JP2001084202A - Method for accessing information providing server placed over internet from portable terminal and information providing server used by the accessing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To access an information providing server over the network of the Internet from a portable terminal without inputting a URL. SOLUTION: A 1st information providing server 2 that stores characters, numeric characters and symbols which respectively specify the other information providing servers 3 to 8 over the network of the Internet and at least one piece of or more information (e.g., the name of an information provider, a URL and the name or type of an information service) offered by each information provider as data, is prepared. When a portable telephone 9 accesses the server 2, information related to the offer by the information providers is retrieved in the server 2, and the access from the portable terminal is connected to an information-providing server 3 to 8 offering the selected information via a link function.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for accessing an information providing server placed on an Internet network from a portable terminal such as a portable telephone, and more particularly to a method for accessing a URL (Uniform Resource) from the portable terminal.
The present invention relates to a method capable of accessing an information providing server placed on a desired Internet network without inputting the information providing server, and an information providing server used in this method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a technology has been developed for directly communicating with a network of the Internet from a mobile phone terminal itself without using a modem. This means that instead of using a modem to convert data,
This is made possible by converting data on the Internet into data that can be transmitted to a mobile phone through a special server installed in a telephone company.

As a result, it is possible to easily access the Internet from a mobile phone and obtain a wide range of information provided on the Internet even when going out or moving.

A general method for accessing an information providing server placed on an Internet network, for example, a homepage, is a URL (Unifos).
rmResource Lector).

However, URLs are character data in alphabets, and URLs of complicated character strings increase as the number of homepages increases, making it difficult to memorize and input them.

[0006] It is more difficult to input such a URL with a mobile phone, and in order to make the interconnection between a mobile phone network and the Internet network that are becoming more and more convenient and easy to use. An information providing server located on the Internet network, for example, a home page, a URL from a mobile phone
There is a demand to propose a method that can be easily accessed without inputting the information, and an information providing server used for the method.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and has been made in consideration of the above circumstances. An information providing server, such as a homepage, placed on an Internet network can be easily entered from a mobile phone without inputting a URL. It is an object of the present invention to propose a method of accessing an information providing server placed on an Internet network from a mobile phone terminal to enable access, and an information providing server used for this access method.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a first information providing server provided on an Internet network, wherein at least one information providing server has another information providing server provided on the Internet network. Alphanumeric characters respectively specifying the above information providers, and at least one or more pieces of information (for example, information provider name, URL, information service name or type) provided by each of the other information providers. A first information providing server storing data as data is prepared, and there is access to the first information providing server from a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PHS, and the character / numeric symbol is input from the mobile terminal. If
At least one or more pieces of information related to the provision of the information provider specified by the input character and number symbol are searched for in the first information providing server and output to the mobile terminal side, and the at least When one piece of information is selected from one or more pieces of information, via the link function provided in the first information providing server, on the Internet network providing the selected piece of information. By connecting the access from the mobile terminal to the information providing server located at
The above problem was solved by allowing access to an information providing server placed on a target Internet network without inputting a password.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In other words, the present invention proposes a method for accessing an information providing server located on the Internet from a portable terminal by using at least one or more information providing servers located on an Internet network. Alphanumeric symbols specifying the information provider, and stores at least one or more information provided by each information provider as data, in the first information providing server placed on the Internet network, Access from a mobile terminal, by inputting the alphanumeric symbols from the mobile terminal, to access the at least one or more information pertaining to the information provider provided by the input alphanumeric symbols, Selecting one of the at least one or more pieces of information accessed by the input from the mobile terminal; Accessing the information providing server provided on the Internet network providing the selected information via a link function provided in the first information providing server; This is an access method from the mobile terminal to the information providing server placed above.

[0010] In the above method, the information providing server is located on the Internet network, and the first information provided by the information provider specified by the alphanumeric symbol is located on the Internet network. The information stored in the providing server includes the name of the information provider, the URL provided to the information providing server placed on the Internet network by the information provider, and the information provider providing the information on the Internet network. At least one of the names or types of information services provided by the information providing server placed in the server.

The information providing server used in the method of accessing the information providing server located on the Internet from the portable terminal proposed by the present invention is located on the Internet network and has at least the following (a) ) Through (d).

[0012] (a) Character and numeric symbols specifying at least one or more information providers who have provided an information providing server on an Internet network, and at least one or more pieces of information provided by the information providers. A data storage unit that stores data.

(B) the at least one of the at least one of the information providers provided by the information provider specified by the alphanumeric characters in response to the alphanumeric symbols input from the portable terminal accessing the first information providing server; A data search unit for searching one or more pieces of information from the data storage unit;

(C) a data output unit for outputting information retrieved by the data retrieval unit to the portable terminal;

(D) On the basis of the selection command input from the portable terminal, the portable terminal transmits the information selected by the selection command to the information providing server located on the Internet network. Link function section to connect the access of.

In the information providing server according to the present invention, the data search unit and the data output unit may be configured to repeat the search of the data storage unit and the output to the mobile terminal based on the input from the mobile terminal. . With this configuration, even if the number of inputs and selection information inputs from the mobile terminal to the information providing server during one call increases, the number of inputs and selection information inputs can be increased.

[0017]

Embodiment 1 Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, an information providing server 2 is placed on an Internet network 1. This information providing server 2 corresponds to the first information providing server in the present invention.

On this network 1, information providing servers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are provided. A service provided by a service provider having the providing server 2, that is, an information providing server placed on the Internet network 1 can be easily accessed without inputting a URL from a portable terminal. Hope to get service.

The information providing server 2 provided by the service provider includes a character and a numeric symbol for specifying each information provider having the information providing servers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and each information providing server. At least one piece of information provided by the user is stored as data.

For example, "A", which is a character / numerical symbol for specifying "ABC Co., Ltd."
Z0001 "and at least one or more pieces of information provided by the information provider (" ABC Co., Ltd. "), such as a company name" ABC Co., Ltd. ", a URL given to the information providing server 3, and information. A display indicating the content and type of the information service provided by the providing server 3, for example, information such as "event information service" and "publishing information service" is stored.

Further, regarding "Iroha Co., Ltd." in which the information providing server 4 is located, "AZ0" which is a character and numeral symbol for specifying "Iroha Co., Ltd."
002 "and at least one or more pieces of information provided by this information provider (" Iroha Limited Company "), for example, the company name" Iroha Limited Company ", the information providing server 4
URL indicating the content and type of the information service provided by the information providing server 4, for example,
"Movie information service", "Museum information service", etc.
Is stored.

Similarly, with regard to the information providing servers 5 to 8, similarly, the information providing servers are provided with alphanumeric characters and symbols specifying the information providers who are located on the Internet network 1, and provided by each information provider. Information is stored in the information providing server 2 as data.

Since the character and the number symbol specify at least one or more information providers whose information providing servers are placed on the Internet network 1, the character and the character that specify the same information provider are specified. A plurality of character / numerical symbols may be used as numeric symbols. For example, ABC Co., Ltd. has opened programs “event information service”, “publishing information service”, and “movie information service” on the information providing server 3, and “travel information service”, “restaurant” on the information providing server 8. If you open a program called "Guide Information Service"
For the same entity called ABC Corporation, “AZ0001” is a character and a numeric symbol identifying the information provider (ABC Corporation) where the information providing server 3 is located, and the information provider where the information providing server 8 is located. (ABC Corporation)
"AZ0006" is used as the character / numerical symbol for specifying the same information provider, and a plurality of (ie, separate) character / numerical symbols are used for the same information provider as the character / numerical symbol specifying the same information provider It is.

[0025] In the above description, considering that the alphanumeric characters and symbols (hereinafter referred to as "EZ address") given to specify the information provider are to be inputted from a portable terminal such as a portable telephone or a PHS, You can easily enter characters (for example, alphabets), numbers,
An array using symbols such as # and * can be used.

The access from the portable terminal to the information providing server placed on the Internet by the method of the present invention is performed as follows.

The data storage unit and the data search, which are essential components of the information providing server 2 used in the method for accessing the information providing server placed on the Internet network from the mobile phone terminal according to the present invention. The section, the data output section, and the link function section are known in this technical field, and since their connection methods are also known in this technical field, their illustration and description are omitted.

A person who wishes to use the method of the present invention inputs a telephone number specifying the information providing server 2 from the portable telephone 9 and accesses the telephone number.

Information is sent from the accessed information providing server 2 to the mobile phone 9 via the server 12 that converts Internet data installed in the telephone company into data that can be transmitted to the mobile phone. The information is displayed on the menu screen 10 of the mobile phone 9.

The information displayed first is, for example, as shown in FIG.
(A) It is a menu screen of illustration.

A person (user) who possesses the mobile phone 9 and desires to use the method of the present invention accesses a desired information providing server according to the display on the menu screen 10.

For example, a person (user) who wants to access the information providing servers 3 to 8 placed on the Internet network 1 using the EZ address.
Presses the operation button 11 of the mobile phone 9, selects and inputs "EZ address input" (FIG. 2A).

In FIG. 2B, the EZ address “AD00”
01, the data providing unit (not shown) searches the data storage unit (not shown) in the information providing server 2 having received the EZ address and receives the EZ address "AD000".
1) and the information (“ABC Inc.”) provided by the “ABC Inc.”
"BC Co., Ltd.", a URL given to the information providing server 3, and a display showing the content and type of the information service provided by the information providing server 3,
“Event information service” and “publishing information service”), and a data output unit (not shown) outputs the information to the mobile phone 9, and the information is displayed on the menu screen of the mobile phone 9. (FIG. 2C).

Therefore, the person holding the mobile phone 9
The user presses the operation button 11 of the mobile phone 9 to select desired information. For example, "URL provided to information providing server 3" is selected, and this selection command is transmitted to information providing server 2
To the information providing server 2 (upper side of FIG. 2 (c)).
The link function unit (not shown) provided in the information processing server functions to access the mobile phone 9 from the information providing server specified by the “URL provided to the information providing server 3”. Connect to the providing server 3 (upper side of FIG. 2D).

In the above, the "event information service"
Is input to the information providing server 2 (the lower side of FIG. 2C), a link function unit (not shown) provided in the information providing server 2 functions, and The access from the telephone 9 is connected to the program of the "event information service" provided by the information providing server 3 by "ABC Co., Ltd." (lower part of FIG. 2D).

Thus, a person (user) who possesses the mobile phone 9 and desires to use the method of the present invention does not need to input the URL provided to the information providing server 3 with the button 11 of the mobile phone 9. Then, the information providing server 3 could be accessed.

As described above, a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and the scope of creation of the technical idea disclosed in the present specification. Can be changed to various embodiments.

[0038]

According to the present invention, the inconvenience of having to input a URL with a mobile phone is eliminated, and a wide range of information resources on an Internet network can be provided without inputting a URL from a mobile phone. , Can be easily accessed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining information displayed on a menu screen of the mobile phone 9; FIG. 2A shows a screen when the user accesses the first information providing server of the present invention and selects EZ address input; (B) is a screen in which the EZ address is input,
(C) is a screen after inputting the EZ address, and (d) is a screen next to the selection made in (c).

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 Internet network 2 First information providing server 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Information providing server 9 Mobile phone 10 Mobile phone menu screen 11 Mobile phone operation button

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information providing system comprising: an alphanumeric symbol identifying at least one or more information providers having an information providing server on an Internet network; and at least one information provided by each information provider. By accessing the first information providing server located on the Internet network from a mobile terminal and inputting the character and numeral from the mobile terminal, Accessing the at least one or more pieces of information relating to the provision of the specified information provider, selecting one piece of the at least one or more pieces of the accessed information by an input from a mobile terminal, The interface providing the selected information is provided via a link function provided in one information providing server. Access method of the mobile terminal to the information providing server placed on the Internet, characterized in that access to the information providing server that resides on Tsu bets network. 2. An information providing server provided on an Internet network, provided by an information provider specified by the alphanumeric characters, and provided to a first information providing server provided on the Internet network. The stored information includes the name of the information provider and the URL (Unifos) provided to the information providing server placed on the Internet network by the information provider.
rmResource Lector), and at least one of an information service name and a kind provided by an information providing server provided by the information provider on the Internet network. How to access from the mobile terminal to the information providing server placed on the Internet described. 3. An information providing server used for a method for accessing an information providing server placed on the Internet from a portable terminal, wherein the information is located on an Internet network and has at least the following structure. Providing server; (a) alphanumeric symbols specifying at least one or more information providers having the information providing server on the Internet network, and at least one or more pieces of information provided by the information provider; A data storage unit for storing data as data; (b) providing the information provider specified by the character / numerical symbol according to the character / numerical symbol input from the mobile terminal accessing the first information providing server; A data search unit for searching the at least one piece of information from the data storage unit according to (c), A data output unit that outputs the information retrieved by the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal; and (d) based on the selection command input from the mobile terminal, the data output unit that provides the information selected by the selection command. A link function unit for connecting an access from the portable terminal to an information providing server placed on a network. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the data search unit and the data output unit repeat the search of the data storage unit and the output to the mobile terminal based on the input from the mobile terminal. Information providing server used for a method of accessing the information providing server from a portable terminal.