JP4834025B2 - Server, method, and program for providing content - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a server, a method, and a program for providing content in response to an incoming call.

  Conventionally, in a communication device such as a PC (Personal Computer) or a telephone, when receiving a communication such as a call or mail, contents such as the name, image, ringtone, etc. of the communication partner can be output to notify the user of the incoming call. Has been done.

  The content for such notification is output from a display or a speaker provided in the communication device, but the user may not notice the incoming call depending on the installation status and the mobile status in the home. In particular, when the display is not visible, it is often impossible to recognize the incoming call partner.

Therefore, it has been proposed to perform incoming call notification by an electronic device other than the communication device. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a video display device such as a television that receives a signal from a telephone and issues an incoming call notification.
JP 2006-229557 A

  However, setting an incoming call notification in an electronic device as described above is a time-consuming operation, and in order to set the same in a plurality of electronic devices, it is necessary to repeat the same operation in each electronic device. There was a heavy burden. Further, when changing the settings, it is necessary to repeat the same operation in each electronic device.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a server, a method, and a program that can use an incoming call setting set in a communication device in a plurality of other electronic devices.

  The present invention provides the following solutions.

(1) A content that is connected to a communication device (for example, a mobile phone 20 described later) that detects an incoming call in communication between users and that corresponds to the incoming call to one or more electronic devices (for example, an electronic device 30 described later). A server (for example, a server 10 to be described later) providing
An incoming call setting receiving means (for example, an incoming call setting receiving unit 11 to be described later) for receiving incoming call setting data indicating content data set for each incoming call partner user from the communication device;
Distribution setting receiving means (for example, a distribution setting receiving unit 12 described later) for receiving distribution setting data in which identification data for specifying the electronic device to which the content data is distributed is set from the communication device;
Storage means for storing the incoming call setting data, the delivery setting data, and the content data (for example, an incoming call setting DB 16, a content DB 17, and a delivery setting DB 18 described later);
An incoming information receiving means (for example, an incoming information receiving unit 13 described later) for receiving incoming data indicating the other user who has detected the incoming call from the communication device;
Extraction means for extracting content data associated with the other user indicated by the incoming call data based on the incoming call setting data stored by the storage means in response to reception of incoming data by the incoming call information receiving means (For example, a content extraction unit 14 described later),
In response to the extraction of the content data by the extraction unit, an electronic device that distributes the extracted content data is determined based on the distribution setting data stored by the storage unit, and the content data is And a transmission unit (for example, a content transmission unit 15 to be described later) that transmits the determined electronic device.

  According to such a configuration, the server receives incoming setting data indicating the content data set for each incoming user from the communication device, and sets the electronic device to which the content data is distributed from the communication device. Receives distribution setting data in which identification data to be identified is set, stores incoming setting data, distribution setting data, and content data, receives incoming data indicating the other user who detected the incoming call from the communication device, and receives the incoming data. In response to reception, content data associated with the other user indicated by the incoming call data is extracted based on the incoming call setting data stored by the storage means, and stored in response to the content data being extracted. Based on the distribution setting data stored by the means, an electronic device that distributes the extracted content data is determined. It sends the content data to the electronic device the determined.

  As a result, the server transmits output content data determined for each partner user when the user communication (for example, voice call or electronic mail) is received in the communication device to the electronic device specified by the identification data. be able to. That is, the incoming call setting set in the communication device can be used in a plurality of other electronic devices. Therefore, not only a predetermined communication device but also various electronic devices (for example, home appliances such as a television and a refrigerator) can perform incoming call notification similar to this communication device.

  (2) The server according to (1), wherein the incoming call setting reception unit further receives content data indicated by the incoming call setting data.

  According to such a configuration, the server stores the content data received from the communication device and transmits the content data to the electronic device. For example, the content (image, sound, etc.) created by the communication device Can be output in the same manner in other electronic devices to notify the incoming call.

(3) The incoming call setting receiving means receives a search condition for specifying the content data as the incoming call setting data,
The server according to (1) or (2), wherein the extraction unit extracts the content data stored by the storage unit based on the search condition received by the incoming call setting reception unit.

  According to such a configuration, the server receives the search condition for specifying the content data as the incoming setting data, and extracts the content data based on the received search condition.

  Thus, the server can extract the content data designated by the search condition by the communication device from the content data stored in advance and transmit it to the electronic device. Therefore, it is possible to notify an incoming call in the electronic device using content that is not generated in the communication device.

  (4) The server according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the distribution setting receiving unit receives the identification data for each type of the content data as the distribution setting data.

  According to such a configuration, the server can determine an electronic device that distributes the content data for each type of content data (eg, image, sound, text, etc.). As a result, the user of the communication device can set, for example, an electronic device that does not output an image, an electronic device that does not output sound, and the like. Can be adjusted.

  (5) The server according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the distribution setting receiving unit receives the identification data as the distribution setting data for each partner user of the incoming call.

  According to such a configuration, the server can determine an electronic device that distributes content data for each communication partner user. As a result, the user of the communication device can adjust the setting for each incoming call partner, such as not performing notification of an incoming call from a specific partner, for example, in an electronic device that may be touched by eyes other than himself / herself.

  (6) The server according to any one of (1) to (5), wherein the distribution setting receiving unit receives the identification data for each content data as the distribution setting data.

  According to such a configuration, the server can determine an electronic device to be distributed for each content data. As a result, the user of the communication device can adjust the setting for each content data, for example, by preventing specific content data from being output in an electronic device that may be touched by eyes other than the user.

(7) A method of providing content corresponding to an incoming call to one or more electronic devices by a server connected to a communication device that detects the incoming call in communication between users,
An incoming call setting reception step of receiving incoming call setting data indicating content data set for each incoming call partner user from the communication device;
A distribution setting receiving step of receiving distribution setting data in which identification data for specifying the electronic device to which the content data is distributed is set from the communication device;
A storage step for storing the incoming call setting data, the delivery setting data, and the content data;
An incoming information reception step for receiving incoming data indicating the other user who detected the incoming call from the communication device;
An extraction step of extracting content data associated with the other user indicated by the incoming data based on the incoming setting data stored in the storage step in response to receiving incoming data in the incoming information receiving step When,
In response to the extraction of the content data by the extraction step, an electronic device that distributes the extracted content data is determined based on the distribution setting data stored by the storage step, and the content data is Transmitting to the determined electronic device.

  According to such a configuration, the same effect as in (1) can be expected by executing the method.

(8) A program for causing a server connected to a communication device that detects an incoming call in communication between users to provide content corresponding to the incoming call to one or more electronic devices,
An incoming call setting reception step of receiving incoming call setting data indicating content data set for each incoming call partner user from the communication device;
A distribution setting receiving step of receiving distribution setting data in which identification data for specifying the electronic device to which the content data is distributed is set from the communication device;
A storage step for storing the incoming call setting data, the delivery setting data, and the content data;
An incoming information reception step for receiving incoming data indicating the other user who detected the incoming call from the communication device;
An extraction step of extracting content data associated with the other user indicated by the incoming data based on the incoming setting data stored in the storage step in response to receiving incoming data in the incoming information receiving step When,
In response to the extraction of the content data by the extraction step, an electronic device that distributes the extracted content data is determined based on the distribution setting data stored by the storage step, and the content data is And a transmission step of transmitting to the determined electronic device.

  According to such a configuration, the same effect as in (1) can be expected by executing the program.

  According to the present invention, the incoming call setting set in the communication device can be used in a plurality of other electronic devices.

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

<First Embodiment>
[System Overview]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an incoming call notification system according to the first embodiment. The communication device of the present invention is a mobile phone 20, and a television is shown as an example of the electronic device 30. The mobile phone 20 and the electronic device 30 are connected to the server 10 via the network 40. In this incoming call notification system, an incoming call for a voice call to the mobile phone 20 is notified by the electronic device 30.

  When there is an incoming call from “Mr. Bob”, the cellular phone 20 is set to display an image such as a picture of the called party user, music playback, and text display such as the called party user name and phone number. ing. This setting data is transmitted from the mobile phone 20 to the server 10 and registered. Thereby, the electronic device 30 can receive the content data according to the setting data registered in the server 10 and can perform the same notification as the mobile phone 20.

[Hardware configuration]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the server 10 according to the first embodiment. The server 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1 (1010) constituting the control device 101 (a plurality of CPUs such as CPU 2 (1012) may be added in a multiprocessor configuration), a bus line 1005, a communication I / F 1040, A main memory 1050, a basic input output system (BIOS) 1060, a USB port 1090, an I / O controller 1070, an input device 1100 such as a keyboard and a mouse, and a display device 1022 are provided.

  The BIOS 1060 stores a boot program executed by the control device 101 when the server 10 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the server 10, and the like.

  A storage device 107 such as a tape drive 1072, a hard disk 1074, an optical disk drive 1076, and a semiconductor memory 1078 can be connected to the I / O controller 1070.

  The hard disk 1074 constituting the storage device 107 stores various programs for the server 10 to function as a server and programs for executing the functions of the present invention, and various databases can be configured as necessary.

  As the optical disk drive 1076, for example, a DVD-ROM drive, a CD-ROM drive, a DVD-RAM drive, a CD-RAM drive, or the like can be used. In this case, the optical disk 1077 corresponding to each drive is used. A program or data can be read from the optical disk 1077 by the optical disk drive 1076 and provided to the main memory 1050 or the hard disk 1074 via the I / O controller 1070. Similarly, the tape medium 1071 corresponding to the tape drive 1072 can be used mainly for backup.

  The program provided to the server 10 is provided by being stored in a recording medium such as the hard disk 1074, the optical disk 1077, or a memory card. The program may be installed in the server 10 and executed by being read from the recording medium via the I / O controller 1070 or downloaded via the communication I / F 1040.

  The aforementioned program may be stored in an internal or external storage medium. Here, as a storage medium constituting the storage device 107, in addition to the hard disk 1074, the optical disk 1077, or the memory card, a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MD or a tape medium can be used. Further, a storage device such as a hard disk 1074 or an optical disk library provided in a server system connected to a dedicated communication line or the Internet may be used as a recording medium, and the program may be provided to the server 10 via the communication line.

  Here, the display device 1022 displays a screen for accepting data input to the user, or displays a screen of a calculation processing result by the server 10, and includes a cathode ray tube display device (CRT) and a liquid crystal display device (LCD). ) And the like.

  Here, the input device 1100 accepts input by the user, and may be configured by a keyboard, a mouse, and the like.

  The communication I / F 1040 is a network adapter for enabling the server 10 to be connected to a terminal via a dedicated network or a public network. The communication I / F 1040 may include a modem, a cable modem, and an Ethernet (registered trademark) adapter.

  In the above example, the server 10 has been mainly described. However, the functions described above can also be realized by installing a program in a computer and operating the computer as a server device. Therefore, the functions realized by the server described as an embodiment in the present invention can be realized by executing the above-described method on the computer, or by introducing and executing the above-described program on the computer. It is.

[Function configuration]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the incoming call notification system according to the first embodiment. Note that each function of the server 10 described below may be appropriately distributed to a plurality of servers.

  The server 10 includes an incoming call setting reception unit 11, a distribution setting reception unit 12, an incoming call information reception unit 13, a content extraction unit 14, a content transmission unit 15, an incoming call setting DB 16, a content DB 17, and a distribution setting DB 18. . The mobile phone 20 includes a setting transmission unit 21 and an incoming call information transmission unit 22. The electronic device 30 includes a content receiving unit 31 and a content output unit 32.

  The incoming call setting reception unit 11 receives incoming call setting data and content data transmitted from the setting transmission unit 21 of the mobile phone 20. The incoming call setting data is data for specifying content data (image, voice, text, etc.) output according to the other user when the mobile phone 20 receives an incoming call. The incoming call setting receiving unit 11 stores the received incoming call setting data in the incoming call setting DB 16 and the content data in the content DB 17.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of incoming call setting data. Here, in association with the user ID of the user and the telephone number of the called party, the type of content and the file name such as image, sound, text, etc. as content data are stored.

  The distribution setting receiving unit 12 receives distribution setting data for specifying the electronic device 30 to which content data is distributed in response to an incoming call to the communication device. Then, the distribution setting receiving unit 12 stores the received distribution setting data in the distribution setting DB 18.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of distribution setting data set for each content type. Here, identification data for specifying a distribution destination electronic device is stored in association with the user ID of the user and the type of content. Thereby, for example, content data whose type is image is distributed to the electronic device 30 specified by the identification data “TV12345” and “FR23456”. In addition, since content data whose type is audio is also distributed to “FR23456”, the output content is different between “TV12345” and “FR23456”.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of distribution setting data set for each incoming call partner user. Here, the content type and electronic device identification data are stored in association with the user ID of the user and the telephone number of the called party. Thereby, the electronic device 30 which outputs a content can be limited according to a receiving party.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of distribution setting data set for each content data. Here, identification data of the electronic device is stored in association with the user ID of the user and the content data. Thereby, the electronic device 30 to be output can be limited for each content data.

  The incoming call information receiving unit 13 receives the detected incoming call information data from the incoming call information transmitting unit 22 of the mobile phone 20. This incoming call information data includes the telephone number of the incoming call partner and is associated with the aforementioned incoming call setting data (FIG. 4).

  The content extraction unit 14 refers to the incoming call setting data in the incoming call setting DB 16 based on the telephone number of the incoming call partner received by the incoming call information receiving unit 13 and extracts the content data corresponding to this incoming call partner from the content DB 17.

  The content transmission unit 15 refers to the distribution setting data in the distribution setting DB 18, and the electronic device 30 distributes the content data extracted by the content extraction unit 14 based on any one of the called party, the content type, or the content data. And the content data is transmitted to the determined electronic device 30.

  The content receiving unit 31 receives the content data transmitted by the content transmitting unit 15 and passes it to the content output unit 32 according to the type of the content data.

  Specifically, the content output unit 32 is a display, a speaker, or the like. For example, when the content type is an image or text, the display corresponds to this, and when the content is a sound, the speaker corresponds to this.

  With the configuration as described above, the server 10 realizes the incoming call setting in the electronic device 30 based on the operation input from the mobile phone 20. Here, it is preferable that the server 10 authenticates that each of the electronic devices 30 is a device used by the user of the mobile phone 20.

  Therefore, the server 10 further includes a user authentication unit (not shown), and performs authentication by receiving data associating the user with the electronic device 30 from the electronic device 30 or the mobile phone 20. At this time, the user authentication unit of the server 10 transmits, for example, a session ID with an expiration date to the electronic device 30. Then, the cellular phone 20 or the electronic device 30 associates the electronic device 30 and the user ID together with the session ID, and transmits them to the server 10.

[Processing flow]
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flow of processing in the incoming call notification system according to the first embodiment.

  In step S <b> 1, incoming setting data and content data are transmitted to the server 10 based on an operation input by the user of the mobile phone 20.

  In step S2, the server 10 stores the incoming call setting data and content data received in step S1.

  In step S <b> 3, distribution setting data is transmitted to the server 10 based on an operation input by the user of the mobile phone 20.

  In step S4, the server 10 stores the distribution setting data received in step S3. The incoming call setting data and content data and the delivery setting data are transmitted and received at different timings, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be transmitted and received at the same timing (operation input).

  In step S5, the incoming call is detected by the mobile phone 20.

  In step S6, the mobile phone 20 transmits incoming data including the telephone number of the called party to the server 10 in response to the incoming call detected in step S5.

  In step S7, content data to be distributed to the electronic device 30 is extracted by the server 10 in response to the reception of the incoming data in step S6.

  In step S <b> 8, the content data extracted in step S <b> 7 is transmitted to the electronic device 30 by the server 10.

  In step S9, the content data is reproduced and output by the electronic device 30 by the content output unit 32 corresponding to the type of the content data received in step S8.

<Second Embodiment>
In the first embodiment, the incoming call setting receiving unit 11 receives the incoming call setting data and the content data from the mobile phone 20, but in the second embodiment, the content data is stored in the content DB 17 in advance. The content DB 17 may be an external server different from the server 10.

  The content extraction unit 14 extracts corresponding content data from the content DB 17 based on the incoming call setting data in the incoming call setting DB 16.

  Here, the content DB 17 may be a database searchable by a predetermined search engine. In this case, the incoming call setting reception unit 11 receives a search condition for specifying content data as incoming call setting data. Then, the content extraction unit 14 searches the content data based on this search condition and associates it with the incoming call setting data.

  According to such a configuration, the content data need not be transmitted from the mobile phone 20, and the incoming call setting of the electronic device 30 is performed using the content data managed by the server 10.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing an incoming call notification system according to a first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the server 10 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the incoming call alerting | reporting system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the incoming call setting data based on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the delivery setting data set for every kind of content which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the delivery setting data set for every other party user who concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the delivery setting data set for every content data which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flow of a process in the incoming call alerting | reporting system which concerns on 1st Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

10 Server 11 Incoming setting receiving unit (Incoming setting receiving means)
12. Distribution setting receiving unit (distribution setting receiving means)
13 Incoming call information receiving unit (incoming call information receiving means)
14 Content extraction unit (extraction means)
15 Content transmission unit (transmission means)
16 Incoming call setting DB (storage means)
17 Content DB (storage means)
18 Distribution setting DB (storage means)
20 Mobile phone (communication equipment)
21 Setting Transmission Unit 22 Incoming Information Transmission Unit 30 Electronic Device 31 Content Reception Unit 32 Content Output Unit

Claims (7)

A server that is connected to a communication device that detects an incoming call in communication between users, and that provides content corresponding to the incoming call to one or more electronic devices,
An incoming call setting receiving means for receiving incoming call setting data indicating a search condition for specifying content data set in accordance with the other party of the incoming call from the communication device;
From said communication device, a delivery setting receiving means for receiving the distribution setting data set identification data identifying the above said electronic apparatus for distributing content data,
Storage means for storing the incoming configuration data, the distribution setting data, a and content data,
Incoming information receiving means for receiving incoming data indicating the other user who detected the incoming call from the communication device;
An extracting means for extracting content data stored by the storage means based on the incoming call setting data stored by the storage means in response to reception of incoming data by the incoming information receiving means;
In response to the extraction of the content data by the extraction unit, an electronic device that distributes the extracted content data is determined based on the distribution setting data stored by the storage unit, and the content data is And a transmission means for transmitting to the determined electronic device.   The server according to claim 1, wherein the incoming call setting receiving unit further receives content data indicated by the incoming call setting data. The delivery setting receiving means, as the delivery settings data server of claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that receiving the identification data for each type of the content data. The server according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the distribution setting receiving unit receives the identification data as the distribution setting data for each partner user of the incoming call. The delivery setting receiving means, as the delivery settings data, the server according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that receiving the identification data for each of the content data. A method of providing content corresponding to an incoming call to one or more electronic devices by a server connected to a communication device that detects the incoming call in inter-user communication,
An incoming call setting reception step for receiving incoming call setting data indicating a search condition for specifying content data set according to the incoming call partner user from the communication device;
From said communication device, a delivery setting receiving step of receiving distribution setting data set identification data identifying the above said electronic apparatus for distributing content data,
A storing step of storing the incoming configuration data, the distribution setting data, a and content data,
An incoming information reception step for receiving incoming data indicating the other user who detected the incoming call from the communication device;
An extraction step in response to receiving the incoming data in the incoming information receiving step, on the basis of the said incoming set data stored in the storage step, extracts the content data stored in said storing step,
In response to the extraction of the content data in the extraction step , an electronic device that distributes the extracted content data is determined based on the distribution setting data stored in the storage step , and the content data is Transmitting to the determined electronic device. A program for causing a server connected to a communication device that detects an incoming call in communication between users to provide content corresponding to the incoming call to one or more electronic devices,
An incoming call setting reception step for receiving incoming call setting data indicating a search condition for specifying content data set according to the incoming call partner user from the communication device;
From said communication device, a delivery setting receiving step of receiving distribution setting data set identification data identifying the above said electronic apparatus for distributing content data,
A storing step of storing the incoming configuration data, the distribution setting data, a and content data,
An incoming information reception step for receiving incoming data indicating the other user who detected the incoming call from the communication device;
An extraction step in response to receiving the incoming data in the incoming information receiving step, on the basis of the said incoming set data stored in the storage step, extracts the content data stored in said storing step,
In response to the extraction of the content data in the extraction step , an electronic device that distributes the extracted content data is determined based on the distribution setting data stored in the storage step , and the content data is And a transmission step of transmitting to the determined electronic device.

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