JP2001218277A - File transfer system inter-portable terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a system where a file can flexibly be transferred to a receiver side, in response to specific information of a transfer destination subjectively from a transmitter terminal without the intervention of a file server. SOLUTION: The file transfer system between portable terminals consists of a transmitter side portable phone terminal, that has a portable information terminal side like transmission application means that requests object file information of a portable information terminal in pairs with the transmitter side portable phone terminal and connected at near distance and provides an output, transmits a selection input to a file reception application of a receiver side portable phone terminal, and transfers the object file corresponding to the file transfer reception from the receiver side portable phone terminal, of the receiver side portable phone terminal that is provided with an entry means and a display means, and a portable phone file reception application means that receives and outputs the transfer of object file information from the transmitter side portable information terminal, receiver a confirmation entry and requests the transfer of the object file to the transmitter portable information terminal and of a receiver side portable information terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for transferring a file between a portable information terminal and a personal computer at a remote place using a portable telephone.
In particular, the present invention relates to a device for transferring a file using a mobile phone having both a wireless function for mobile phone communication and another short-range wireless communication function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 18 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration for transferring a file placed on a remote file server to a portable information terminal connected via a communication cable via a conventional portable telephone. is there. In the figure, 801 is a mobile phone,
Reference numeral 802 denotes a mobile information terminal, 13 denotes a mobile phone wireless communication network to which the mobile phone 801 has subscribed, and 23 denotes an Internet connected to the mobile phone wireless communication network. A file server 805 is connected to the Internet 23 and has a file to be transferred. Note that the portable information terminal includes a personal computer that is easy to carry. Reference numeral 803 denotes a mobile phone central processing unit which is a central processing unit of the mobile phone 801; 804, a mobile phone wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication with the 804 telephone wireless communication network 13;
01 is a mobile phone display unit, 806 is a mobile phone instruction input unit for inputting a dial or the like of the mobile phone 801, and 814 is a mobile information terminal 8 on the mobile phone 801.
02 is a mobile phone serial port communication unit that realizes serial port communication with the C.02. Reference numeral 14 denotes a mobile phone wireless path between the mobile phone 801 and the mobile phone wireless communication network 13.

[0003] Reference numeral 809 denotes a portable telephone central processing unit which is a central processing unit of the portable information terminal 802; 822, a portable information terminal display unit for displaying the portable information terminal 802; and 823, the portable information terminal 802 also receives an input. Mobile information terminal instruction input unit for inputting a file transfer instruction, 82
Reference numeral 4 denotes a portable information terminal serial port communication unit which is provided on the portable information terminal 802 and realizes serial port communication with the portable telephone 801. Reference numeral 825 denotes a receiving directory for receiving a file to be transferred, and 826 denotes a file transfer application c which is a file transfer program executed by the portable information terminal central processing unit 820. 829 is a mobile phone 801 and a portable information terminal 80
This is a serial communication cable for serial port communication between the two. Further, reference numeral 830 denotes a file server central processing unit which is a central processing unit of the file server 805;
Reference numeral 835 denotes an Internet communication unit that performs communication with the Internet 23 on the file server. Reference numeral 835 denotes a transfer file directory in the file server 805 where transfer files to be transferred are placed. Reference numeral 836 denotes a file server central processing unit 830. The file transfer server application S is a file transfer program to be executed.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 showing an operation sequence. In the figure, a solid-line frame indicates an exchange between the device and the user, and a broken-line frame indicates an internal operation of the device. A thick solid line indicates transfer of file data. Now, the file T is placed in the transfer file directory 835 on the file server 805, and the file T is transferred to the portable information terminal 802,
Consider the case of storing in the receiving directory 825. The Internet communication unit 834 prepares to accept the request from the Internet 23 so that the file server 805 can realize the transfer regardless of the transfer request. Also, the file transfer server application 836
Is executed by the file server central processing unit 830 and is in a state of waiting for a transfer request. The user of the portable information terminal 802 first receives the serial communication cable 829
Thereby physically connecting the mobile phone serial port communication unit 814 of the mobile phone 801 and the mobile information terminal serial port communication unit 824 of the mobile information terminal 802, and electrical signals can be exchanged between the mobile phone 801 and the mobile information terminal 802. Set as follows.

First, in step (S) 901 of FIG.
From the mobile phone instruction input unit 806, the power of the mobile phone 801 is turned on.
N and instruct the mobile phone serial port communication unit 814 and the mobile phone wireless communication unit 804 to start operation, that is, to start. Subsequently, the user of the portable information terminal 802 determines in S902
The execution of the file transfer application 826 and the designation of the receiving directory 825 are performed by the portable information terminal input instructing unit 8.
Input from 23. Then, when the file reception preparation is completed, the portable information terminal serial port communication unit 824 is requested to start communication with the mobile phone serial port communication unit 814 using the file transfer application 826. In step S903, the portable information terminal serial port communication unit 8
When the communication channel between the H.24 and the mobile phone serial port communication unit 814 is set, the file transfer application 826 then communicates with the mobile phone central processing unit 803 of the mobile phone 801 via the mobile phone wireless path 14 by the mobile phone wireless communication. It sends an instruction signal requesting to start with the network 13. That is, the file transfer application 826
Sends the instruction signal from the portable information terminal central processing unit 809, and the instruction signal is sent from the portable information terminal serial port communication unit 824 to the portable telephone central processing unit 803 via the portable telephone serial port communication unit 814. S90
In step 4, the mobile phone central processing unit 803 requests the mobile phone wireless communication unit 804 to set a communication channel with the mobile phone wireless communication network 13, and the mobile phone wireless communication unit 804 uses the mobile phone wireless path 14 to perform mobile phone wireless communication. A communication channel with the network 13 is set. Thereafter, the mobile phone 801 will provide a relay function for transferring signals and data from the mobile information terminal 802 to the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 or vice versa. The mobile phone display unit 807 displays the connection status of the mobile phone wireless path 14.

[0006] The file transfer application 826
Subsequently, an instruction is issued using the communication channel set toward the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 to send a signal to be sent to the Internet 23 thereafter. After that, the signal of the file transfer application 826 is transmitted to a procedure in the Internet 13, that is, a Domain in the Internet 23.
The Internet address of the file server 805 is notified to the file transfer application 826 through an address specification procedure by Name Server, and the like.
The signal from the file transfer application 826 is sent with the Internet address of the file server 805, so that the signal can be sent to the file server 805 in the Internet 23. Since then
The mobile phone wireless communication network 13 performs a relay function for carrying high-level signals and data exchanged on the Internet from the mobile phone 801 to the Internet 23 and vice versa. Here, the signal from the portable information terminal 802 is sent to the file server 805, and is sent to the file server central processing unit 830 via the Internet communication unit 834. When the portable information terminal 802 and the file server 805 are connected via the Internet, the file transfer application 82
6 and the file transfer server application 836,
A communication channel on the Internet, for example, a communication channel according to a communication procedure called TCP is set. Here, the file server central processing unit 830 in S906
The file list in the transfer file directory 835 is sent to the mobile phone 801. This file list includes the file T, and this file list is sent to the portable information terminal 802 via the Internet 23, the portable telephone wireless communication network 13, and the portable telephone 801.
At 7, it is displayed on the portable information terminal display unit 822 through the portable information terminal central processing unit 809.

[0007] The user of the portable information terminal 802 determines in S908
A file to be transferred from the transfer file directory 835, that is, a file T, is selected from the file list displayed by the portable information terminal input instruction unit 823. The file selected in S909 is sent to the file server 805 along the reverse communication path, and delivered to the file server central processing unit 830 via the Internet communication unit 834. In step S910, the file transfer server application S836 program receives this instruction and shifts to a communication procedure of transmitting the specified file T in the transfer file directory 835 to the portable information terminal 802. In step S912, the portable information terminal 802 writes the file data to be received into the reception directory 825, and appends the file name when the transfer is completed, or
The name input from the portable information terminal input instruction unit 823 is added and stored in the reception directory 825. When the transfer of the file is completed, the communication channels are released in the reverse order of the setting. That is, first, the file transfer application 826 and the file transfer server application 8
The TCP connection on the Internet between 36 is released, and then the connection between the file server 805 and the Internet 23 is released. Finally, the portable information terminal 802 and the portable information terminal central processing unit 8
09 instructs the cellular phone central processing unit 803 to open the cellular phone radio path 14, and the cellular phone central processing unit 80
3 instructs the cellular phone wireless communication unit 804 to release the line. Finally, the user of the portable information terminal 802 removes the serial port communication cable 829 and
Finish the file transfer procedure using.

[0008]

The conventional file transfer system is configured as described above, and the file transmitting side is a file server, and prepares a list of transferable files in preparation for a file transfer request. On the other hand, on the other hand, the transfer receiving side is a system that selects the file independently, and there is a problem that the intent of the transmitting side is not reflected, and when there is a need for transmission, it cannot be transmitted and lacks flexibility. In the pair of the information terminal and the mobile phone on the receiving side, the instruction of file transfer, the setting of the server address, the reading of the list, and the selection of the target file in the list are all performed from the information terminal. There was also a problem that the operability was not good because it was divided into a mobile phone and an information terminal.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is independent from a transmission terminal without a file server, according to unique information of a transfer destination, or according to a device or condition. Obtain a system that can flexibly transfer files to the receiving side. In addition, a file transfer system with good operability that can be intensively operated by the mobile phone terminal when transmitting and receiving the data is obtained.

[0010]

A file transfer system between portable terminals according to the present invention comprises a portable telephone terminal having a wireless communication unit connected to a network via a wireless line and a short-range communication unit connected to a portable information terminal. In the system including the transmitting side, the transmitting side mobile phone terminal requests and outputs the target file information possessed by the portable information terminals forming a pair connected in a short distance, and transmits the selected input to the receiving side mobile phone terminal file receiving application. A mobile phone file transmission application means for transferring a target file in response to a file transfer acceptance from the receiving mobile phone terminal, an instruction input means for inputting an address of the receiving mobile phone terminal for selection and input, and Display means for displaying, transmitting the target file information to the receiving mobile phone terminal to the transmitting mobile information terminal, and A portable information terminal for transmitting the target file is provided with a file transmission application means, and the receiving side mobile phone terminal receives the transfer of the target file information from the transmitting side mobile phone terminal, outputs the file information, receives the confirmation input, and receives the confirmation input. A mobile phone file receiving application unit for requesting the mobile information terminal to transfer the target file; and a mobile information terminal receiving application for receiving the target file from the transmitting side. And

Further, the portable telephone terminal has a multiplex communication function capable of simultaneous communication of voice communication and data communication, and an input from the input means of the portable telephone is performed during the voice communication.

Furthermore, the portable telephone terminal on the receiving side is provided with a temporary file storage unit, and the portable telephone file receiving application means downloads the target file to the temporary file storage unit.

Further, the receiving-side mobile phone or the transmitting-side mobile phone is provided with a voice synthesizing section, and the target file information is output by voice.

Further, the mobile phone on the receiving side or the mobile phone on the transmitting side is provided with a voice recognizing section, and the input of the target file information is selected by voice.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 The basic configuration in which the file transmitting side inquires the receiving side independently and transfers a suitable file with few operations will be described. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram on the receiving side and FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram on the transmitting side in the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a file receiving side mobile phone terminal;
This mobile phone is a mobile phone terminal adopting a digital data communication method capable of transmitting both voice and data through a mobile phone wireless communication network. The mobile phone has a digital data communication function based on a short-range wireless system in addition to the mobile phone wireless communication, and can execute the mobile phone wireless communication and the short-range wireless communication in parallel. Reference numeral 2 denotes a file receiving side portable information terminal. 3 is a mobile phone central processing unit of the file receiving mobile phone terminal 1,
Reference numeral 4 denotes a mobile phone wireless communication unit which is a mobile phone wireless communication unit of the file reception side mobile phone terminal 1. Reference numeral 5 denotes a mobile phone which realizes wireless communication between the file reception side mobile phone terminal 1 and a device at a short distance. Telephone short-range wireless communication unit, 6 is a mobile phone instruction input unit that provides input to the file receiving mobile phone terminal 1, 7 is a mobile phone display unit that is a display unit of the file receiving mobile phone terminal 1, and 8 is file reception. Side mobile phone terminal 1
A short-range wireless data communication between the file receiving portable telephone terminal 1 and the file receiving portable information terminal 2 to control a file between the file receiving portable telephone terminal 1 and the file transmitting portable information terminal 2 And also controls data communication with the file-sending mobile phone terminal 21 through the mobile-phone wireless communication network 13 to transfer files from the file-sending mobile phone terminal 21 to the file-receiving mobile phone terminal 1. The mobile phone file receiving application to be realized, 9 is the file receiving side portable information terminal 2
The portable information terminal central processing unit 10 is located on the portable information terminal 2 on the file receiving side, and the portable information terminal short distance realizing the wireless communication with the portable short distance wireless communication section 5 on the portable telephone terminal 1 on the file receiving side. A wireless communication unit 11 is a portable information terminal file receiving application that controls short-range wireless data communication between the file receiving portable information terminal 2 and the file receiving portable telephone terminal 1 to realize file reception, and 12 is a file reception application. Is a file system on the mobile information terminal 2 for receiving files using short-range wireless communication. Reference numeral 13 denotes a mobile phone wireless communication network to which the mobile phone subscribes, and reference numeral 14 denotes a mobile phone wireless path between the mobile phone wireless communication network and the mobile phone terminal 1 on the file receiving side.
Reference numeral 5 denotes a short-range wireless path between the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 denotes a file transmitting side portable telephone terminal, which has the capability of transmitting both voice and data through a portable telephone wireless communication network, similarly to the file receiving side portable telephone terminal 1. This is a mobile phone that uses a certain digital data communication method. In addition to the mobile phone radio, the mobile phone also has a digital data communication function based on the short-range wireless method, and can execute the mobile phone wireless communication and the short-range wireless communication in parallel. It is the same as the telephone terminal 1. Reference numeral 22 denotes a file transmission side portable information terminal, 3 is a cell phone central processing unit of the file transmission side cell phone terminal 21, and 4 is a cell phone radio communication unit which is a cell phone radio communication unit of the file transmission side cell phone terminal 21. Reference numeral 5 denotes a mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit that realizes wireless communication between the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 and a device at a short distance, and 28 denotes a file transmission on the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21. Side mobile phone terminal 2
1 and the file transmission side portable information terminal 22 to control data communication by short-range wireless communication to realize the transfer of files between the file transmission side portable telephone terminal 21 and the file transmission side portable information terminal 22 and the portable telephone radio communication. A mobile phone file transmission application that also controls data communication with the file receiving mobile phone terminal 1 via the network 13 to realize file transfer from the file transmitting mobile phone terminal 21 to the file receiving mobile phone terminal 1. The portable information terminal central processing unit of the transmission side portable information terminal 22, 10
Is a portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit that realizes wireless communication with the portable telephone short-range wireless communication unit 5 on the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21; A portable information terminal file transmission application that controls data communication by short-range wireless communication between the portable information terminal 22 and the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 to realize file transfer. This is a file system in which files to be transmitted using short-range wireless communication are placed. Reference numeral 13 denotes a mobile phone wireless communication network, 14 denotes a mobile phone wireless path, and 15 denotes a short-range wireless path.

Next, the operation of the system having the above configuration will be described with reference to the operation flow of FIG. Before performing file transfer, the user of the file receiving side portable telephone terminal 1 turns on the power of the file receiving side portable information terminal 2 in advance.
Then, the portable information terminal file receiving application 11 is executed by the portable information terminal central processing unit 9, and
The portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10 is connected to the short-range wireless path 15
, And the portable information terminal 2 on the file receiving side is placed in a range where communication from the file receiving portable telephone terminal 1 via the short-range wireless path 15 is possible. Similarly, the user of the file transmitting side portable information terminal 22 turns on the power of the file transmitting side portable information terminal 22 before performing the file transfer, and transmits the portable information terminal file transmission application 31 to the portable information terminal central processing unit. 9, the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10 is set to be in a receivable state by the short-range wireless path 15, and the file transmission side portable information terminal 22 is short-ranged from the file transmission side portable telephone terminal 21. It is assumed that the communication path is set within a range where communication can be performed on the wireless path 15. In the present embodiment, the user of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 selects the file T in the file system 12 in the file transmission side mobile information terminal 22, and the user of the file reception side mobile phone terminal 1 transfers the file. An operation of transferring a file to the file system 12 of the portable information terminal 2 on the file receiving side in response to a start instruction will be described.

First, in step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 101 in FIG. 3, the user of the portable telephone terminal 21 on the file transmitting side inputs from the portable telephone instruction input unit 6 that file transmission is to be performed. The mobile phone file transmission application 28 running on the mobile phone central processing unit 3 includes:
Recognizing this, it requests the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 to establish a communication channel between the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10. In step S <b> 102, the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 uses the short-range wireless path 15 to perform the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10.
Establish a communication channel with Subsequently, the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10 notifies the portable information terminal central processing unit 9 that a communication channel has been established with the portable telephone short-range wireless communication unit 5 and transmits the portable information terminal file. The application 31 is notified that there is a file transmission request. In response, in step S103, the portable information terminal file transmission application 31
A file attribute list that can be transmitted is created, and the mobile phone file transmission application 2 is connected via the short-range wireless path 15.
Tell 8 In S104, the mobile phone file transmission application 28 displays a file attribute list of files that can be transmitted on the mobile phone display unit 7. Here, the file attributes are, for example, as shown in FIGS. 4A, 4B, and 4C, a file identifier, a file name, a size, a creation date and time, a change date and time, an owner, and access management. All or part of a table, part of the contents of a file.
The file attribute list is a set of file attributes of a plurality of files.

The user of the portable telephone terminal 21 on the file transmitting side selects the file T to be transmitted in S105 from the file attribute list of files that can be transmitted displayed on the portable telephone display unit 7, and gives the instruction to the portable telephone. Input from the input unit 6. At this time, if the directory of the file system 12 has a hierarchical structure, a file attribute list of files that can be transmitted by the portable information terminal file transmission application 31 and a directory name list that can be traced are created. By repeatedly selecting the directory name, the file T to be transmitted is determined while following the hierarchical structure one by one. Next, upon receiving the file attribute of the file T from the mobile phone instruction input unit 6, the mobile phone file transmission application 28 prompts the mobile phone display unit 7 to input the telephone number of the file receiving mobile phone terminal 1. . At this time, the telephone number of the file receiving side portable telephone terminal 1 is the same as that of the file receiving side portable information terminal 2 having the file system 12 and the short-range wireless path 1.
The telephone number of the file-receiving mobile phone terminal 1 within the communicable range in 5 is assumed to be known to the user of the file-transmitting mobile phone terminal 21 in advance. For example, the user of the file receiving side mobile phone terminal 1 and the user of the file receiving side mobile information terminal 2 are the same person, and the file is within a range connectable by the short-range wireless path 15 of the file receiving side mobile phone terminal 1. This is a case where it can be assumed that there is a receiving-side portable information terminal 2.

When the user of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 inputs the telephone number of the file reception side mobile phone terminal 1 from the mobile phone instruction input section 6 in S106, the mobile phone central processing unit 3 sets the mobile phone wireless communication section. 4 requests the mobile phone terminal 1 to set a communication channel with the file-receiving mobile phone terminal 1 by wireless mobile phone. At this time, the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 makes a call for the purpose of data transfer instead of voice communication for the purpose of file transfer. Therefore, the communication channel to be set is for data communication. The mobile phone wireless communication unit 4 makes a call to the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 through the mobile phone wireless path 14 and
A communication channel for data communication with the file receiving side mobile telephone terminal 1 subscribed to is set. Upon receiving an incoming call for data communication from the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 through the mobile phone wireless path 14, the file receiving side mobile phone terminal 1 sets a file which has been set in advance to permit the incoming call for data communication. The receiving-side mobile phone terminal 1 establishes a communication channel for data communication with the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 through the mobile phone wireless communication unit 4, and S107.
Thus, the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 and the file reception side mobile phone terminal 1 are connected by a wireless communication channel for data communication. Subsequently, using the established data communication channel, the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 2
1 on the mobile phone file transmission application 28
At 108, when the file attribute of the file T to be transmitted is transmitted to the mobile phone file receiving application 8 on the file receiving side mobile phone terminal 1 to request file transfer,
In S109, the mobile phone file reception application 8 displays the file attribute of the file T on the mobile phone display unit 7.

The user of the file receiving portable telephone terminal 1 looks at the file attributes displayed on the portable telephone display unit 7 and negotiates a transfer with the user of the file transmitting portable telephone terminal 21 in advance in S110. In step S111, the mobile phone transmits an instruction that the destination of the file is a specific directory in the file system 12 of the portable information terminal 2 on the file receiving side and an instruction to start the file transfer in step S112. Input from the instruction input unit 6.
The mobile phone file receiving application 8 running on the mobile phone central processing unit 3 recognizes this and sends the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 and the mobile information terminal short-range communication. A request is made to establish a communication channel between the wireless communication units 10. In S113, the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 establishes a communication channel with the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10 via the short-range wireless path 15. Subsequently, the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10
Notifies the portable information terminal central processing unit 9 that a communication channel has been established with the portable telephone short-range wireless communication unit 5, and sets the portable information terminal file reception application 11 to a file receivable state.

On the other hand, the file transfer start instruction input from the mobile telephone instruction input unit 6 is transmitted through the mobile telephone radio path 14 and the mobile telephone radio communication network 13 together with the file attribute of the file T to be transferred. Through Road 14,
The message is transmitted to the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 and S11
At 4, the mobile phone file transmission application 28 receives it. The mobile phone file transmission application 28
In response to the instruction to start the file transfer, the file attribute of the file T is changed via the short-range wireless path 15, and further to the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 1
0 to the portable information terminal file transmission application 31. The portable information terminal file transmission application 31 selects the file T in the file system 12 according to its file attribute in S115, and starts file transmission to the portable telephone file transmission application 28 on the file transmission side portable telephone terminal 21. I do. The mobile phone file transmission application 28 transmits the contents of the transmitted file T to the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 via the mobile phone wireless communication section 14 via the mobile phone wireless communication section 4 and further to the mobile phone wireless communication path 14. The data is transferred to the mobile phone wireless communication unit 4 and the mobile phone file receiving application 8 via the mobile phone. The mobile phone file receiving application 8 that has received the data of the file T sends the contents to the mobile information terminal file receiving application 11 by using the communication channel established on the short-range wireless path 15 and, in S117, the mobile information terminal file The receiving application 11 writes the file T to the file system 12. According to the above procedure, the file T stored in the file system 12 in the file transmission side portable information terminal 22 is used by the user of the file reception side portable telephone terminal 1 for the portable telephone instruction input section on the file reception side portable telephone terminal 1. 6 and the file receiving side portable information terminal 2 in S118.
This means that the file has been transferred to the file system 12 above.

As described above, the system of this embodiment incorporates the mobile phone file transmission application 28 and the mobile phone file reception application 8 into a mobile phone having a display function, an input function, and a short-range wireless communication function, respectively. Thereby, operability can be improved. In this way, for example, a file can be transferred between portable information terminals in a remote place without reading the display of the portable information terminal or hitting the input key, and without removing the portable information terminal itself from a bag or a pocket. . Further, the portable terminal has the initiative of transmission, and when necessary, calls the receiving side to which the transmission is to be attached with the attachment, and can start the file transfer. In the present embodiment, the file receiving mobile phone terminal 1 and the file receiving mobile information terminal 2, and the file sending mobile phone terminal 21 and the file transmitting mobile information terminal 2
2. The communication between the two is performed by the short-range wireless path 15 and the short-range wireless path 15.
The communication method of No. 5 may be completely different. Also,
One or both may be wired, that is, the case of using the serial communication cable shown in the conventional example.

In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which one T file is selected as a transmission file to be transferred, and a plurality of the selected files are collectively transferred. That is, the user of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 selects a plurality of files T1, T2,..., Tn in the file system 12 in the file transmission side mobile information terminal 22, and The operation of transferring a plurality of files to the file system 12 of the portable information terminal 2 on the file receiving side in response to the user's instruction to start the file transfer will be described.

The procedure up to the selection of the transmission file by the user of the portable telephone terminal 21 on the file transmission side is exactly the same as that described above. The user can select a plurality of transmission files T1, T2,..., Tn from the file attribute list of transmittable files displayed on the mobile phone display unit 7.
Is input from the mobile phone instruction input unit 6, and the files T1, T2,..., Tn to be transmitted are determined.

Mobile phone file transmission application 2
8 has a function of linking a plurality of files described together and a function of identifying the first and last files. In this case, when a plurality of file attribute lists of the files T1, T2,..., Tn are received from the mobile phone instruction input unit 6 in S105 of FIG. 3, the mobile phone display unit 7 displays the file reception side mobile phone terminal 1 Prompt for a phone number.

When the user of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 inputs the telephone number of the file reception side mobile phone terminal 1 from the mobile phone instruction input section 6 in S106, the mobile phone central processing unit 3 performs the processing as described above. Request for setting a communication channel with the mobile phone terminal 1 on the file receiving side. The set communication channel is for data communication. Then, a call is made via the mobile phone wireless communication network 13, and a communication channel for data communication with the mobile phone terminal 1 on the file receiving side is set. File receiving mobile phone terminal 1
When the communication channel with is established and connected in S107,
In S108, the mobile phone file transmission application 28
Transmits the file attribute list of the files T1, T2,..., Tn to be transmitted to the mobile phone file receiving application 8, and requests file transfer. The mobile phone file receiving application 8 similarly has a function of identifying the beginning and end and parallelizing the files, and the mobile phone display unit 7 displays the files T1, T2,.
Display a list of file attributes.

The user of the file receiving portable telephone terminal 1 looks at the displayed file attribute list of the files T1, T2,..., Tn, and in S110, communicates with the user of the file transmitting portable telephone terminal 21 in advance. It is confirmed that the file has been negotiated for transfer between the files, the instruction that the destination of the file in S111 is a specific directory in the file system 12 of the portable information terminal 2 on the file receiving side, and the file transfer in S112 Enter start instructions. The mobile phone file receiving application 8 recognizes this, and causes the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 to establish a communication channel with the mobile information terminal 2 on the file receiving side. Further, the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10 notifies the portable information terminal central processing unit 9 of the establishment of the communication channel and sets the portable information terminal file reception application 11 to a file receivable state.

On the other hand, the instruction to start the file transfer in S112 includes the file attributes of the files T1, T2,...
And received by the mobile phone file transmission application 28. The mobile phone file transmission application 28 transmits the file attributes T1, T2,..., Tn of the file to the mobile information terminal file transmission application 31 in response to the instruction to start the file transfer.
In response, the portable information terminal file transmission application 31 selects the file T1 in the file system 12 in S115, and
File transmission is started to the mobile phone file transmission application 28 on the first mobile phone. The mobile phone file transmission application 28 transmits the received file T1.
The contents of the mobile phone radio path 14, the mobile phone radio communication network 1
3. Further, the data is transferred to the mobile phone file receiving application 8 via the mobile phone radio path 14. File T
The mobile phone file receiving application 8 which has received the data No. 1 sends the contents to the mobile information terminal file receiving application 11, and the mobile information terminal file receiving application 11 receives the file in S117, and writes the file T1 in the file system 12.
For files T2,..., Tn, the same procedure is used.
The file is transferred from the file system 12 on the file transmitting portable information terminal 22 to the file system 12 on the file receiving portable information terminal 2. Then, the end of the file transfer is known from the last identifier, and the disconnection procedure is started. In this way, by adding a function to the mobile phone file transmission application 8 and the mobile phone file reception application 28 and transferring them collectively to the mobile information terminal file transmission application 31, it is possible for the user to repeat the same procedure when transferring a plurality of files. Can be omitted.

Further, in the transfer of a plurality of files, S1
In the confirmation step on the display unit 7 of the receiving-side mobile phone terminal of No. 10, a system may be adopted in which only necessary files are selected, a selection identifier is added, and the confirmation is returned. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the operation sequence, in which a selection is made in S110b, and a selection identifier is added and transmitted. It is possible to determine which file should be transferred by the identification function provided in the file transmission application 8b on the file transmission side mobile phone.

Embodiment 2 If the information about the transfer file is checked in advance by telephone and the file can be transferred immediately based on the information, the contents are certain and the operation becomes easy. In the present embodiment, such a system will be described. FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram on the receiving side and FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram on the transmitting side in the present embodiment. In these figures, each of the mobile telephone terminals 1b and 21b has 17 telephone call microphones and 18 telephone call speakers, and the mobile telephone wireless communication unit 4b has a multiplex communication function of voice and data communication.

FIG. 8 is an operation sequence diagram in the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the user of the file-receiving mobile phone terminal 1b and the user of the file-sending mobile phone terminal 21b have already
Assume that a voice call has already been made using a mobile phone terminal. In this case, since the telephone voice line is already connected, even if the user of the file receiving side mobile phone terminal 1b requests file reception, the input of the telephone number to the mobile phone instruction input unit 6 is not required. It is only necessary to request the establishment of a data communication channel to the same mobile phone. That is, the mobile phone file transmission application 28b executes the processing in S105 of FIG.
, The operation immediately proceeds to the operation of S107. The file T to be transmitted by the user of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21b while viewing the file attribute list of the transmittable file displayed on the mobile phone display unit 7, or a plurality of files T
When Tn is selected, the mobile phone file transmission application 28b of the mobile phone terminal 21 on the file transmission side transmits the mobile phone via the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 to the mobile phone terminal 1 on the file reception side. Request establishment of a wireless data communication channel. Subsequent procedures are the same as in the first embodiment. In this way, the file receiving side user and the file transmitting side user who are talking on the mobile phone terminal are in the file system 12 of the file transmitting side portable information terminal 22 while continuing the conversation through the telephone. The file can be transferred to the file system 12 of the portable information terminal 2 on the file receiving side, so that the two parties in a call can proceed with a conversation while simultaneously checking the contents of the transferred file.

Embodiment 3 Even if an attempt is made to transfer a file in response to a request from the transmitting side, the portable information terminal on the receiving side may be performing something else or may not be ready. A system in which file transfer can be performed in such a case will be described. FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram on the receiving side according to the present embodiment. In the figure, 1
Reference numeral 6 denotes a temporary file storage unit which is located on the file receiving side portable telephone terminal 1 and temporarily stores a file to be received in place of the file receiving side portable information terminal 2. The other components are the same as those of the same numbers shown in FIG.

Next, the operation will be described. The prerequisites for starting are the same as in the first embodiment. But,
The user of the file receiving portable telephone terminal 1 does not need to confirm what state the file receiving portable information terminal 2 is in. However, the user of the file transmission side portable information terminal 22 turns on the power of the file transmission side portable information terminal 22.
Then, the portable information terminal file transmission application 31 is executed, and the file transmission side portable information terminal 22 is at a short distance where communication is possible. Also, as in the first embodiment, the user of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 selects the file T in the file system 12 and responds to the instruction of the file transfer start by the user of the file reception side mobile phone terminal 1. Then, the file is transferred to the file system 12 of the portable information terminal 2 on the file receiving side.

The operation sequence diagram is shown in FIG. That is, steps S101 to S112 are exactly the same as the operations of the first embodiment. In S113, the mobile phone file reception application 8 requests the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 to establish a communication channel between the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10. The mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 5 attempts to establish a communication channel with the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10 using the short-range wireless channel 15, but the file-receiving-side mobile information terminal 2 uses the short-range wireless channel 15 or the request cannot be accepted due to the circumstances of the portable information terminal 2 on the file receiving side, the communication channel by the short-range wireless path 15 is not established even after a certain period of time, and the establishment failure is reported. I do. Then, the mobile phone file receiving application 8c determines to temporarily receive the file in the temporary file storage unit 16 instead of the file system 12 of the file receiving side portable information terminal 2.

On the other hand, the file transfer start instruction input from the mobile phone instruction input unit 6 is transmitted to the portable information terminal file transmission application 31 in S114 and S115. The portable information terminal file transmission application 31 selects the file T in the file system 12 and executes the portable telephone file transmission application 28.
Start sending files to. The mobile phone file transmission application 28 transfers the contents of the received file T to the mobile phone file reception application 8 via the mobile phone wireless communication network 13, and S121.
Then, the mobile phone file receiving application 8 stores the received file contents in the temporary file storage unit 16. In this way, when all the files T in the file system 12 of the file transmission side portable information terminal 22 are received in the temporary file storage unit 16 of the file reception side portable telephone terminal 1, the portable telephone file reception application 8 transmits the portable telephone file The file transfer operation with the transmission application 28 ends.

Thereafter, the file receiving side portable telephone terminal 1
The mobile phone short-distance wireless communication unit 5 and the mobile information are captured at regular time intervals or by capturing a communication opportunity via the short-range wireless path 15 between the next file receiving mobile phone terminal 1 and the next file receiving mobile information terminal 2. The communication channel is established by the short-range wireless path 15 of the terminal short-range wireless communication unit 10, and subsequently, the mobile phone file reception application 8 and the file reception application of the portable information terminal file reception application 11 communicate with each other. Since the file T received in the temporary file storage unit 16 exists in the mobile phone file
At 23, a request for receiving a file to the file system 12 of the file receiving side portable information terminal 2 is immediately made, and the portable information terminal central processing unit 9 and the portable information terminal file receiving application 11 of the file receiving side portable information terminal 2
The reception of the file T from the temporary file storage unit 16 is accepted. At this time, the file receiving mobile information terminal 2 determines whether the file T has been transferred from the temporary file storage unit 16 of the file receiving mobile phone terminal 1 or the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 and the file transmitting mobile phone. File transmitting portable information terminal 22 through telephone terminal 21
It is not necessary to recognize whether the file T has been sent from the server or not, and the file T is received by the file system 12 as in the first embodiment. When all the files T are transferred to the file system 12, the communication channel is opened by the short-range wireless path 15 through the communication between the mobile phone file receiving application 8 and the mobile information terminal file receiving application 11. In this way, even if the short-range wireless path 15 between the file receiving portable telephone terminal 1c and the file receiving portable information terminal 2 is not established, the temporary file storage unit 16 substitutes for storing the contents of the file T. Thus, when the user of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 intends, the file transmission of the file T placed in the file system 12 can be performed.

Embodiment 4 FIG. If the number of files to be received is large or the size of the files is large, it is necessary to display the attributes of the file being received one by one. First, a message is displayed on the receiving-side mobile phone so that the progress of the process can be recognized during reception and that the device is operating. Further, a similar display is performed on the transmission side to confirm that transmission is being performed normally. Further, a mode of displaying the transfer file group name will be described. The configuration on the transmitting side in the present embodiment is shown in FIG. 1, and the configuration on the transmitting side is shown in FIG. In these configurations, the mobile phone file receiving application 8d
It has a function to display the file name and reception category during file transfer from the sender. Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 10 is an operation sequence diagram of the file transfer system between portable terminals according to the present embodiment, in which step S131 is added to the sequence of FIG. 5 according to the first embodiment. The mobile phone file receiving application receives the file name and possibly the head part, the second division, and further the division sequentially from the received contents while relaying the reception of the file transfer in step S117 by the receiving portable information terminal 2. Then, it is detected that the final section is being relayed by extracting the header portion and the like, and is displayed on the mobile phone display section 7. Other operations are the same as those in FIG. By doing so, the receiving side can confirm normal reception even for a large file transfer, and can visually confirm the progress.

A similar display may be displayed on the receiving-side mobile phone instead of the receiving-side mobile phone. That is, in the configuration of FIG.
The file name and the reception category may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 7 during the file transfer relay to the receiving side. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the operation sequence, in which S132 is added to the sequence of FIG. 5 as a display on the transmission side. The operation is
Mobile phone file transmission application 28d on the transmission side
Displays the transmission to the mobile phone display unit 7 during the transmission relay, and the progress in some cases. In this way, the transmitting side can also visually confirm that the normal transmission is being performed. Of course, in combination with the receiving side mobile phone file receiving application 8d, S131
And S132 may be performed simultaneously.

For example, when a receiving file is selected on the receiving side, it is necessary to collectively display the file attributes of all transmitted files. FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram of another transmitting side according to the present embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 41 denotes a transmission file name storage unit on the file transmission side mobile phone terminal 21 for temporarily storing the transmitted file name. The mobile phone file transmission application 28e displays a list of files stored in the file name storage unit 41 after extending the function and transferring the file to the receiving side. Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an operation sequence between the transmission side system and the reception side shown in FIG. 12, in which steps S133 and S134 are added to the sequence of FIG. 5 in the first embodiment. is there. Before or during transmission of the target file to the receiving side, the mobile phone file application 28e executes the file name storage unit 41 in S133.
A list of transmission file names. When the transmission of the file ends normally, a list of the stored file names is displayed on the mobile phone display unit 7 in S134. By doing so, the transmission file group that has been normally completed can also be confirmed on the transmission side.

Embodiment 5 FIG. In the above embodiment, the input and confirmation using the instruction input unit 6 and the display unit 7 of the mobile phone have been described. However, instead of confirming the display and inputting instructions with your finger, if you hold the position of the receiving mobile phone at the same position as during a call and perform file reception by voice input / output, you need to look at the display screen Operation becomes easier. In the present embodiment, such a system will be described.
FIG. 14 shows a system configuration on the receiving side in the present embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 51 denotes a mobile phone voice input unit for inputting voice and converting it into a voice signal; 52, a mobile phone voice recognition unit for analyzing a voice signal from the voice input unit 51 and converting it into a corresponding operation instruction; A mobile phone voice synthesizer 54 converts the output from the central processing unit 3 into a voice signal, and a mobile phone voice output section 54 outputs the voice signal from the mobile phone voice synthesizer 53 as voice.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG.
FIG. 10 is an operation sequence diagram of the file transfer system between portable terminals according to the present embodiment. In the sequence of FIG. 8 according to the second embodiment, the instruction input of S111 and S112 is performed in S109c for outputting the attribute of S109 by voice. S1
11c and S112c instead of the voice input. That is, in step S109c, the output from the mobile phone file reception application 8 is transmitted to the mobile phone voice synthesis unit 53, which converts the output to a corresponding voice signal and outputs the voice signal to the mobile phone voice output unit 54. The received file attribute is output by voice. Also,
In step S111c, the receiving directory is specified by voice and is input to the mobile phone voice input unit 51. The mobile phone voice input unit 51 converts the voice directory into a voice signal and transmits the voice signal to the mobile phone voice recognition unit 52. The mobile phone voice recognition unit 52 analyzes the voice signal, converts the voice signal into a corresponding reception directory instruction, and transmits it to the mobile phone file reception application 8. Further, also in S112c of FIG. 15, an instruction to start file transfer is given by voice, and the instruction is transmitted to the mobile phone file receiving application 8 in the same procedure. Other operations are the same as those in the sequence of FIG. 8 described above, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The same can be said for the mobile phone terminal on the transmitting side. FIG. 16 is a system configuration diagram on the transmission side in the present embodiment. The new elements in the transmitting-side mobile phone terminal 21 are the same as those in FIG.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG.
Is an operation sequence diagram. In S104c that outputs the attribute of S104 by voice in the sequence of FIG.
Further, the input of the selection instruction in S105 is replaced with the voice input in S105c. That is, in S104c, the output from the mobile phone file transmission application 28 is transmitted to the mobile phone voice synthesis unit 53, and the mobile phone voice synthesis unit 5
3 is a mobile phone voice output unit 54 which converts the voice signal into a corresponding voice signal.
This audio signal is transmitted to the device, and the transmission file attribute is output by audio. In step S105c, transmission file selection is specified by voice, and the mobile phone voice input unit 5
When it is input to 1, the mobile phone voice input unit 51 converts this into a voice signal and transmits it to the mobile phone voice recognition unit 52. The mobile phone voice recognition unit 52 analyzes the voice signal, converts the voice signal into a corresponding transmission file selection instruction, and transmits it to the mobile phone file transmission application 28. Operations other than these parts are performed in the same manner as in FIG.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the transmitting-side mobile telephone terminal is provided with the characteristic mobile-phone file transmission application means, the file can be transferred at will from the transmitting side and the operation is easy. There is an effect that can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram on a receiving side according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram on a transmission side according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation sequence diagram according to the first and third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a file attribute according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another operation sequence in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram of a receiving side according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram of a transmitting side according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an operation sequence diagram according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram of a receiving side according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an operation sequence diagram in Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is another operation sequence diagram in Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram of another transmission side according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is another operation sequence diagram in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a system configuration diagram of a receiving side according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an operation sequence diagram in Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a system configuration diagram of another transmitting side according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is another operation sequence diagram in the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a configuration diagram of a conventional file transfer system.

FIG. 19 is an operation sequence diagram of a conventional file transfer system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1b, 1c File receiving mobile phone terminal, 2 File receiving mobile information terminal, 3 Mobile phone central processing unit, 4, 4b Mobile phone wireless communication unit, 5 Mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit, 6 Mobile phone instruction input Unit, 7 mobile phone display unit, 8, 8b, 8c, 8d mobile phone file receiving application, 9 mobile information terminal central processing unit, 1
0 mobile information terminal short-range wireless communication unit, 11 mobile information terminal file receiving application, 12 file system, 13 mobile phone wireless communication network, 14 mobile phone wireless path, 15 short-range wireless path, 16 temporary file storage unit,
17 microphone for call, 18 speaker for call, 21, 21
b file transmission side mobile phone terminal, 22 file transmission side mobile information terminal, 28, 28b, 28d, 28e mobile phone file transmission application, 31 mobile information terminal file transmission application, 41 file name storage section, 51 mobile phone voice input section, 52 mobile phone voice recognition unit, 53 mobile phone voice synthesis unit, 53 mobile phone voice output unit, 801 mobile phone, 802 mobile information terminal, 8
04 Internet, 805 file server, 81
4 mobile phone serial port communication unit, 822 mobile information terminal display unit, 823 mobile information terminal instruction input unit, 824
Mobile information terminal serial port communication unit, 825 reception directory, 826 file transfer application,
829 Serial communication cable, 830 File server central processing unit, 834 Internet communication unit, 83
5 transfer file directory, 836 file transfer server application.

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Claims (5)

[Claims] In a system including a wireless communication unit connected to a network via a wireless line and a mobile phone terminal provided with a short-range communication unit connected to a mobile information terminal, the mobile phone terminal on the transmitting side has a short-range connection. Request and output the target file information held by the portable information terminal that forms the set,
A mobile phone file transmission application means for transmitting the selected input to the receiving mobile phone terminal file receiving application and transferring the target file in response to receiving a file transfer from the receiving mobile phone terminal; And a display means for displaying the output. The transmitting portable information terminal transmits the target file information to the receiving portable telephone terminal. Transmitting and transmitting the target file; and a portable information terminal file transmission application means for receiving the target file information from the transmitting side mobile phone terminal. A mobile phone file receiving application that requests the sender's mobile information terminal to transfer the target file in response to a confirmation input A portable information terminal on the receiving side, comprising a portable information terminal file receiving application for receiving the transfer of the target file from the transmitting side. . 2. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone terminal has a multiplex communication function capable of simultaneously performing voice communication and data communication, and performs input from input means of the mobile phone during the voice communication. The file transfer system between portable terminals described in the above. 3. The mobile phone terminal on the receiving side includes a temporary file storage unit, and the mobile phone file reception application unit downloads the target file to the temporary file storage unit. Item 2. The file transfer system between portable terminals according to Item 1. 4. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the receiving-side mobile phone or the transmitting-side mobile phone includes a voice synthesizing unit, and outputs the target file information by voice. File transfer system. 5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone on the receiving side or the mobile phone on the transmitting side is provided with a voice recognizing unit, and the selection input of the target file information is performed by voice. Inter-file transfer system.