JP4272918B2 - Mobile communication terminal and paid content registration update method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly to an update function for paid content acquisition registration on the Internet in a mobile communication terminal.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in a mobile phone that is a representative terminal of a mobile communication terminal, when registering from a browser to a registration site (various paid contents), it is automatically updated every month and is updated and charged without being noticed by the user. There may be many cases. As a conventional example, a system for providing paid content for a mobile phone established on the Internet is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-123758 A (paragraph number 0009, FIG. 1)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In order to prevent the paid content acquisition registration from being automatically updated while the user is not aware as described above, by setting the automatic update notification on the user side at the time of registration in advance, it is possible to update or cancel by notification at the specified date and time. There is a need for a function that makes it easy to delegate judgment.
[0005]
An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal capable of updating a service acquisition period according to a user's own designation and a charged content registration / updating method thereof in order to avoid automatic updating of paid content against the user's intention. There is.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention has a control unit that activates a browser based on a user's operation input, connects to a content server via the Internet, and can register for paid content whose registration is automatically updated on a monthly basis. It is a mobile communication terminal. The control means includes a content registration control unit that performs a registration update operation for the paid content, the date and time of the service acquisition period expiration notification for the paid content in units of months, and the mobile communication as a notification method at the time of the expiration notification. A notification date / notification method setting unit for setting either a notification by an alarm message displayed on a display unit of a terminal or a notification by an icon for an alarm to be pasted on a standby screen of the display unit of the mobile communication terminal according to a user designation; The notification date and time / notification method setting unit monitors the progress of the service acquisition period, and when the service acquisition period expiration notification date and time specified in advance is reached, outputs a signal for warning, A designated date and time monitoring unit for displaying either an alarm message or an icon for the alarm as an alarm, and a signal for the alarm. Is a notification by an alarm message, the elapse of a predetermined time after the notification is monitored, and if there is no key operation by the user even after the monitoring time has elapsed, the alarm icon is displayed on the standby screen. It is characterized by sticking .
[0007]
The alarm icon displays alarm notification information related to registration update of the content when selected by the user .
[0008]
In addition, the control means measures an elapsed date and time from the date and time registered by the content registration control unit, and outputs an elapsed date and time output unit for outputting a period, and a fee for the paid content based on the period output by the elapsed date and time output unit And a billing information calculation unit for calculating and outputting the above .
[0009]
The paid content registration update method according to the present invention starts a browser based on a user's operation input, connects to a content server via the Internet, and acquires a paid content service whose registration is automatically updated on a monthly basis. A paid content registration / updating method in a terminal, comprising the following steps.
A step in which the content registration control unit performs a registration operation to the paid content;
-Date and time of service acquisition period expiration notification of the paid content in units of months and notification by an alarm message displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal as a notification method at the time of this expiration notification or a standby screen of the display unit of the mobile communication terminal The notification date / notification method setting unit sets one of notifications with an alarm icon to be affixed to the user according to the designation of the user;
The designated date and time monitoring unit monitors the elapsed date and time after registration with the paid content, and outputs a warning signal when the predetermined date and time of the service acquisition period expiration notification is reached. Displaying either a message or an icon for the alarm as an alarm;
When the alarm signal is a notification by an alarm message, the designated date and time monitoring unit monitors a predetermined time after the notification , and a key operation by the user even after the monitoring time has elapsed If there is not, a step of pasting the alarm icon on the standby screen.
[0010]
When the user selects the alarm icon, the method further includes a step of displaying alarm notification information related to the registration update of the content .
[0011]
Moreover, it has the following step further.
The elapsed date output unit measures the elapsed date and time from the date and time registered in the paid content, and outputs a period;
A step of calculating and outputting the fee of the pay content based on the period of time output by the billing information calculation unit .
[0020]
According to the present invention, when registration is made for paid content on a monthly basis from a mobile communication terminal, it is possible to entrust the user with an update determination by notifying the user of automatic registration update.
[0021]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0022]
The present invention obtains and registers the paid content of the content server on the Internet from a mobile phone, which is a type of mobile communication terminal, and then sets the content acquisition expiration notification date and time and the notification method thereof by the user. Alert notification to the user before automatic update. As an initial setting, notification is to be sent to paid content at the end of the registration month.
[0023]
Referring to FIG. 1 showing an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile phone 1, a base station 2 connected to the mobile phone 1 through a wireless line, a mobile communication network 3 and the Internet 4 are charged to the mobile phone 1. A system including a content server 5 that provides content is shown. The cellular phone 1 includes a radio unit 11 that transmits and receives radio signals to and from the base station 2, a key input unit 12 for selecting and inputting various information such as period data and a notification method by key operations, and operations of each unit of the cellular phone A memory 13 for storing a control program and storing pay content acquisition date / time information and a notification mode (notification method) when a specified date / time has elapsed, and controls each part of the mobile phone based on the program read from the memory 13 A central control unit 14 corresponding to a computer constituted by a microprocessor, a display control unit 15 for driving and controlling the display unit based on an instruction from the central control unit 14, and a display unit 16 including a liquid crystal screen are provided.
[0024]
The central control unit 14 can activate a browser based on a user's operation input, connect to a content server via the Internet, and can register for paid content on a monthly basis. The central control unit 14 includes a content registration control unit 141, a notification date / time / notification method setting unit 142, and a designated date / time monitoring unit 143. The content registration control unit 141 performs a registration update operation for paid content. Notification date / notification method setting unit 142 sets either the notification of the paid content service acquisition period expiration or the notification by the alarm message or the application of the alarm icon on the standby screen as the notification method at the expiration notification according to the user's specification To do. The designated date and time monitoring unit 143 monitors the elapse of the service acquisition period set by the notification date and time / notification method setting unit 142, and outputs a warning signal to the display unit 16 when the service acquisition period has expired. Display an alarm.
[0025]
The content server 5 includes an update / cancellation information reception control unit 51 and a user information registration unit 52. The update / cancellation information reception control unit 51 receives paid content acquisition registration, update, or registration cancellation information from the mobile phone 1. The user information registration unit 52 updates the registration information of the user based on the update information or cancellation information received by the update / cancellation information reception control unit 51.
[0026]
Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0027]
Referring to FIG. 2, a flowchart of a setting process based on a user operation in the mobile phone of FIG. 1 is shown. When registered as paid content on a monthly basis from the self-portable communication terminal (step 21: abbreviated as S21, the same applies hereinafter), as a date and time information on the expiration of the service acquisition period of this paid content and a notification method thereof, notification by a warning message or standby screen One of the icon pasting operations is selected (S22), and the date / time information and the selected notification method are registered in the memory of the portable communication terminal (S23).
[0028]
Referring to FIG. 3, there is shown a flowchart of a content acquisition registration update process procedure in the mobile phone of FIG. When the expiration date and time of the service acquisition period specified in advance is reached, an alarm signal for notification of expiration of the paid content acquisition service is output (S31), and the expiration notification method registered in the memory in advance by receiving the alarm signal is referred to (S32). Next, it is determined whether or not the expiration notification is a notification by an alarm message (S33). If the result of this determination is not a notification by an alarm message, an instruction to paste an alarm notification icon on the standby screen is given (S34). . If the result of determination in S33 is notification by an alarm message, an instruction is given to display the alarm message on the screen (S35). After this instruction, it is determined whether or not there is any key operation by the user (S36). If there is no key operation, an instruction is given to paste an icon on the standby screen after a timeout (S37). Finally, the screen is displayed based on the warning message notification instruction or the icon pasting instruction (S38). In the case of icon pasting, when the user selects an icon, alarm notification information related to the registration update of the content is displayed. Accordingly, the user can perform acquisition extension registration or cancellation of the paid content according to the user's will after viewing the displayed notification information.
[0029]
In the above-described embodiment, the update notification of the paid content acquisition period has been described. In addition to this, as an effective function for the user, it is also possible to notify the date and time of elapse from registration and explicitly indicate the charging information. .
[0030]
Referring to FIG. 4, in the mobile phone 1a, an elapsed date output unit 144 and a billing information calculation unit 145 are further added to the central control unit 14a with respect to the configuration of the mobile phone of FIG. The elapsed date and time output unit 144 measures the elapsed date and time from the date and time registered by the content registration control unit to acquire paid content and outputs a period. The billing information calculation unit 145 calculates and outputs the charge for the charged content based on the period output by the elapsed date output unit 144. In the case where billing information is not required, the billing information calculation unit 145 may be omitted.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when the mobile communication terminal acquires and registers the paid content on the Internet, the mobile communication terminal itself automatically notifies the registration so that the content providing side arbitrarily Without extending the service period, it is possible to leave the update decision to the user side.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a setting process based on a user operation in the mobile phone of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a content acquisition registration update processing procedure in the mobile phone of FIG. 1;
4 is a diagram showing a configuration in which some functions are added to the mobile phone of FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
1, 1a Cellular phone 2 Base station 3 Mobile communication network 4 Internet 5 Content server 11 Radio unit 12 Key input unit 13 Memory 14, 14a Central control unit 15 Display control unit 16 Display unit 141 Content registration control unit 142 Notification date / time Method setting unit 143 Designated date and time monitoring unit 144 Elapsed date and time output unit 145 Accounting information calculation unit

Claims (6)

In a mobile communication terminal having a control unit that activates a browser based on a user's operation input, connects to a content server via the Internet, and has a control unit capable of registering to paid content whose registration is automatically updated on a monthly basis. ,
A content registration control unit for performing a registration update operation for the paid content;
The notification date and time of the service acquisition period expiration notification for the paid content and the notification method at the time of the expiration notification, a notification by an alarm message displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal or a standby screen of the display unit of the mobile communication terminal A notification date / notification method setting unit for setting any one of notifications by an alarm icon to be pasted according to a user designation;
The service acquisition period set by the notification date / time / notification method setting unit is monitored, and when the service acquisition period expiration notification date and time specified in advance is reached, a warning signal is output and the alarm is output. A designated date and time monitoring unit that displays either a message or an icon for the alarm as an alarm,
When the warning signal is a notification by an alarm message, the elapse of a predetermined time after the notification is monitored, and when there is no key operation by the user even after the monitoring time elapses, the standby screen A portable communication terminal characterized in that the alarm icon is pasted on the mobile communication terminal.   2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the alarm icon displays alarm notification information related to registration update of the content when selected by a user. The control means includes
An elapsed date and time output unit for timing the elapsed date and time from the date and time registered by the content registration control unit and outputting a period;
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, further comprising a billing information calculation unit that calculates and outputs a charge for the pay content based on a period output by the elapsed date output unit. In a paid content registration update method in a mobile communication terminal that starts a browser based on a user's operation input, connects to a content server via the Internet, and acquires a paid content service whose registration is automatically updated on a monthly basis.
A step in which a content registration control unit performs a registration operation to the paid content;
The notification date and time of the service acquisition period expiration notification for the paid content and the notification method at the time of the expiration notification, a notification by an alarm message displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal or a standby screen of the display unit of the mobile communication terminal The notification date / notification method setting unit sets one of notifications by an alarm icon to be affixed by a user's specification,
The designated date and time monitoring unit monitors the elapsed date and time after registration in the paid content, and outputs a warning signal when the predetermined date and time of the service acquisition period expiration notification is reached, and the warning message Or displaying any of the alarm icons as an alarm;
When the warning signal is a notification by an alarm message, the designated date and time monitoring unit monitors the elapse of a predetermined time after the notification , and the key operation by the user is not performed even if the monitoring time elapses. If not, a method for pasting and updating a paid content in a mobile communication terminal, comprising: pasting the alarm icon on the standby screen.   5. The paid content registration / updating method in a mobile communication terminal according to claim 4, further comprising a step of displaying alarm notification information related to registration update of the content when the user selects the alarm icon. An elapsed date and time output unit, measuring the elapsed date and time from the date and time registered in the paid content, and outputting a period;
Paid content registration update method in a mobile communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein the charging information calculating unit further has a step of booking by calculating outputs of the pay content based on the period that the output.

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