JP2002176516A - Providing method for contents for standby picture of portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an original standby picture for a portable telephone through the Internet. SOLUTION: Many contents such as an image, Logo, and Photo for portable telephone are uploaded to a contents provider homepage provided on the Internet and a user accesses the homepage through the portable telephone to select and download arbitrary contents among many contents as a standby picture for the user's portable telephone; and the number of times the contents are selected is counted on the contents provider homepage and the contents are ranked and displayed in the decreasing order of selection frequencies. Consequently a favorite standby picture can be used instead of general standby pictures used for each portable telephone, and the user can have an original standby picture and easily select currently popular contents.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for providing contents for a standby screen in a mobile phone using the Internet. It is an object of the present invention to provide an original standby screen instead of the standby screen based on the content or to provide a personalized original standby screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In many cases, almost the same design, color, and the like are applied to a standby screen of a mobile phone in addition to a calendar, a time, and the like, for each model.

[0003]

However, as the information-oriented society progresses, the individuality of each person's life style also advances, and as a result, in line with the discovery of originality throughout social life, one of the reasons is the waiting for mobile phones. Also, as for the reception screen, mainly women's high school students and businessmen are not satisfied with the existing screens, and there is a tendency that there is an increasing desire to display a screen that suits one's preference.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention displays a standby screen of various types of mobile phones via the Internet based on the above-mentioned historical background, and allows a user to select his or her favorite screen from among them. The user can select a waiting screen, and if necessary, easily display the most popular contents by selecting the ranking by displaying the ranking. In some cases, the original screen provided by the mobile phone holder is displayed on the mobile phone. More specifically, the invention of claim 1 provides an image for a standby screen of a mobile phone or an image such as Logo or Photo on a homepage of a content provider provided on the Internet. While uploading a large number of contents, the user accesses the above website with a mobile phone and And download it as a standby screen for your mobile phone, count the number of selections on the content provider's home page, and display a ranking for each content in descending order of the number of past selections Characterized by
The present invention relates to a method for providing a standby screen content in a mobile phone.

According to the invention of claim 2, the image for the standby screen of the mobile phone or the content such as Logo or Photo uploaded on the homepage of the content provider is provided by the sponsor company. The present invention relates to a method for providing a standby screen content in a mobile phone described above.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the content for the standby screen of the mobile phone uploaded on the content provider homepage is provided by the sponsor company, and the content provided by the sponsor company is selected by the user. The present invention relates to a method for providing a content for a standby screen in a mobile phone according to claim 1 or 2, wherein billing when downloaded as a standby screen of the mobile phone is made to a sponsor company.

Further, according to the invention of claim 4, the content for the standby screen of the mobile phone uploaded on the content provider homepage is provided by the sponsor company, and the content provided by the sponsor company is browsed by the user side. The present invention relates to a method for providing content for a standby screen in a mobile phone according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the content is charged to a sponsor company in such a case.

[0008] Further, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the user side comprises:
Access the contents provider homepage provided on the Internet to access images or Logo or Ph.
In addition to transmitting the base content such as "auto" and the like, the content provider performs image processing on the base content transmitted from the user side so as to match the model of the mobile phone owned by the user side, and then transmits the image to the user side. The present invention relates to a method for providing a standby screen content in a mobile phone, which is provided.

Further, according to the invention of claim 6, when the user browses / selects an arbitrary image on the content provider homepage and downloads it to his / her own mobile phone, the image is transmitted from the mobile phone used by the user. 6. The server according to claim 1, further comprising a server (program) for determining an environment variable and automatically displaying the selected image according to a model of a mobile phone used by a user and a browser. The present invention relates to a method for providing a standby screen content in a mobile phone.

[0010] In the above configuration, the user accesses the content provider homepage established on the Internet by his / her own mobile phone, and uploads a number of mobile phone waiting screen images or Logo or Homepage images uploaded thereto. When the user browses Photo or the like and finds a favorite content, the user selects the content and downloads it as a waiting screen of his or her mobile phone.

In this case, on the content provider homepage, the number of times of selection of the content selected so far is counted and displayed for each content in descending order of the number of selected times. Users can easily recognize the most frequently selected content as popular content,
As a result, it is possible to easily select and incorporate popular content that is frequently selected.

In this case, if the user has transmitted the base content in advance, the content provider processes the base content for a standby screen of a mobile phone, and then the user provides the content provider with the content. The user can easily download and use the processed content for the waiting screen on his / her mobile phone by accessing the homepage of the user.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The specific contents of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 shows an outline of a method for providing a standby screen content in a mobile phone, which is an embodiment of the present invention. ing. That is, in the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a top page in a homepage of a content provider provided on the Internet,
"Notice" as a display menu of the top page 1
In addition to "Call for works", "List of standby image codes", "What is standby image code", etc., "Entrance""Status of compatible models""How to play"
"Terms of Use""History of Magazines""Links"
And the like, and a "waiting image code search" unit 2 capable of directly displaying the image page by inputting a waiting image code is provided.

Each content on the above homepage has various functions and various kinds of images created in advance and Logo or Pho.
Many contents such as "to" are uploaded as a database. For example, in the "entrance" of the top page 1, as the menu column 3, "today's word waiting"
Sources such as "view new images", "search by genre", "this month's ranking", "past ranking", "excavation standby", "image acquisition method", "new information guide", and "inquiry mail" are formed. .

Further, when "Search by genre" is clicked in the menu section 3, a genre section 4 is displayed, in which "movie", "hamster", "pig", "calendar", "chick", "frog", "cat" are displayed. "" Car "" Sun "" Other animals "" Unclassified standby image "" Submissions "
"Monthly standby image" or the like is displayed. If you click "Video" here, the video field 5 will be displayed. For example, "Rabbits and turtles" and "Weather fortune-telling" will be displayed. A moving image display column 6 representing the moving image to be displayed is displayed. The moving image display section 6 is provided with a voting button 6a. When "voting" of the voting button 6a is clicked, the voting button 6a is reflected in the ranking of the overall ranking section 8 described later.

On the other hand, if the user clicks on "ranking of this month" in the above-mentioned menu section 3, a ranking section 7 of this month is displayed. In this month's ranking column 7, rankings for each genre such as "general", "car", "entry work" and "daifuku" are displayed.
Therefore, when the user clicks on “Comprehensive” in the “Ranking column of this month” 7, a comprehensive ranking column 8 is displayed. As an image having a high vote rate along with the total number of votes, “Sep.
"Tember", etc., and "Cat Tsukimi"
"Rabbits and turtles", "fireworks", "weather fortune-telling", and so on are displayed in descending order of votes. In this case, for the ranking display, for example, CGI (Common Gateway)
Interface) or SSI (Server Side Includ)
es), ASP (Active Server Pages), and JA
Various programs other than VA (registered trademark) may be used.

However, when the user clicks, for example, “Septmber” in the comprehensive ranking section 8,
September calendar screen 9 corresponding to this
Is displayed. The calendar screen 9 is provided with a voting button 9a. When the user clicks "vote" on the voting button 9a, the voting button 9a is reflected on the ranking display in the general ranking section 8 described above.

In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a jump function. As shown in FIG. 2, the jump function 10 selects a desired category (for example, “hamster” or “pig”) from the “content introduction” column of FIG. (Eg, "hamster", "pig") are displayed and viewed as shown in FIG. Further, FIG. 5 shows various content images corresponding to the genre column 4 by codes.
When the user browses the image example 4a of FIG. 4 or the image example 4b of FIG. 6 and knows the code of the standby image selected in advance, as shown in FIG. By inputting the image code 2a of the standby image into the “image code search” section 2 and clicking the “GO” button 2b, a target screen (for example, the screen 13) can be obtained separately from the normal route described above. Alternatively, it is possible to jump to and display the calendar screen 9) of the above-mentioned September.

That is, in this case, the code input to the “stand-by code search” section 2 is a CGI (Common Gateway Interface).
face) The CGI program 11 searches the various databases 12 passed to and stored by the CGI program 11, and displays a screen 13 showing the corresponding image from the corresponding database 12. By using the jump function 10, packet communication charges can be reduced.

In the above-described configuration, the user accesses the homepage by using his / her own mobile phone (not shown), selects an arbitrary content from the many contents displayed on the top page 1, and selects an image. And Logo,
Alternatively, if a favorite standby image is found by displaying Photo or the like one by one, it is downloaded as a standby screen of its own mobile phone.

In this case, for example, when the "vote" voting button 6a is clicked on the finally displayed moving image display column 6, the number of selections is automatically counted on the homepage, and the past received content is counted for each content. The selections are displayed in descending order of the number of selections, and are reflected in the ranking of the comprehensive ranking column 8 or the separately provided “ranking” ranking table (see FIG. 7). Therefore, a user who subsequently accesses the homepage can easily select a standby screen of popular content according to the ranking displayed on the homepage as described above, and download and use the standby screen.

Also, when browsing a large number of contents uploaded by the contents provider, a Web for the user's own browsing is created on the Internet, and an image for a standby screen of a mobile phone, a logo, a photo, or the like is created on the Web. When the user can browse and download the content, only the user himself / herself can take in the desired original image.

Further, the user accesses a content provider homepage provided on the Internet, and selects an image selected by the user or Logo or P.
In addition to transmitting base content such as photo, the content provider performs image processing on the base content to match the model of the mobile phone owned by the user and processes the base content for a standby screen of the mobile phone. It is also possible to access the above homepage by telephone and download the processed content as a standby screen of its own mobile phone. In this case, since the file type of the image differs depending on the manufacturer and model of the mobile phone, the image content is processed to match the file type of the image of the mobile phone held by the user.

[0024] The content provider homepage includes
When the user browses / selects an arbitrary image and downloads it to his / her mobile phone, the environment variables transmitted from the user's mobile phone are determined, and the selected image is automatically displayed on the user's mobile phone. It has a server (program) that can display images that match the model and browser.

[0025] In addition, the charging of the service for providing the content for the standby screen in the mobile phone is performed for browsing the content such as the image on the content provider homepage or the image on the content provider homepage. Such a content may be downloaded when the content is downloaded as a standby screen of the mobile phone.

The content for the standby screen of the mobile phone uploaded on the content provider homepage is provided by the sponsor company, and the content provided by the sponsor company is selected by the user and downloaded as the standby screen of the mobile phone. In such a case, the billing may be made to the sponsor company, and the billing may be made at the time of viewing or downloading the content.

Further, when processing the base content provided by the user side and downloading it from the content provider side as the standby screen of the mobile phone of the user side, charging is performed when the base content is transmitted from the user side. It may be.

[0028]

As described above, the present invention provides an image for a standby screen of a mobile phone or a logo or a photo on a content provider homepage provided on the Internet.
Upload a lot of content such as o
The user accesses the above homepage with a mobile phone, selects any one of a large number of contents, downloads it as a standby screen of his / her mobile phone, and counts the number of selections on the content provider homepage. It counts and displays the ranking in descending order of the number of past selections for each content.Since it is a general standby screen used for each mobile phone, you can easily and quickly create your favorite standby screen. Not only allows you to create your own original standby screen, but also allows you to easily select the most popular content at the moment, and keeps your living environment up to date. Can be maintained.

When the image for the standby screen of the mobile phone or the content such as Logo or Photo uploaded on the content provider homepage is provided by the sponsor company, the charge to the content provider is often increased. In this case, since it is performed for the sponsor company, it is possible to receive free provision when introducing the unique standby screen when downloading the standby screen on the user side.

Further, when the user accesses the content provider homepage and browses a large number of contents uploaded by the content provider,
If you create your own browsing Web on the Internet and can browse and download images for mobile phone standby screens or content such as Logo or Photo on the Web, only the user himself You can capture original images that you want.

Further, the user accesses a content provider homepage provided on the Internet, and selects an image selected by the user or Logo or P.
In addition to transmitting base content such as photo, the content provider performs image processing on the base content to match the model of the mobile phone owned by the user and processes the base content for a standby screen of the mobile phone. If you access the above website by phone and download the processed content as a standby screen for your mobile phone, process the desired content according to the file format of the user's mobile phone. To be provided by
It is provided after being processed according to different file formats for each mobile phone manufacturer and model. As a result, regardless of the mobile phone manufacturer and model, the user himself / herself can use the original file format that matches his / her mobile phone. You can take in the image of the standby screen.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating the concept of a method for providing a standby screen content in a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual explanatory diagram of a jump function in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a content introduction page.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a category-based display page in the content introduction page.

FIG. 5 is a list listing various content images corresponding to genre columns.

FIG. 6 is a list listing various content images corresponding to genre columns.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a ranking of contents.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Top page 2 “Standby code search” section 2a Image code 2b button 3 Mail field 4 Genre field 4a Image example 4b Image example 5 Video field 6 Video display field 6a Vote button 7 Ranking field of this month 8 Total ranking field 9 Calendar screen 9a Voting button 10 Jump function 11 Program 12 Database 13 Screen

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Claims (6)

[Claims] An image for a standby screen of a mobile phone or a large number of contents such as Logo or Photo is uploaded on a content provider homepage provided on the Internet, and a user accesses the homepage by a mobile phone, Select an arbitrary content from a large number of contents, download it as a standby screen for your mobile phone, count the number of selections on the content provider's home page, and check the past selected number for each content. A method for providing a standby screen content in a mobile phone, characterized by displaying a ranking in descending order. 2. A mobile phone standby screen image or Lo uploaded on a content provider homepage.
The method of providing content for a standby screen in a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the content such as go or Photo is provided by a sponsor company. 3. The mobile phone standby screen content uploaded on the content provider homepage is provided by the sponsor company, and the sponsor company content is selected by the user and used as the mobile phone standby screen. 3. The method for providing content for a standby screen in a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the fee for downloading is charged to a sponsor company. 4. The content for a standby screen of a mobile phone uploaded on a content provider homepage is provided by a sponsor company, and when the content provided by the sponsor company is viewed by a user, the sponsor company is notified. 3. The method for providing a standby screen content in a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone is charged. 5. A user accesses a content provider homepage provided on the Internet and transmits an image or base content such as Logo or Photo, and the content provider transmits the content from the user. Base content,
A method for providing a standby screen content in a mobile phone, wherein the image processing is performed to match the model of the mobile phone held by the user, and then the processed image is provided to the user. 6. A content provider homepage includes: a user browses / selects an arbitrary image; when the user downloads the image to his / her own mobile phone, discriminates an environment variable transmitted from the mobile phone used by the user; 6. A standby screen for a mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising a server (program) for automatically displaying the selected image according to the type and browser of the mobile phone used by the user. How content is provided.