming new content or processing details of new content information. If the user terminal does not perform the determination process in this way, it means that the processing load on the content distribution server and the network increases by turning it over, and efficient distribution management of new content is being performed. It was a difficult situation.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and enables the user terminal side to determine the trigger for confirming new content and the processing content of the new arrival confirmation result, thereby enabling efficient distribution management of new content. The main purpose is to provide technology.

  The new arrival content management system of the present invention is a system comprising a server and a portable terminal that receives content distribution from the server, and the portable terminal includes a confirmation time table that defines a confirmation time of new arrival content, and a clock provided to itself. Date and time information is obtained from the function, this date and time information is collated with the confirmation time table, and the confirmation time detection unit for detecting the arrival of the confirmation time of newly arrived content and the detection of the arrival of the confirmation time, A confirmation request unit that transmits a new arrival confirmation request including attribute information of a portable terminal, and the server receives result data of new arrival content confirmation processing in response to the new arrival confirmation request from the server, and outputs the result data. A confirmation result acquisition unit that outputs to the mobile terminal, the server Based on the latest information table for storing version information, the history table for storing content distribution history for each mobile terminal, and the new arrival confirmation request for content from the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal attribute information included in the new arrival confirmation request The latest information acquisition unit for identifying the latest version information of the content to be distributed to the mobile terminal in the latest information table, the specified latest version information, and the content distribution history of the mobile terminal in the history table include: A new arrivals presence / absence determination unit that collates attribute information related to the content specifying the latest version information and determines whether or not the content distributed to the mobile terminal is the latest version, and new content presence / absence information as a result of the determination Is transmitted to the portable terminal. According to this, it is possible to execute the distribution management of the newly arrived content efficiently by executing the confirmation trigger for confirming the newly arrived content on the mobile terminal (user terminal) side.

  The new arrival content management system of the present invention is a system comprising a server and a mobile terminal that receives content distribution from the server, wherein the mobile terminal stores attribute information of existing content distributed from the server. Date information is obtained from the information table, the confirmation time table that determines the confirmation time of new content, and the clock function provided in the information table, and the date information is collated with the confirmation time table to detect the arrival of the confirmation time of new content. A confirmation time detection unit, and a detection request unit that receives detection of arrival of the confirmation time and transmits a new arrival confirmation request including attribute information of the existing content included in the distribution information table to the server. Result data of new arrival content confirmation processing in response to the new arrival confirmation request is received from the server, and the result data A confirmation result acquisition unit for outputting to an output interface, wherein the server receives a latest information table for storing the latest version information of content and a new arrival confirmation request for content from a mobile terminal, and the new arrival confirmation request includes Based on the attribute information of the content, the latest information acquisition unit that identifies the latest version information of the corresponding content in the latest information table, the identified latest version information, and the attribute information of the existing content included in the new arrival confirmation request A new arrivals presence / absence determination unit that determines whether or not the existing content held by the mobile terminal is the latest version, and a result transmission unit that transmits new content presence / absence information as a result of the determination to the mobile terminal, Is provided. According to this, it is possible to execute the distribution management of the new arrival content efficiently by executing the confirmation trigger for the new arrival content on the portable terminal side.

  Further, in the new content management system, the mobile terminal stops sending the new arrival confirmation request even when the new content confirmation time comes, and sets a condition for outputting information indicating that there is new content to the output interface. A condition table determined according to a predetermined situation and a predetermined situation of the mobile terminal are monitored, the predetermined situation is collated with the condition table, and by this collation processing, the transmission of the new arrival confirmation request is stopped, and the newly arrived content is a server When it is determined that the information indicating that the information is present on the output interface is to be output to the output interface, an instruction to stop sending the new arrival confirmation request to the confirmation request unit, and an instruction to output the information with new arrival content to the confirmation result acquisition unit, The condition processing unit may be provided. According to this, it is possible to determine when new content is to be confirmed on the mobile terminal side, and to determine whether or not to send a new arrival confirmation request to the server, and to determine the display processing content of the new arrival confirmation result received from the server In this way, it is possible to efficiently manage the distribution of new contents by suppressing useless data communication and server load.

  Further, in the new arrival content management system, the condition table indicates that the new mobile content presence / absence information is not received from the input interface at the corresponding mobile terminal even though the new arrival content presence / absence information is information indicating that there is new arrival content. The condition processing unit monitors whether the newly arrived content presence information received from the server is information with newly arrived content, monitors whether the newly arrived content acquisition instruction is accepted at the input interface, These monitoring results are collated with the condition table, the newly arrived content presence / absence information is information indicating that there is a newly arrived content, and recognizes the situation where the newly arrived content acquisition instruction has not yet been received from the input interface even when the confirmation time comes. The transmission stop instruction and the output instruction It is to run may be. According to this, on the mobile terminal side, according to the information on the presence / absence of newly arrived content in the server and the acquisition status of the corresponding newly arrived content, it is determined whether the new arrival confirmation request can be transmitted to the server and received from the server. It is possible to determine the contents of the display processing of the new arrival confirmation result, and it is possible to efficiently manage the distribution of new arrival content while suppressing unnecessary data communication and server load.

  In the newly arrived content management system, the mobile terminal includes a periodic information table that stores information on content that is periodically distributed from a server and a periodic distribution time of the content. The periodic distribution content is held and the condition is that the periodic distribution time of the periodic distribution content arrives, and the condition processing unit monitors the presence or absence of the periodic distribution content in the periodic information table, The arrival of the regular delivery time is monitored based on the information on the regular delivery time in the regular information table and the date / time information of its own clock function, and these monitoring results are collated with the condition table, and the mobile terminal performs regular delivery. Holding the content, recognizing the situation where the regular delivery time of the regular delivery content has arrived, And it executes the serial output instruction may be. According to this, on the mobile terminal side, according to the presence / absence of content whose distribution time is regular, determination of whether or not a new arrival confirmation request can be transmitted to the server, and display processing contents of the new arrival confirmation result received from the server This makes it possible to efficiently manage the distribution of newly arrived content by suppressing unnecessary data communication and server load.

  Further, in the newly arrived content management system, the confirmation result acquisition unit acquires communication radio wave reception status data of the mobile terminal from the communication radio wave reception status recognition unit in the mobile terminal, so that the communication radio wave reception status is It is also possible to recognize when it is below a predetermined level and to stop outputting the result data to the output interface when the radio wave reception status for communication is below a predetermined level. According to this, on the mobile terminal side, according to the communication status with the server, it is possible to determine the display processing contents of the new arrival confirmation result that has already been received from the server, and suppress unnecessary data communication and server load. Efficient management of new content distribution is possible.

  In the newly arrived content management system, the condition processing unit acquires communication radio wave reception status data of the mobile terminal from the communication radio wave reception status recognition means in the mobile terminal, and the communication radio wave reception status is predetermined. When the communication radio wave reception status is below a predetermined level, it is possible to execute an instruction to stop outputting the information with the newly arrived content to the confirmation result acquisition unit. . According to this, on the mobile terminal side, according to the communication status with the server, it is possible to determine the display processing contents of the new arrival confirmation result that has already been received from the server, and suppress unnecessary data communication and server load. Efficient management of new content distribution is possible.

  Further, the confirmation result acquisition unit in the newly arrived content management system has a higher processing priority right now than a processing priority order recognition unit between a basic function such as a call and a built-in application in a portable terminal. Acquires data indicating whether the basic function or the installed application is acquired, recognizes when the installed application has a higher processing priority, and together with the result data, new content acquisition confirmation information for the mobile terminal user May be output to the output interface. According to this, it is possible to judge the display processing contents of the new arrival confirmation result already received from the server according to the active / inactive status between the basic function and the installed application on the mobile terminal side, It is possible to efficiently manage the distribution of newly arrived content by suppressing the data communication and server load.

  The portable terminal of the present invention is a portable terminal that receives content distribution from a server, obtains date / time information from a confirmation time table that determines the confirmation time of newly arrived content, and its own clock function, Checking the confirmation time table, detecting the arrival of the confirmation time of newly arrived content, and receiving the confirmation time arrival, and sending a new arrival confirmation request including attribute information of the mobile terminal to the server A confirmation requesting unit; and a confirmation result acquiring unit that receives result data of new arrival content confirmation processing in response to the new arrival confirmation request from the server and outputs the result data to an output interface. . According to this, it is possible to execute the distribution management of the new arrival content efficiently by executing the confirmation trigger for the new arrival content on the portable terminal side.

  The server of the present invention is a server that distributes contents to mobile terminals, and stores a latest information table that stores the latest version information of distribution contents distributed to each mobile terminal, and a content distribution history for each mobile terminal. Based on the history table to be stored and the new arrival confirmation request of the content from the mobile terminal, and the attribute information of the mobile terminal included in the new arrival confirmation request, the latest version information of the content to be distributed to the corresponding mobile terminal in the latest information table The specified latest information acquisition unit, the specified latest version information, and the attribute information regarding the content specifying the latest version information included in the content distribution history of the corresponding mobile terminal in the history table are collated, and the mobile terminal A new arrivals presence / absence determination unit that determines whether or not the content distributed to the site is the latest version; Transmitting the Ntsu presence information to the portable terminal comprises a result transmitting unit. According to this, the server only needs to receive the result of the new arrival content confirmation trigger judgment executed on the mobile terminal side, and execute the new arrival confirmation process accordingly, and consider the situation on the mobile terminal side. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently manage the distribution of newly arrived content by suppressing the process of repeatedly repeating the new arrival confirmation.

  The mobile terminal of the present invention is a mobile terminal that receives content distribution from the server, and stores a distribution information table that stores attribute information of existing content distributed from the server, and a confirmation time that defines a confirmation time for new content. Date and time information is obtained from the table and the clock function provided therein, and the date and time information is collated with the confirmation time table to detect the arrival of the confirmation time of new content, and the confirmation time detection unit detects the arrival of the confirmation time. In response, the server sends a new arrival confirmation request including the attribute information of the existing content included in the distribution information table to the server, and result data of the new arrival content confirmation processing according to the new arrival confirmation request in the server And a confirmation result acquisition unit that outputs the result data to an output interface. According to this, it is possible to execute the distribution management of the new arrival content efficiently by executing the confirmation trigger for the new arrival content on the portable terminal side.

  The server of the present invention is a server that distributes content to a mobile terminal. The server receives the latest information table that stores the latest version information of content and the new arrival confirmation request for content from the mobile terminal. Based on the attribute information of the existing content, the latest information acquisition unit that identifies the latest version information of the corresponding content in the latest information table, the specified latest version information, and the attribute of the existing content included in the new arrival confirmation request A new arrivals presence / absence determining unit that compares information with each other and determines whether or not the existing content held by the mobile terminal is the latest version, and transmits the new arrivals content presence / absence information as a result of the determination to the mobile terminal. A section. According to this, the server only has to receive the result of the new content confirmation trigger determination performed on the mobile terminal side, and execute the new arrival confirmation process accordingly, ignoring the situation on the mobile terminal side. Thus, it is possible to suppress the process of repeatedly confirming new arrivals in a fixed manner, and to efficiently manage distribution of new arrival content. According to this, the server only needs to receive the result of the new arrival content confirmation trigger judgment executed on the mobile terminal side, and execute the new arrival confirmation process accordingly, and consider the situation on the mobile terminal side. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently manage the distribution of newly arrived content by suppressing the process of repeatedly repeating the new arrival confirmation.

  In addition, the problems disclosed by the present application and the solutions thereof will be clarified by the embodiments of the present invention and the drawings.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to determine the trigger for confirming newly arrived content and the processing content of the newly arrived confirmation result on the user terminal side, thereby enabling efficient distribution management of newly arrived content.

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Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram including a newly arrived content management system in the present embodiment. A new arrival content management system 10 (hereinafter, system 10) according to the present embodiment includes a mobile terminal 100 and a server 200. For example, a mobile phone can be assumed as the mobile terminal 100, and a content distribution server device can be assumed as the server 200 that distributes content (electronic data) to the mobile phone. The content distributed by the server 200 to the mobile terminal 100 may be of any type, such as text, image, video, audio, and e-mail. Also, the content genre may be any type such as news, map information, movies, electronic books, software, advertisements, and various search results.

  The mobile terminal 100 constituting the system 10 stores a program 102 stored in a program database 101 such as a rewritable memory so as to realize a function of executing the new content management method of the present invention in cooperation with the server 200. The data is read to 103 and executed by the CPU 104 which is an arithmetic unit. Further, the portable terminal 100 has a protocol according to an input interface 105 such as various keyboards and buttons generally provided in a computer device, an output interface 106 such as a display and a speaker, and a network 140 with the server 200. The communication means 107 responsible for the data communication is provided. The mobile terminal 100 is connected to the server 200 via the network 140 such as the Internet, a LAN, or a mobile phone network by the communication means 107 and executes data exchange.

  Next, functional units that are configured and held by the portable terminal 100 based on the program 102 will be described. The portable terminal 100 includes a confirmation time table 125 that determines the confirmation time of newly arrived content, and a distribution information table 126 that stores attribute information of existing content that has been distributed from the server 200 and already held.

  Such a portable terminal 100 includes a confirmation time detection unit 110 that obtains date and time information from the clock function 108 included in the portable terminal 100 and compares the date and time information with the confirmation time table 125 to detect the arrival of the confirmation time of newly arrived content.

  Further, the mobile terminal 100 receives the notification of the arrival of the confirmation time from the confirmation time detection unit 110, and sends attribute information (eg, user ID, terminal manufacturing number, mobile phone) of the mobile terminal 100 to the server 200. A confirmation request unit 111 that transmits a new arrival confirmation request including a number etc.). The confirmation request unit 111 transmits, as a new arrival confirmation request to be sent to the server 200, a new arrival confirmation request including attribute information of the existing content included in the distribution information table 126 (what the mobile terminal 100 already holds). You may do that.

  In addition, the portable terminal 100 receives the result data of the new arrival content confirmation process in response to the new arrival confirmation request in the server 200 from the server 200, and outputs the result data to the output interface 106. 112.

  In addition, the mobile terminal 100 stops transmitting the new arrival confirmation request even when the confirmation timing of new content arrives, and sets the conditions for outputting information on the presence of new content to the output interface 106 according to a predetermined situation of the mobile terminal 100. It is preferable to provide a condition table 127 determined in this way.

  Further, in this case, the mobile terminal 100 monitors a predetermined situation of the mobile terminal 100, collates the predetermined situation with the condition table 127, and stops sending the new arrival confirmation request by this collation process, Is sent to the output interface 106, it is determined that the confirmation requesting unit 111 should stop transmitting the new arrival confirmation request and the confirmation result obtaining unit 112 has the new arrival content. It is preferable to include a condition processing unit 113 that executes the information output instruction.

  Further, the condition table 127 is based on the condition that the mobile terminal 100 does not receive a new content acquisition instruction from the input interface 105 even though the new content presence / absence information is information indicating that there is new content. And can. In this case, the condition processing unit 113 monitors whether the new arrival content presence information received from the server 200 is information indicating the presence of new arrival content, and monitors whether the new arrival content acquisition instruction is received at the input interface 105. Then, these monitoring results are collated with the condition table 127, the newly arrived content presence / absence information is information that there is a newly arrived content, and the new content acquisition instruction has not yet been received from the input interface 105 when the confirmation time comes. And the transmission stop instruction and the output instruction are executed.

  In addition, it is preferable that the portable terminal 100 includes a periodic information table 128 that stores information on content that is regularly distributed from the server 200 and the periodic distribution time of the content. In this case, the condition table 127 is based on the condition that the mobile terminal 100 has regular distribution content (for example, content distributed at 13:00 once a day) and the regular distribution time of the regular distribution content arrives. be able to. In this case, the condition processing unit 113 monitors the presence / absence of the regular delivery content in the regular information table 128, and the regular delivery time information in the regular information table 128 and the date / time information of its own clock function 108 Based on the above, the arrival of the regular delivery time is monitored, the monitoring results are collated with the condition table 127, the mobile terminal 100 has the regular delivery content, and the regular delivery time of the regular delivery content has arrived. It is preferable to recognize and execute the transmission stop instruction and the output instruction.

  Further, the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 acquires the communication radio wave reception status data of the mobile terminal 100 from the communication radio wave reception status recognition unit 135 in the mobile terminal 100, and the communication radio wave reception status is below a predetermined level. When the communication radio wave reception status is below a predetermined level, the output of the result data to the output interface 106 is preferably stopped.

  In addition, the condition processing unit 113 acquires communication radio wave reception status data of the mobile terminal 100 from the communication radio wave reception status recognition unit 135 in the mobile terminal 100, and the communication radio wave reception status is below a predetermined level. It is preferable to recognize that there is a certain time, and when the communication radio wave reception status is below a predetermined level, the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 is instructed to stop outputting the information with the newly arrived content. is there.

  In addition, the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 has a processing priority higher than the processing priority order recognition unit 136 between the basic function such as a call and the installed application in the mobile terminal 100 at the present time. Data on whether it is a function or a built-in application, recognize when the built-in application has higher processing priority (so-called “active state”), and new contents for mobile terminal users together with the result data It is preferable that the acquisition confirmation information is output to the output interface 106.

  In addition, the server 200 that distributes content to the portable terminal 100 reads the program 202 stored in the program database 201 such as a rewritable memory into the memory 203 and executes it by the CPU 204 that is an arithmetic device. Further, the server 200 has an input interface 205 such as various keyboards and buttons generally provided in a computer device, an output interface 206 such as a display, and a communication means 207 for exchanging data with the portable terminal 100. is doing. The server 200 is connected to the portable terminal 100 via the network 140 such as the Internet, a LAN, or a cellular phone network by the communication means 207 and executes data exchange.

  Next, functional units that are configured and held by the server 200 based on the program 202 will be described. The server 200 includes a latest information table 215 that stores the latest version information of distribution contents distributed to each mobile terminal 100, and a history table 216 that stores a content distribution history for each mobile terminal. And

  The server 200 receives a new arrival confirmation request for content from the portable terminal 100, and based on the attribute information of the portable terminal 100 included in the new arrival confirmation request, the latest information on the content to be distributed to the portable terminal 100 in the latest information table 215. A latest information acquisition unit 210 that identifies version information is provided. In addition, when the new arrival confirmation request received from the mobile terminal 100 includes attribute information of the existing content already held by the mobile terminal 100, the latest information acquisition unit 210, based on the attribute information of the existing content, The latest version information of the corresponding content can be specified in the latest information table 215.

  Further, the server 200 collates the specified latest version information with the attribute information related to the content specifying the latest version information included in the content distribution history of the mobile terminal 100 in the history table 216, and the mobile terminal A new arrivals presence / absence determining unit 211 is provided for determining whether or not the content distributed to 100 is the latest version. When the new arrival confirmation request sent from the mobile terminal 100 includes the attribute information of the existing content, the new arrival presence determination unit 211 includes the specified latest version information and the new arrival confirmation request. It can be determined whether or not the existing content possessed by the mobile terminal 100 is the latest version by collating with the attribute information of the existing content.

  In addition, the server 200 includes a result transmission unit 212 that transmits new content presence / absence information as a result of the determination to the mobile terminal 100.

  The function units 110 to 113 in the mobile terminal 100 and the function units 210 to 212 in the server 200 that constitute the system 10 described so far may be realized as hardware, a memory, an HDD (Hard Disk), or the like. It may be realized as a program stored in an appropriate storage device such as Drive). In this case, each of the CPUs 104 and 204 reads the corresponding program from the storage device to the memories 103 and 203 in accordance with the execution of the program, and executes it.

  In addition to the cellular phone network, the network 140 is portable, such as the Internet, a LAN, an ATM line, a dedicated line, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a power line network, a wireless network, a public line network, and a serial interface communication line. Various networks can be adopted as long as data communication is possible between the terminal 100 and the server 200. If a virtual private network technology such as VPN (Virtual Private Network) is used, communication with improved security is established when the Internet is adopted. The serial interface is a serial transmission that sends data one bit at a time using a single signal line, and refers to an interface for connecting to external devices. Communication methods include RS-232C, RS-422, IrDA, USB, IEEE1394, fiber channel, etc. can be assumed.

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Next, the structure of tables used by the mobile terminal 100 in this embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing examples of data structures of (a) the confirmation time table 125, (b) the distribution information table 126, and (c) the condition table 127 in the present embodiment. These tables are assumed to be configured in a storage device such as the nonvolatile memory 130 accessible by the mobile terminal 100. Of course, it does not matter whether the nonvolatile memory 130 is a built-in device of the portable terminal 100 or is on the network 140.

  The confirmation time table 125 is a table that defines the confirmation time of newly arrived content. The confirmation time table 125 is, for example, a collection of records 10 in which data such as an update pattern (regular / anytime) and new arrival confirmation date / time are associated with a program code (eg, contents01) as a key. In the present embodiment, since it is assumed that one program is composed of one or a plurality of contents, the confirmation time table 125 is not a content ID but a program code. Of course, instead of the program code, the content ID of each content included in the program may be listed in the confirmation time table 125 one by one. In the present embodiment, the periodic information table 128 is included in the confirmation time table 125. That is, as the information on the content that is regularly distributed from the server 200, the new arrival confirmation date that is the periodic distribution time of the content of the corresponding program is associated with the program code whose distribution pattern is “regular”.

  As an example of the data structure of the ID, in this embodiment, the program code (eg “contents01”) + content code (eg “001”) = content ID (eg “contents01001”). Here, the program code is fixed identification information uniquely set for each program. On the other hand, the content code is newly assigned and set every time content is newly registered. As the number increases, the content code also increases. For example, content “001” and content “002” were included at time a as content included in a program A, but at time “b” thereafter, content “002” was updated to content “003”. The program A is composed of “001” and content “003”.

  The distribution information table 126 is a table that stores attribute information of existing contents distributed from the server and already held by the mobile terminal 100. The distribution information table 126 is an aggregate of records 11 in which attribute information of the corresponding content is associated with the content ID as a key, for example.

  In addition, the condition table 127 stops the transmission of the new arrival confirmation request even when the new content confirmation time comes, and sets the conditions for outputting information indicating that there is a new arrival content to the output interface according to a predetermined situation of the mobile terminal 100. It is a defined table. The condition table 127 is, for example, an aggregate of records 12 in which condition content information is associated using a condition ID as a key.

  The structure of the table used by the server 200 in this embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of (a) latest information table 215, (b) history table 216, and (c) program table table 217 in the present embodiment. These tables are configured in a storage device such as the hard disk drive 230 accessible by the server 200. Of course, it does not matter whether the hard disk drive 230 is an internal device of the server 200 or is on the network 140.

  The latest information table 215 is a table for storing the latest version information of distribution contents distributed to each mobile terminal 100. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the latest information table 215 is a distribution content database that stores content itself distributed toward the mobile terminal 100. That is, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the database stores not only the attribute information of the distribution content but also the content itself. The latest information table 215 is an aggregate of records 20 in which data such as a distribution start date and a distribution end date is associated with, for example, a content ID as a key.

  The history table 216 is a table for storing a content distribution history for each mobile terminal. This history table 216 is an aggregate of records 21 in which data such as the content ID of the distributed content and data such as the distribution date and time are associated with the user ID as a key.

  The program table 217 is a table for storing information on a program distribution schedule determined for each portable terminal 100. This program table table 217 is an aggregate of records 21 in which, for example, a user ID is used as a key, and a distribution time and data such as a program code of a program distributed at each distribution time are associated with each other.

  Here, the “program” distributed from the server 200 to the mobile terminal 100 includes one or a plurality of contents (data such as images and texts).

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Hereinafter, the actual procedure of the new content management method in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Of the various operations corresponding to the new arrival content management method described below, the operations related to the mobile terminal 100 are realized by the program 102 that the mobile terminal 100 reads out to the memory 103 and executes. The server 200 is realized by a program 202 that the server 200 reads into the memory 203 and executes. These programs 102 and 202 are composed of codes for performing various operations described below.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a processing procedure example 1 of the new arrival content management method according to the present embodiment. In this example, the process is performed when the new arrival confirmation request sent from the mobile terminal 100 to the server 200 includes the attribute information of the mobile terminal 100. The attribute information of the mobile terminal 100 in this example assumes a user ID.

  In such a situation, the confirmation time detection unit 110 of the mobile terminal 100 obtains date / time information from the clock function 108 included in the portable terminal 100 (s90), collates this date / time information with the confirmation time table 125, and confirms the new content check time. The arrival is detected (s100). If it is detected by this detection processing that the arrival time of the new arrival content is detected (s100: Yes), the confirmation time detection unit 110 notifies the detection request unit 111 of this detection event (s101). The confirmation time detection unit 110 repeats step s100 until arrival of the confirmation time is detected (s100: No to s100).

  When the confirmation request unit 111 receives the confirmation notification of the arrival of the confirmation time from the confirmation time detection unit 110, the confirmation request unit 111 transmits a new arrival confirmation request including a user ID as attribute information of the mobile terminal 100 to the server 200. (S102).

  Meanwhile, the latest information acquisition unit 210 of the server 200 receives a new arrival confirmation request for content from the mobile terminal 100 (s103). Further, based on the user ID which is the attribute information of the portable terminal 100 included in the new arrival confirmation request, a search in the program guide table 217 is executed, and the program guide data associated with the user ID is acquired (s104). Then, the program code (eg, “contents01”) included in the program guide data is read, and the content ID (eg, contents01001,...) Containing the program code is searched in the latest information table 215 (s105). Through this search process, the latest information acquisition unit 210 identifies the content ID set as the latest for each program code, that is, the latest version information of the content to be distributed to the mobile terminal 100 (s106).

  The new arrivals determination unit 211 of the server 200 searches the history table 216 based on the user ID to identify the content distribution history of the corresponding mobile terminal 100 (s107). Then, a content ID including the program code (eg, “contents01”) read in step s105 is searched from the content distribution history specified here (s108). By this search process, the new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 identifies the ID of content that has already been distributed to the portable terminal 100 for a certain program.

  Then, the new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 includes the content ID (latest version managed by the server 200) that is the latest version information identified in step s106 and the content ID identified in step s108 (currently held by the mobile terminal 100). ID of the content being processed) is checked to determine whether the content distributed to the portable terminal 100 is the latest version (s109).

  In addition, the result transmission unit 212 of the server 200 transmits new content presence / absence information, which is the determination result in the step s109, to the portable terminal 100 (s110).

  On the other hand, the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 of the portable terminal 100 receives new arrival content presence information corresponding to the new arrival confirmation request from the server 200 as result data of the new arrival content confirmation processing (s111). The result data can be roughly classified into two types, “with newly arrived content” and “without newly arrived content”. Of the result data, “with new content” indicates, as will be described later, the number of types of new content, which program or content, and the presence / absence of new content in detail. It may be.

  In addition, when the new content presence / absence information received from the server 200 in step s111 is “new content present” information (s112: new arrival present), the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 performs communication radio waves in the mobile terminal 100. From the reception status recognition means 135, the radio wave reception status data for communication of the mobile terminal 100 is acquired (s113). When the mobile terminal 100 is a mobile phone, the radio wave reception status for communication is the radio wave status of communication between the mobile phone and the nearest mobile phone base station, and generally the number of antennas (on the display screen of the mobile phone ( The number of lines is “out of range”, the number of lines is “weak”, the number of lines is “2”: “medium”, and the number of lines is “good”. Therefore, the “communication radio wave reception status” information may be acquired from an application that manages such pass / fail level information with a mobile phone.

  Then, the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 recognizes, for example, “zero number of antennas” = “out of service area” when the communication radio wave reception status is below a predetermined level (s114), and the new content presence information ( The output of the “new arrival content present” information as the result data to the output interface 106 is stopped (s115). By additionally performing such processing, the information “present new content” is displayed only on the portable terminal 100 in a state where data communication with the server 200 is possible. Therefore, even if “new content present” information is displayed on the display screen, data communication with the server 200 is not possible because the radio wave reception status for communication is “out of service area” at that time, which induces unnecessary manual update processing of the mobile terminal user There is nothing to do.

--- Processing flow example 2 ---
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a processing procedure example 2 of the new arrival content management method of the present embodiment. In this example, the new arrival confirmation request sent from the mobile terminal 100 to the server 200 includes the attribute information of the existing content (what the mobile terminal 100 already holds) included in the distribution information table 126 of the mobile terminal 100. It is processing of. As the attribute information of the existing content in this example, an ID of the existing content is assumed.

  In such a situation, the confirmation time detection unit 110 of the mobile terminal 100 obtains date / time information from the clock function 108 included in the portable terminal 100 (s90), collates this date / time information with the confirmation time table 125, and confirms the new content check time. The arrival is detected (s200). If it is detected by this detection processing that the arrival time of the new arrival content is detected (s200: Yes), the confirmation time detection unit 110 notifies the detection request unit 111 of this detection event (s201). The confirmation time detection unit 110 repeats step s200 until arrival of the confirmation time is detected (s200: No to s200).

  When the confirmation request unit 111 receives the confirmation notification of the arrival of the confirmation time from the confirmation time detection unit 110, the confirmation request unit 111 already stores the existing content included in the distribution information table 126 in the server 200 (the portable terminal 100 already holds it). A new arrival confirmation request including the content ID of the content is sent (s202).

  Meanwhile, the latest information acquisition unit 210 of the server 200 receives a new arrival confirmation request for content from the portable terminal 100 (s203). Further, based on the ID of the existing content included in the new arrival confirmation request, the program code (eg, “contents01”) included in the existing content ID is read (s204). Then, the latest information table 215 is searched for the content ID including the program code (s205). Through this search process, the latest information acquisition unit 210 identifies the content ID set as the latest for each program code, that is, the latest version information of the content to be distributed to the mobile terminal 100 (s206).

  Further, the new arrivals determination unit 211 of the server 200 includes the content ID (latest version managed by the server 200) that is the latest version information identified in step s206 and the existing content ID (currently held by the mobile terminal 100). ID of the content that is being processed), and it is determined whether or not the content distributed to the mobile terminal 100 is the latest version (s207).

  In addition, the result transmission unit 212 of the server 200 transmits new content presence / absence information, which is the determination result in the step s207, to the portable terminal 100 (s208).

  On the other hand, the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 of the portable terminal 100 receives new arrival content presence information corresponding to the new arrival confirmation request from the server 200 as result data of the new arrival content confirmation processing (s209). The type of the result data is the same as that in the first processing flow example.

  When the new content presence / absence information received from the server 200 in step s209 is “new content present” information (s210: new arrival present), the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 performs communication radio waves in the mobile terminal 100. Radio wave reception status data of the mobile terminal 100 is acquired from the reception status recognition means 135 (S211). When the mobile terminal 100 is a mobile phone, the radio wave reception status for communication is the radio wave status of communication between the mobile phone and the nearest mobile phone base station, and generally the number of antennas (on the display screen of the mobile phone ( The number of lines is “out of range”, the number of lines is “weak”, the number of lines is “2”: “medium”, and the number of lines is “good”. Therefore, the “communication radio wave reception status” information may be acquired from an application that manages such pass / fail level information with a mobile phone.

  Then, the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 recognizes, for example, “zero number of antennas” = “out of service area” when the communication radio wave reception status is below a predetermined level (s212), and the new content presence information ( The output of the “new arrival content present” information as result data) to the output interface 106 is stopped (s213). By additionally performing such processing, the information “present new content” is displayed only on the portable terminal 100 in a state where data communication with the server 200 is possible. Therefore, even if “new content present” information is displayed on the display screen, data communication with the server 200 is not possible because the radio wave reception status for communication is “out of service area” at that time, which induces unnecessary manual update processing of the mobile terminal user There is nothing to do.

--- Processing flow example 3 ---
Next, an example of a process for determining whether new content exists in the server 200 will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a processing procedure example 3 of the new arrival content management method according to the present embodiment. In this example, the processing flow example 1 and steps s100 to s108 are the same, and the details of step s109 of the new arrival determination process in the new arrivals presence determination unit 211 are shown.

  In step s109 of the new arrival determination process in this example, the content ID (latest version managed by the server 200) that is the latest version information specified in step s106 and the content ID specified in step s108 (the portable terminal 100). When there are a plurality of collation targets, first, ID collation is performed for a certain program (eg, program A) (s109-1a). The program to be collated first in this way may be determined, for example, in alphabetical order of the program code included in the content ID, in numerical order.

  If it is determined in the collation process in step s109-1a that there is new content for program A (s109-1a: Yes), the process proceeds to step s110, and the result transmission unit 212 uses the result transmission unit 212 to the portable terminal 100. The new content presence / absence information (in this case, new content is present) is transmitted.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the collation process in step s109-1a that there is no new content for program A (s109-1a: No), the presence / absence of new content by ID collation is similarly determined for other programs B. (S109-1b). If it is determined in this determination that there is new content for the program B (s109-1b: Yes), the process proceeds to step s110, and the result transmission unit 212 uses the result transmission unit 212 to determine whether there is new content on the portable terminal 100 ( In this case, transmission processing with new content) is executed. If it is determined in the determination process that there is no new content for the program B (s109-1b: No), the presence / absence determination of new content for other programs C is similarly performed (s109-1c). In this way, when at least one new content is found, the process for determining whether there is a new content is terminated, and the process proceeds to the transmission of new content information by the result transmission unit 212. By adopting such a processing form, it is not necessary to perform ID verification for all programs and all contents set corresponding to the mobile terminal 100, and the existence notification of newly arrived contents and new arrivals associated therewith can be performed efficiently. It is possible to prompt the user to acquire content.

--- Processing flow example 4 ---
Another example of processing in which the new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 determines whether or not new content exists in the server 200 will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a processing procedure example 4 of the new arrival content management method of the present embodiment. Also in this example, the processing flow example 1 and steps s100 to s108 are the same, and the details of step s109 of the new arrival determination process in the new arrivals presence determination unit 211 are shown.

  In step s109 of the new arrival determination process in this example, the content ID (latest version managed by the server 200) that is the latest version information specified in step s106 and the content ID specified in step s108 (the portable terminal 100). When there are a plurality of collation targets, first, ID collation is performed for one program (eg, program A) (s109-2a). The program to be collated first in this way may be determined, for example, in alphabetical order of the program code included in the content ID, in numerical order.

If it is determined in the collation process in step s109-a that there is a new content for program A (s109-2a: Yes), the flag 200 stored in the memory 203 or the like in advance by the server 200 is related to the program A. Flag: “1” is set (s109-x).
Similarly, when it is determined in the collation process in step s109-2a that there is no new content for program A (s109-2a: No), or after the process in step s109-x is completed, the other program B is similarly processed. The presence / absence determination of new content by ID verification is performed (s109-2b).
If it is determined in the collation process in step s109-2b that there is new content for program B (s109-2b: Yes), the server 200 sets the flag for program B: “1” in the flag storage file. Stand up (s109-y).
Similarly, when it is determined in the collation process in step s109-2b that there is no new content for program B (s109-2b: No), or after the process in step s109-y is completed, the same applies to other programs C. The presence / absence determination of new content by ID verification is performed (s109-2c).
If it is determined in the checking process in step s109-2c that there is a new content for the program C (s109-2c: Yes), the server 200 sets the flag for the program C: “1” in the flag storage file. Stand up (s109-z).

  The new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 executes the processing steps s109-2a to s109-2c for all of the verification targets, and passes the flag storage file obtained as a result of the processing to the result transmission unit 212.

  In step s110, the result transmission unit 212 executes transmission processing of the flag storage file as new content presence / absence information to the mobile terminal 100. In this way, information on the presence / absence of newly arrived content can be presented to the mobile terminal 100 for each of all the programs that are subject to determination of the presence / absence of newly arrived content, and programs that require the acquisition of new content can be reliably notified to the user.

--- Processing flow example 5 ---
Another example of processing in which the new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 determines whether or not new content exists in the server 200 will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a processing procedure example 5 of the new arrival content management method of the present embodiment. Also in this example, the processing flow example 1 and steps s100 to s108 are the same, and the details of step s109 of the new arrival determination process in the new arrivals presence determination unit 211 are shown.

  In step s109 of the new arrival determination process in this example, the content ID (latest version managed by the server 200) that is the latest version information specified in step s106 and the content ID specified in step s108 (the portable terminal 100). When there are a plurality of collation targets, first, ID collation is performed for one program (eg, program A) (s109-3a). The program to be collated first in this way may be determined, for example, in alphabetical order of the program code included in the content ID, in numerical order.

  If it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3a that there is a new content for program A (s109-3a: Yes), the presence / absence of new content by ID collation is similarly determined for other program B. (S109-3b). Further, if it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3b that there is a new content for program B (s109-3b: Yes), next, whether there is a new content by ID collation for other program C as well. A determination is made (s109-3c). If it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3c that there is newly arrived content for program C (s109-3c: Yes), a flag: “7” is set in the flag storage file (s109-3d). This flag “7” is a flag that means “all programs A, B, and C have new arrival contents”.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3c that there is no new content for program C (s109-3c: No), flag: “4” is set in the flag storage file (s109-3e). . This flag “4” is a flag that means “New content exists in programs A and B”.

  If it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3b that there is no new content for program B (s109-3b: No), next, for program C, the presence / absence of new content is similarly determined by ID collation. (S109-3f). If it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3f that there is a newly arrived content for program C (s109-3f: Yes), flag: “5” is set in the flag storage file (s109-3g). This flag “5” is a flag meaning “there are new contents in programs A and C”.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the collation processing in step s109-3f that there is no new content for program C (s109-3f: No), flag: “1” is set in the flag storage file (s109-3h). . This flag “1” is a flag that means “New content exists only in program A”.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3a that there is no new content for program A (s109-3a: No), next, for program B, the presence / absence of new content is similarly determined by ID collation. (S109-3i). If it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3i that there is a new content for program B (s109-3i: Yes), next, for program C, the presence / absence of new content by ID collation is similarly determined ( s109-3j). If it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3j that there is new content for program C (s109-3j: Yes), the flag “6” is set in the flag storage file (s109-3k). This flag “6” is a flag that means “New content exists in programs B and C”.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3j that there is no new content for program C (s109-3j: No), flag: “2” is set in the flag storage file (s109-3l). . This flag “2” is a flag that means “New content exists only in program B”.

  If it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3i that there is no new content for program B (s109-3i: No), next, for program C, the presence / absence of new content is similarly determined by ID collation. (S109-3m). If it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3m that there is new content for program C (s109-3m: Yes), the flag: “3” is set in the flag storage file (s109-3n). This flag “3” is a flag that means “New content exists only in program C”.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the collation process in step s109-3m that there is no newly arrived content for program C (s109-3m: No), a flag: “0” is set in the flag storage file (s109-3o). ). This flag “0” is a flag indicating “no new content”.

  The new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 passes the flag storage file obtained as a result of such processing to the result transmission unit 212. In step s110, the result transmission unit 212 executes transmission processing of the flag storage file as new content presence / absence information to the mobile terminal 100.

  In this way, the determination result of the presence / absence of newly arrived content (whether which program has newly arrived content or none of any program), which has been comprehensively executed for all programs to be judged whether or not newly arrived content, is indicated by the above flag. Can be presented on the mobile terminal 100 with only one digit. Therefore, it is possible to reliably notify a user of a program that needs to acquire newly arrived content with a minimum data size, and the network load can be reduced. It is assumed that the portable terminal 100 has a table of semantic information (whether a program is newly received or not) in the memory 103 or the like in advance in the above-described flags “0” to “7”. Therefore, the mobile terminal 100 that has received the flag storage file including the flag from the server 200 reads the flag and compares it with the table in the memory 103 or the like to determine whether there is a new content or a program with new content. The information is identified and the information is displayed on the output interface 106.

--- Processing flow example 6 ---
Another example of processing in which the new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 determines whether or not new content exists in the server 200 will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a processing procedure example 6 of the new arrival content management method according to the present embodiment. Also in this example, the processing flow example 1 and steps s100 to s108 are the same, and the details of step s109 of the new arrival determination process in the new arrivals presence determination unit 211 are shown.

  In step s109 of the new arrival determination process in this example, the content ID (latest version managed by the server 200) that is the latest version information specified in step s106 and the content ID specified in step s108 (the portable terminal 100). The content ID (for example, “001”) included in the content ID related to the program is the largest content code corresponding to the latest version information and the portable terminal 100. Each of the held content IDs is extracted (s109-4a). As described above, the content code is numbered each time new content appears, and the numerical value indicating the code increases. Therefore, the maximum content code means a code that is numbered and set for the most recent content.

  In this way, when the content ID corresponding to the latest version information and the content ID held by the mobile terminal 100 are extracted with the content ID having the maximum content code, the new arrival / absence determination unit 211 compares the content IDs. (S109-4b). Therefore, if the content IDs do not match (s109-4b: No), the new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 passes the processing result to the result transmission unit 212 as “new arrival content exists” (s109-4c). On the other hand, if the content IDs match (s109-4b: Yes), the new arrivals presence determination unit 211 passes this processing result to the result transmission unit 212 as “no new content” (s109-4d).

  The result transmission unit 212 receives the processing result from the new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 and transmits it to the portable terminal 100 as new arrivals content presence / absence information (step s110). As described above, by extracting the content ID having the maximum content code and comparing the server 200 side with the portable terminal 100 side, it is possible to improve the efficiency of determining whether there is a new content.

--- Processing flow example 7 ---
Another example of processing in which the new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 determines whether or not new content exists in the server 200 will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a processing procedure example 7 of the new arrival content management method according to the present embodiment. Also in this example, the processing flow example 1 and steps s100 to s108 are the same, and details of step s109 of the new arrival determination process in the new arrivals presence determination unit 211 are shown.

  In step s109 of the new arrival determination process in this example, the content ID (latest version managed by the server 200) that is the latest version information specified in step s106 and the content ID specified in step s108 (the portable terminal 100). Is applied to, for example, a function “in” in an SQL function (a function for specifying the number of different character strings in a character string group in which a plurality of character strings are collected). (S109-5a). Thereby, the presence / absence of newly arrived content (and the number of newly arrived content) is obtained as a result value of the function.

  The new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 passes the processing result, that is, the number of newly arrived contents, to the result transmission unit 212 (s109-5b). The result transmission unit 212 receives the processing result from the new arrivals presence / absence determination unit 211 and transmits it to the portable terminal 100 as new arrivals content presence / absence information (step s110). In this way, by comparing the content IDs at a time, it is possible to improve the efficiency of determining whether there is a new arrival content.

--- Processing flow example 8 ----
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a processing procedure example 8 of the new arrival content management method of the present embodiment. Here, although the mobile terminal 100 has already obtained the information “There is new content” from the server 200 and displays it on the output interface 106 such as a display, the mobile terminal 100 issues a new content acquisition instruction by the user. Processing in the case where confirmation cannot be performed in 100 will be described. By performing control from this point of view, it is a waste of processing such that the mobile terminal 100 and the server 200 repeat the processing related to the new arrival confirmation again in accordance with the arrival of the new arrival confirmation time while the unacquired new arrival content remains. And the accompanying increase in network load can be suppressed. In addition, for the portable terminal 100, there is an effect that the valuable remaining battery is not consumed wastefully due to the duplicated new arrival confirmation request process.

  For this reason, the mobile terminal 100 stops sending the new arrival confirmation request even when the confirmation timing of new content arrives, and sets the conditions for outputting information indicating that there is new content to the output interface 106 according to a predetermined situation of the mobile terminal 100. It is assumed that the predetermined condition table 127 is provided. In the condition table 127, the condition is that the mobile terminal 100 has not received a new content acquisition instruction from the input interface 105 in spite of the information that the new content presence / absence information is “new content exists”. It is.

  In this case, the condition processing unit 113 of the mobile terminal 100 receives a state of reception of “new arrival content” information from the server 200 in the mobile terminal 100, which is set in the condition table 127 as a predetermined situation of the mobile terminal 100, and Whether or not a new content acquisition instruction is received after receiving the “new content present” information is monitored (s300). For example, this monitoring process is performed to check whether or not there is a flag of “new arrival content present” or text data of “new arrival content present” in the storage location (predetermined address in the memory 103) of the new arrival content presence information received from the server 200. It can be done by monitoring. In addition, the monitoring process of whether or not a new content acquisition instruction has been received by the input interface 105 is performed by storing a history of information received by the input interface 105 in the memory 103 or the like, and adding “new arrival” to the history stored in the memory 103. It may be detected whether there is a “content acquisition instruction”.

  In the portable terminal 100, the confirmation time of the new arrival content has arrived (detected by the confirmation time detection unit 110) (s301: Yes), and the new arrival content presence / absence information is “new arrival content present” information. Yes, it is assumed that the “new content” information is already being displayed on the output interface 106 of the mobile terminal 100 (s302: Yes).

  In this case, the condition processing unit 113 collates these monitoring results with the condition table 127, and the new arrivals content presence / absence information is information that “new arrivals are present”. It is recognized that the information is being displayed on the output interface 106 (s303). This means that the new content acquisition instruction has not yet been received from the input interface 105 even when the confirmation time has come.

  At this time, the condition processing unit 113 executes an instruction to stop transmission of the new arrival confirmation request to the confirmation request unit 111, and also outputs an instruction to output the “new arrival content present” information to the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 ( s304). Accordingly, the portable terminal 100 continues to display the “new content present” information on the output interface 106 until the input interface 105 receives an instruction to acquire new content.

  Also in this processing flow example, as in the processing flow examples 1, 2, and the like, the output of the “new arrival content present” information to the output interface 106 is changed to the communication radio wave reception status of the mobile terminal 100 (eg “out of service area”). May be stopped depending on the case.

--- Processing flow example 9 ---
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a processing procedure example 9 of the new arrival content management method of the present embodiment. Next, a situation is assumed in which a distribution setting for a program in which new content is regularly distributed once a day, for example, is set for the mobile terminal 100.

  In this case, the portable terminal 100 includes a periodic information table 128 that stores information on content that is periodically distributed from the server 200 and the periodic distribution time of the content. In addition, the condition table 127 at this time indicates that the mobile terminal 100 has regular distribution content (for example, content distributed at 13:00 once a day) and the regular distribution time of the regular distribution content has arrived. And

  Under such circumstances, the condition processing unit 113 of the portable terminal 100 monitors the presence or absence of the regularly distributed content in the periodic information table 128 (s400). For example, the monitoring process may be performed by monitoring whether or not the regularly distributed content is registered in the periodic information table 128.

  Further, the condition processing unit 113 monitors the arrival of the regular delivery time based on the information on the regular delivery time in the regular information table 128 and the date / time information of its own clock function 108 (s401). Then, the monitoring results in the steps s400 and s401 are collated with the condition table 127, and the mobile terminal 100 holds the regular delivery content and recognizes the situation where the regular delivery time of the regular delivery content has arrived (s402). .

  In step s402, when the mobile terminal 100 holds the periodic distribution content and further recognizes the timing when the regular distribution time has arrived (s402: Yes), the confirmation request unit 111 is instructed to stop transmitting the new arrival confirmation request. In addition, an instruction to output the “new content present” information is executed to the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 (s403).

  Also in this processing flow example, as in the processing flow examples 1, 2, and the like, the output of the “new arrival content present” information to the output interface 106 is changed to the communication radio wave reception status of the mobile terminal 100 (eg “out of service area”). May be stopped depending on the case.

--- Processing flow example 10 ---
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a processing procedure example 10 of the new arrival content management method according to the present embodiment. In the processing flow examples 1, 2, 8, 9 and the like, it is more preferable to add the following processing flow. The process here is a process of changing the display content on the output interface 106 in accordance with the processing priority between the basic function and the installed application in the portable terminal 100.

  At this time, the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 in the mobile terminal 100 has a basic function such as a call (a so-called native function such as a call function in a mobile phone) and a built-in application (eg, a full browser application for a mobile phone, a game) in the mobile terminal 100. Whether the basic function or the installed application currently has a higher processing priority than the processing priority order recognition means 136 with a computer, music / video / image playback application, etc.) Is acquired (s500).

  Then, the confirmation result acquisition unit 112 recognizes when the installed application has a higher processing priority (so-called “active state”) (s501), and together with the newly arrived content presence / absence information (result data), The new content acquisition confirmation information is output to the output interface 106 (s502). As an output form in the output interface 106 here, it is conceivable that information indicating that “new content exists” and message information prompting the user to acquire new content such as “Do you want to update?” Are displayed at the same time. .

  If the processing priority information acquired from the rank recognition unit 136 in step s500 is “the processing priority of the basic function is higher”, the new content such as “Do you want to update?” The acquisition confirmation information display process is not executed.

--- Processing flow example 11 ---
Next, a processing method for controlling the arrival check period according to the content update frequency will be described. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a processing procedure example 11 of the new arrival content management method according to the present embodiment. The update frequency to be noted here is not about the regularly distributed content (program) in which the distribution time is fixed and the periodic new arrival distribution is made, but the occasionally distributed content (program is updated at any time with an irregular distribution time) Program).

  In this case, for example, the mobile terminal 100 stores and manages the new content acquisition history of the mobile terminal 100 together with the information on the regular delivery time for each program as described above in the regular information table 128. . In addition, the condition table 127 at this time indicates that the mobile terminal 100 has distribution content at any time, the distribution interval of the content distribution at any time is a predetermined length or longer, and “new content presence” information is stored in the server in the latest new arrival confirmation request. It is assumed that the above condition is obtained from 200.

  In such a situation, the condition processing unit 113 of the mobile terminal 100 monitors the presence / absence of content to be distributed as needed in the periodic information table 128 (s600). For example, this monitoring process may be performed by monitoring the presence / absence of registration of distribution contents as needed in the periodic information table 128. In addition, the condition processing unit 113 reads a plurality of past new arrival content acquisition histories related to the relevant content from the periodic information table 128 and calculates an interval for acquiring the new arrival content for the occasionally distributed content detected by the monitoring processing ( s601). This calculation process calculates the time interval between pairs of adjacent acquisition dates in the newly arrived content acquisition history, and calculates the average value for each history pair.

  The condition processing unit 113 recognizes the new content acquisition interval calculated in step s601 as a new content distribution interval, and compares it with a predetermined threshold stored in the memory 103 or the like whether it is equal to or longer than a predetermined period. (S602). This comparison reveals that the acquisition interval is equal to or longer than the predetermined length (s602: Yes), and “new content present” information is obtained from the server 200 in the latest new arrival confirmation request (s603: Yes), for example, the next new arrival confirmation date and time of the corresponding program in the confirmation time table 125 is extended by a predetermined time (s604). This extension process is performed, for example, by adding the extension time data stored in the memory 103 to the next new arrival confirmation date and time in the record of the corresponding program in the confirmation time table 125.

  By making it possible to change the timing of the next new arrival confirmation process according to the past distribution interval, the new arrival confirmation time can be appropriately controlled based on the past distribution tendency, and the processing load on the mobile terminal 100 and the server 200 can be controlled. Traffic on the network 140 can be reduced. Moreover, it leads also to suppressing the battery consumption of the portable terminal 100. FIG.

--- Other examples ---
If new content confirmation requests are concentrated at a certain time, there is a concern that the load on the server 200 and the network 140 increases, and efficient processing is hindered. Therefore, it is possible to determine and execute a new arrival confirmation request time based on the time when the application program for executing the new content management method of the present invention is started in the mobile terminal 100. In this case, the new arrival confirmation request time information in the confirmation time table 125 is not a fixed fixed time such as “every two hours from the start of the application program”, but “fixed intervals after the start of the application program”. To do.

  In addition, the server 200 displays information indicating that “new content is present” to be displayed on the output interface 106 of the mobile terminal 100 as a user DB or the like using a predetermined mail address (eg, a predetermined user mail address). Server 200), fax, or telephone. By performing such processing, the server 200 transmits the new content presence / absence information according to the traffic of the network 140 and the processing load of the server itself without immediately responding to the new arrival confirmation request from the mobile terminal 100. It becomes possible.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 100 side determines its own operating status (whether or not new content acquisition instruction reception is accepted, periodically updated content Depending on presence / absence, radio wave reception status, active / inactive status, etc.). In this way, the user terminal is responsible for several determination processes related to new arrival content management, so that the processing load on the content distribution server and the network is reduced as compared with the conventional situation where all the determination processes are requested to the server side. Can be reduced.

  Accordingly, it is possible to determine the trigger for confirming the new arrival content and the processing content of the new arrival confirmation result on the user terminal side, thereby enabling efficient distribution management of the new arrival content.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described concretely based on the embodiment, it is not limited to this and can be variously changed in the range which does not deviate from the summary.

It is a network block diagram including the new arrivals content management system in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows each data structure example of (a) confirmation time table, (b) delivery information table, and (c) condition table in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows each data structure example of (a) latest information table, (b) history table, and (c) program guide table in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows process sequence example 1 of the new arrivals content management method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows process sequence example 2 of the new arrivals content management method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows process sequence example 3 of the new arrivals content management method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows process sequence example 4 of the new arrivals content management method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows process sequence example 5 of the new arrivals content management method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process sequence example 6 of the new arrivals content management method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process sequence example 7 of the new arrivals content management method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process sequence example 8 of the new arrivals content management method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows process sequence example 9 of the new arrivals content management method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process sequence example 10 of the new arrivals content management method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process sequence example 11 of the new arrivals content management method of this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

10 New Arrival Content Management System 100 Mobile Terminal 101, 201 Program Database 102, 202 Program 103, 203 Memory 104, 204 CPU
105, 205 Input interface 106, 206 Output interface 107, 207 Communication means 108 Clock function 110 Confirmation time detection unit 111 Confirmation request unit 112 Confirmation result acquisition unit 113 Condition processing unit 125 Confirmation time table 126 Distribution information table 127 Condition table 128 Periodic information Table 130 Non-volatile memory 135 Communication radio wave reception status recognition unit 136 Processing priority order recognition unit 140 Network 200 Server 210 Latest information acquisition unit 211 New arrival presence determination unit 212 Result transmission unit 215 Latest information table (distributed content database)
216 History table 217 Program guide table 230 Hard disk drive

Claims (12)

A system comprising a server and a mobile terminal that receives content distribution from the server,
The portable terminal is
A confirmation time table that defines when new content should be confirmed,
A date and time information is obtained from the clock function provided by itself, the date and time information is compared with the confirmation time table, and a confirmation time detection unit that detects the arrival of the confirmation time of new content,
A confirmation request unit that receives detection of the arrival of the confirmation time and transmits a new arrival confirmation request including attribute information of the mobile terminal to the server;
A confirmation result acquisition unit that receives result data of new arrival content confirmation processing in response to the new arrival confirmation request from the server and outputs the result data to an output interface;
The server
Latest information table for storing the latest version information of distribution contents distributed to each mobile terminal,
A history table for storing content distribution history for each mobile device;
Receive a new arrival confirmation request for content from a mobile terminal, and identify the latest version information of the content to be distributed to the mobile terminal in the latest information table based on the attribute information of the mobile terminal included in the new arrival confirmation request. And
The identified latest version information is compared with the attribute information related to the content identifying the latest version information included in the content distribution history of the mobile terminal in the history table, and the content distributed to the mobile terminal is the latest version. A new arrivals presence determination unit for determining whether there is,
A result transmission unit that transmits new content presence / absence information as a result of the determination to the mobile terminal;
New content management system characterized by this. A system comprising a server and a mobile terminal that receives content distribution from the server,
The portable terminal is
A distribution information table for storing attribute information of existing contents distributed from the server;
A confirmation time table that defines when new content should be confirmed,
A date and time information is obtained from the clock function provided by itself, the date and time information is compared with the confirmation time table, and a confirmation time detection unit that detects the arrival of the confirmation time of new content,
Upon receiving detection of the confirmation time, a confirmation request unit that transmits a new arrival confirmation request including attribute information of existing content included in the distribution information table to the server;
A confirmation result acquisition unit that receives result data of new arrival content confirmation processing in response to the new arrival confirmation request from the server and outputs the result data to an output interface;
The server
The latest information table that stores the latest version information of content,
A latest information acquisition unit that receives a new arrival confirmation request for content from a mobile terminal and identifies the latest version information of the corresponding content in the latest information table based on attribute information of the existing content included in the new arrival confirmation request;
A new arrival presence determination unit that compares the identified latest version information with the attribute information of the existing content included in the new arrival confirmation request and determines whether the existing content held by the mobile terminal is the latest version; ,
A result transmission unit that transmits new content presence / absence information as a result of the determination to the mobile terminal;
New content management system characterized by this. The portable terminal is
A condition table in which the transmission of the new arrival confirmation request is stopped even when the arrival timing of new arrival content is reached, and the conditions for outputting information indicating the arrival of new arrival content to the output interface are determined according to a predetermined situation of the mobile terminal,
Monitors the predetermined status of the mobile terminal, compares this predetermined status with the condition table, stops the transmission of the new arrival confirmation request by this verification processing, and outputs information indicating that new content exists on the server to the output interface A condition processing unit that executes an instruction to stop transmission of the new arrival confirmation request to the confirmation request unit and an instruction to output the information with the new arrival content to the confirmation result acquisition unit when it is determined to be;
The newly arrived content management system according to claim 1, further comprising: The condition table is based on the condition that the newly arrived content presence / absence information is not received from the input interface in the corresponding mobile terminal despite the fact that the newly arrived content presence / absence information is information.
The condition processing unit monitors whether the new arrival content presence information received from the server is information with new arrival content, monitors whether the new arrival content acquisition instruction is received at the input interface, and displays these monitoring results. Checking the condition table, recognizing that the newly arrived content presence / absence information is information indicating that there is a newly arrived content, and that the newly arrived content acquisition instruction has not yet been received from the input interface even when the confirmation time comes, and The output instruction is executed.
The newly arrived content management system according to claim 3. The mobile terminal includes a periodic information table that stores information on content that is periodically distributed from a server and a periodic distribution time of the content,
The condition table is such that the mobile terminal holds the regular delivery content and the regular delivery time of the regular delivery content arrives,
The condition processing unit monitors presence / absence of regular delivery content in the regular information table, and the regular delivery time arrives based on the regular delivery time information in the regular information table and date / time information of its own clock function. The monitoring result is collated with the condition table, the mobile terminal holds the regular delivery content, recognizes the situation where the regular delivery time of the regular delivery content has arrived, the transmission stop instruction and the output Instructions and execute
The newly arrived content management system according to claim 3.   The confirmation result acquisition unit acquires communication radio wave reception status data of the mobile terminal from the communication radio wave reception status recognition means in the mobile terminal, and recognizes when the communication radio wave reception status is below a predetermined level. 3. The newly arrived content management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein output of the result data to an output interface is stopped when the communication radio wave reception status is below a predetermined level.   The condition processing unit acquires communication radio wave reception status data of the mobile terminal from the communication radio wave reception status recognition means in the mobile terminal, and recognizes when the communication radio wave reception status is below a predetermined level, The new arrival according to claim 3, wherein when the communication radio wave reception status is below a predetermined level, the confirmation result acquisition unit is instructed to stop outputting the information with new arrival content. Content management system.   The confirmation result acquisition unit has a higher processing priority at the present time than the processing priority order recognition means between the basic function such as a call and the installed application in the mobile terminal. It acquires data as to which one is recognized, recognizes when the installed application has a higher processing priority, and outputs new content acquisition confirmation information to the mobile terminal user together with the result data to an output interface. The newly arrived content management system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above-mentioned. A mobile terminal that receives content distribution from a server,
A confirmation time table that defines when new content should be confirmed,
A date and time information is obtained from the clock function provided by itself, the date and time information is compared with the confirmation time table, and a confirmation time detection unit that detects the arrival of the confirmation time of new content,
A confirmation request unit that receives detection of the arrival of the confirmation time and transmits a new arrival confirmation request including attribute information of the mobile terminal to the server;
A confirmation result acquisition unit that receives result data of new arrival content confirmation processing in response to the new arrival confirmation request from the server, and outputs the result data to an output interface;
A mobile terminal comprising: A server that distributes content to mobile terminals,
Latest information table for storing the latest version information of distribution contents distributed to each mobile terminal,
A history table for storing content distribution history for each mobile device;
Receive a new arrival confirmation request for content from a mobile terminal, and identify the latest version information of the content to be distributed to the mobile terminal in the latest information table based on the attribute information of the mobile terminal included in the new arrival confirmation request. And
The identified latest version information is compared with the attribute information related to the content identifying the latest version information included in the content distribution history of the mobile terminal in the history table, and the content distributed to the mobile terminal is the latest version. A new arrivals presence determination unit for determining whether there is,
A result transmitter that transmits new content presence / absence information as a result of the determination to the mobile terminal;
A server comprising A mobile terminal that receives content distribution from a server,
A distribution information table for storing attribute information of existing contents distributed from the server;
A confirmation time table that defines when new content should be confirmed,
A date and time information is obtained from the clock function provided by itself, the date and time information is compared with the confirmation time table, and a confirmation time detection unit that detects the arrival of the confirmation time of new content,
Upon receiving detection of the confirmation time, a confirmation request unit that transmits a new arrival confirmation request including attribute information of existing content included in the distribution information table to the server;
A confirmation result acquisition unit that receives result data of new arrival content confirmation processing in response to the new arrival confirmation request from the server, and outputs the result data to an output interface;
A mobile terminal comprising: A server that distributes content to mobile terminals,
The latest information table that stores the latest version information of content,
A latest information acquisition unit that receives a new arrival confirmation request for content from a mobile terminal and identifies the latest version information of the corresponding content in the latest information table based on attribute information of the existing content included in the new arrival confirmation request;
A new arrival presence determination unit that compares the identified latest version information with the attribute information of the existing content included in the new arrival confirmation request and determines whether the existing content held by the mobile terminal is the latest version; ,
A result transmission unit that transmits new content presence / absence information as a result of the determination to the portable terminal.

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