JP2000250839A - Data distribution system and user portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily acquire required contents data by previously transmitting guide information to a user portable terminal in a data distribution system easily distributing and charging the contents data. SOLUTION: This data distribution system is provided with user portable terminals 10-1 to 10-n for transmitting portable terminal ID and electronic moneys to a selling shop install terminal 11 and receiving contents data while previously obtaining the guide information, the selling shop install terminal 11 for receiving the portable terminal ID and the electronic moneys from the user portable terminals, transmitting them to a charging center 12 and transmitting contents ID and an install terminal ID to the charging center and a contents center 13 for receiving the portable terminal ID and the install terminal ID and distributing the guide information and the contents data through the selling shop install terminal to the portable terminals.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a data distribution system for music and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system for distributing music data and the like using a communication line (Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 7-147063 and 9-146820) and a system for distributing music data and the like using a communication satellite (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-143081). Kaihei 10-1639
91) are disclosed.

[0003] At present, music users' preferences are diversifying, and the trend of music changes remarkably in a short period of time. However, the system selects a favorite song from a huge number of contents stored in a content center. Because of this, the number of available songs is extremely large, and it is possible to quickly respond to diversification of music users' preferences and music trends.

However, in a conventional data distribution system,
It is not easy to collect a small fee at low cost every time data is distributed. Further, when data is sold at a store, it is not easy to quickly and accurately grasp the attributes (age, gender, etc.) of the purchaser. Further, when data is stored in an existing medium (medium) such as an MD (mini-disc), it is not possible to charge for copying between users via such a medium. In addition, due to the spread of networks represented by the Internet, it is possible to access music contents from all over the world while staying at stores or at home. However, portable devices compatible with networks for carrying around (carrying) the music contents easily ( Audio equipment) has not been specifically proposed.

[0005] Therefore, in the present application, the last 1998
A specific proposal was made in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-288487, filed on October 9, 2009. The main invention in this proposal is, "The mobile terminal ID and electronic money are transmitted to the store-installed terminal,
A user portable terminal for receiving the pay content data, receiving the portable terminal ID and the electronic money from the portable terminal and transmitting them to the billing center;
D and an installation terminal ID that also transmits to the charging center; a charging center that receives the content ID, the mobile terminal ID, the installation terminal ID, and the electronic money from the sales terminal; and the content ID; A data center that receives the mobile terminal ID and the installation terminal ID and distributes the pay content data to the mobile terminal via the store installation terminal.

[0006]

However, in an attempt to provide a system that satisfies billing and portability, that is, that can carry data and handle it as a product at a store,
At the store, there is a problem that it is difficult for the user to judge because a product as an object cannot be confirmed. Therefore, it is conceivable to provide guide information on products (guide information such as hit songs, artist names, composers, lyricists, performance information, prices, etc. for each genre). In such a case, if information is provided at a store using a dedicated terminal, a large number of users (purchasers)
When dealing with, there is a risk that the user will wait. Further, there is a problem that if a large number of terminals are arranged in order to keep the user from waiting, the cost increases. Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a system or the like that solves such a problem.

[0007]

The present invention, in order to achieve the above object, comprises the following 1) and 2). That is,

[0008] 1) A user portable terminal that transmits a portable terminal ID and electronic money to a store-installed terminal and receives paid content data, and receives the portable terminal ID and the electronic money from the portable terminal and transmits the same to a charging center. Along with the mobile terminal, which transmits the content ID and the installation terminal ID to the billing center, a plurality of store installation terminals that can be connected to the mobile terminal, the content ID, the mobile terminal ID, and the installation terminal ID are received, and the pay content data is received. A content center that distributes to the mobile terminal via the store-installed terminal, wherein the content center transmits the content other than the pay content data to the user mobile terminal via the store-installed terminal. The guide information is distributed to the When the pay content data is requested from the portable terminal side, the guide provided to the user portable terminal side at the time of distributing the requested pay content at the store setting terminal side. A data distribution system characterized by supplying control information for erasing information.

2) The portable terminal ID and the electronic money are transmitted to the store-installed terminal, and the user portable terminal that receives the paid content data, and the portable terminal ID and the electronic money are received from the portable terminal and transmitted to the charging center. Along with the mobile terminal, which transmits the content ID and the installation terminal ID to the billing center, a plurality of store installation terminals that can be connected to the mobile terminal, the content ID, the mobile terminal ID, and the installation terminal ID are received, and the pay content data is received. And a content center for delivering to the portable terminal via the store-installed terminal. The user portable terminal used in a data distribution system, wherein the paid content is transmitted from the content center via the store-installed terminal. Guide information is distributed in addition to data, and this distributed guide information Then, when the paid content data is requested, control information for erasing the distributed guide information is supplied when the paid content is distributed through the store-installed terminal side. User mobile terminal.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram conceptually showing the first embodiment of the present invention. The system includes user portable terminals 10-1 to 10-n, a store-installed terminal 11 having an interface 11B so as to be able to connect to the plurality of user portable terminals, a billing center 12, a content center 13, a communication line 14, It is constituted by a communication satellite 15.

Each of the portable terminals 10-1 to 10-n has a unique ID (identification code). Mobile terminal 10-1 to 1
Data transfer between the terminal 0-n and the store-installed terminal 11 is performed by IE
This is performed using a high-speed interface equivalent to EE1394.

Each of the installation terminals 11 also has a unique ID. The installation terminal 11, the charging center 12, and the content center 13 transfer various data via the communication line 14. The content data is transmitted from the content center 13 via the communication satellite 15 to the installation terminal 11.
Is forwarded to

The mobile terminals 10-1 to 10-1 through the installation terminal 11
After 10-n receives the content data, the mobile terminal 1
0-1 to 10-n can be detached from the installation terminal 11 and freely carried, and the received content data (for example, music data) can be reproduced and enjoyed anytime and anywhere.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the flow of data in the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, the mobile terminal ID 20 is sent from the mobile terminal to the charging center via the installation terminal. Installation terminal ID 21 and content ID
22 is sent from the installation terminal to the charging center. The billing information 23 is sent from the billing center to the portable terminal via the installation terminal. The electronic money 24 is sent from the portable terminal to the charging center via the installation terminal. Mobile terminal ID2
0, the installation terminal ID 21, the content ID 22, and the content transmission request signal 25 are transmitted without passing through the charging center.
Sent from the installation terminal to the content center. The content data 26 is sent from the content center to the mobile terminal via the installation terminal without passing through the charging center.

As the electronic money 24, an IC card type electronic money (for example, Mondex, VISA cash) or the like in which a monetary amount is stored in an IC chip and payment is made through an IC card reader can be used.

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are flowcharts showing the flow of the processing of the store setting terminal in the first embodiment. Receiving the portable terminal ID from the portable terminal (step 10)
After 1), it is determined whether there is an input (step 10).
2) If not, return to step 101 again, and if "yes", enter a user request (step 103). And when a user request is entered,
The content ID corresponding to the request is searched (step 104), and it is determined whether or not the content is guide information (information such as a hit song, an artist name, a composer, a lyricist, a performance information, a price, etc. for each genre). (Step 1
05) If it is guide information, it is transmitted to the portable terminal and returns to step 102 again (step 106). Also,
If it is not guide information in step 106, control information for erasing guide information already transmitted to the mobile terminal is supplied to the user mobile terminal (step 107).

Then, the portable terminal ID is transmitted to the charging center (step 201 in FIG. 4), and the store installation terminal ID is transmitted (step 202), followed by transmitting the requested content ID. (Step 203). Next, a transmission permission signal is received from the charging center (step 204), and if the determination of transmission permission from the charging center is OK (“Yes” in step 205), charging information for the content is received (step 205). (Step 206), the accounting information is transmitted to the portable terminal (Step 207). When the electronic money corresponding to the content fee can be collected from the portable terminal (step 208), the content data transmission request signal and the ID of the content to be transmitted are sent to the content center (step 20).
9). When the content data is received from the content center (step 210), the content data is encrypted using the portable terminal ID as an encryption key (step 212).
Send the encrypted data to the portable terminal (step 31)
2).

If a transmission permission signal has not been received from the charging center ("No" in step 205), a message indicating that the content transmission has not been permitted is displayed (step 221).

FIGS. 5A and 5B are flowcharts showing the processing flow of the user portable terminal in the first embodiment. FIG. 7A is a flowchart showing the flow of processing when purchasing content. When connected to the store setting terminal, the mobile terminal transmits the mobile terminal ID to the setting terminal (step 301). If the requested content is guide information (step 302), the guide information is received (step 303), reproduced (step 304), and a user request is input (step 30).
5). That is, a series of these steps automatically assists in product purchase. If the content is not guide information, charging information is received from the installation terminal (step 306), and electronic money corresponding to the charging is sent from the electronic wallet section of the portable terminal to the installation terminal (step 3).
07), the guide information is deleted (step 308), and the content data is received from the installation terminal (step 30).
9).

FIG. 2B is a flowchart showing the flow of processing at the time of content reproduction. Mobile terminal ID
Is decrypted by the decryption unit based on the portable terminal ID (step 310), and the decrypted data is decompressed by the decompression unit (step 31).
1) The data after decompression can be reproduced by the reproducing unit (step 312). When the reproduction is repeated (“Yes” in step 313), the process returns to step 312. When the reproduction is not repeated (“No” in step 313), the process proceeds to step 314. If another data is to be reproduced ("Yes" in step 314), the process returns to step 310, and if no other data is to be reproduced ("No" in step 314), the process ends.

Since the content data is stored in the storage section of the portable terminal in a compressed and encrypted state, it is necessary to decrypt and expand the data every time the data is reproduced.

As a data compression technique, TwinVQ
(Trademark), AAC (AdvancedAudio Co.)
ding), MPEG (Motion Picture)
Experts Group) Layer 1, MPE
G Layer 3, ATRAC (Adaptive T
Transform Acoustic Coding)
Etc. can be used.

It is also conceivable to provide introductory (song of a few seconds) information of a song desired by the user as the guide information. FIG. 6 shows a flowchart in that case, which is shown using step numbers corresponding to FIG. In this case, in particular, a step (1) for determining whether or not intro information exists before the step 106
05b) and the step of receiving an intro content which is not charged from the content center, if any,
In step 107, if the intro information is also included, it is deleted together with the guide information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the processing of the charging center in the first embodiment. Upon receiving the mobile terminal ID, the store installation terminal ID, and the content ID from the store installation terminal (step 401), first, it is determined whether the mobile terminal ID and the store installation terminal ID are authentic (step 402). If both IDs are genuine ("Yes" in step 402), a signal of content transmission permission is transmitted to the store-installed terminal (step 403). Also, referring to the content charge table, the content billing information corresponding to the content ID is also transmitted to the store setting terminal (step 404).

If one or both of the IDs are invalid, a signal indicating that the content cannot be transmitted is sent to the dealer terminal (step 411).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of the content center in the first embodiment. When the signal of the content transmission request and the ID of the content to be transmitted are received from the store setting terminal (step 50)
1) The content data corresponding to the content ID is transmitted to the store-installed terminal (step 502).

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of each portable terminal. Each of the mobile terminals 10-1 to 10-n includes a data transfer interface 501, an electronic wallet unit 502, and a display unit 5.
03, storage unit 504, operation unit 505, decoding unit 506,
It comprises a data decompression unit 507, a reproduction unit 508, an output terminal 509, and a control unit 510.
Connected through.

The data transfer interface 501 is an interface for transferring data between the portable terminal and the installation terminal. Via this interface, the mobile terminal ID, electronic money, and the like are transferred from the mobile terminal to the installation terminal, and the content data and the like are transferred from the installation terminal to the mobile terminal. The electronic wallet unit 502 can receive and pay for electronic money, and can deposit electronic money in advance by a prepaid method, and can remit the electronic money to an installation terminal in accordance with a content fee.

The display unit 503 displays the remaining amount of electronic money in the electronic wallet, the transmission / reception status when transmitting / receiving data to / from the installation terminal, the reproduction status when reproducing content, and the like. Operation unit 504
Is used for a data cueing operation for searching data to be reproduced from a plurality of data, a reproduction volume operation at the time of reproduction, and the like. The storage unit 505 stores the content data received from the installation terminal. The decryption unit 506 decrypts the content data stored in the storage unit 505 based on the mobile terminal ID. The data decompression unit 507
Decompress the compressed content data. Reproduction unit 5
08 reproduces audio and the like from the content data. The reproduced sound or the like is output from the output terminal 509 to the outside. The control unit 510 controls the above units.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the settlement is made by electronic money, the credit management cost can be suppressed even for a small settlement, and in particular, the portable terminal brought in by the user for purchase. Can be used as an information providing terminal that promotes the purchase of paid content, congestion can be reduced, and a system that provides guide information and a terminal device suitable for it can be provided that helps automatic product purchase. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram conceptually showing a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing an outline of a data flow in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of the installation terminal.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of the installation terminal.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are flowcharts showing a processing flow of the user portable terminal in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing as another embodiment of the installation terminal.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of a charging center.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of the content center.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a portable terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10-1 to 10-n User portable terminal 11 Store installation terminal 11B interface 12 Billing center 13 Content center 14 Communication line 15 Communication satellite 20 Mobile terminal ID 21 Installation terminal ID 22 Content ID 23 Billing information 24 Electronic money 25 Transmission request signal 26 Content data 501 Data transfer interface 502 Electronic wallet section 503 Display section 504 Operation section 505 Storage section 506 Decryption section 507 Data decompression section 508 Playback section 509 Output terminal 510 Control section 511 Internal bus

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A user portable terminal that transmits a portable terminal ID and electronic money to a store-installed terminal and receives paid content data, and receives the portable terminal ID and the electronic money from the portable terminal and transmits the portable terminal to a charging center. Along with the mobile terminal, which transmits the content ID and the installation terminal ID to the charging center, and a plurality of store installation terminals that can be connected to the mobile terminal, the content ID, the mobile terminal ID, and the installation terminal ID are received, and the pay content data is received. A content center that distributes to the mobile terminal via the store-installed terminal, wherein the content center transmits from the content center to the user mobile terminal via the store-installed terminal other than the pay content data. The guide information is distributed to the If the portable terminal side requests the pay content data, the store-installed terminal side, when distributing the requested pay content,
A data distribution system, wherein control information for erasing the distributed guide information is supplied to the user portable terminal side. 2. A user portable terminal that transmits a portable terminal ID and electronic money to a store-installed terminal and receives paid content data, and receives the portable terminal ID and the electronic money from the portable terminal and transmits the portable terminal to a charging center. Along with the mobile terminal, which transmits the content ID and the installation terminal ID to the charging center, and a plurality of store installation terminals that can be connected to the mobile terminal, the content ID, the mobile terminal ID, and the installation terminal ID are received, and the pay content data is received. And a content center for delivering to the portable terminal via the store-installed terminal. The user portable terminal used for a data distribution system, comprising: the pay content from the content center via the store-installed terminal Guide information is distributed in addition to the data, and based on the distributed guide information, Then, when the paid content data is requested, control information for erasing the distributed guide information is supplied when the paid content is distributed through the store-installed terminal side. User mobile terminal.