JP2002215514A - Information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display information even on a terminal having a display with a narrow display area by displaying multimedia contents on a specified display device. SOLUTION: A portable telephone 2 having a communication function for packet communication accesses a server 3 through a telephone line TL and the address number of a desired web page to be browsed is inputted in a displayed menu. The server 3 detects the corresponding address in a user table UT according to the number to obtain a document through the Internet N and obtain tag information, and embeds the address number where a link and an input form are present to generate document information. Then the document information is converted into the image format used for facsimile 4, sent to facsimile equipment 4 having a specified telephone number, and printed out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology for browsing the Internet, and more particularly, to a technology effective when applied to browsing a web page or the like by a portable terminal information communication device or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art According to studies made by the present inventors, with the spread of information networks such as the Internet, it has become possible in recent years for various network devices to share information on a network.

[0003] For example, when browsing multimedia contents, so-called web pages, via the Internet, a network device such as a personal computer can use a WWW (World WWW) via the Internet.
ide Web) server is accessed, and the web page is displayed on the display unit of the network device.

Examples of this type of computer network technology are described in detail in Nikkei Electronics, December 18, 1995, December 18, 1995, December 18, 1995, P100-P126. This document describes a technology for accessing the Internet.

[0005]

However, the present inventor has found that the following problems exist in the above-described multimedia content display technology.

[0006] That is, a portable telephone or a PDA (Performer) which is portable and has a communication function such as packet communication.
sonal Digital Assistants)
Such mobile terminal information communication devices are often equipped with display devices that do not have a sufficient display area due to restrictions such as miniaturization of devices and low power consumption, and the bandwidth of data transmission and reception is not enough. However, there is a problem that only a part of the web page is displayed.

An object of the present invention is to display multimedia content information on a designated display device,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing system capable of displaying information even in a terminal having a display with a narrow display area.

[0008]

An information processing system according to the present invention is connected to a communication line and specifies a connection destination of multimedia contents, and a display connected to the communication line and outputting transmitted information. Means, and an information processing control unit for obtaining information of the multimedia content designated by the terminal and transmitting the multimedia content information to a display means designated in advance via a communication line, and A terminal and information communication means connected to the display means are provided.

In the information processing system according to the present invention, the information processing control unit may include a user table for identifying a terminal, and an address to which an address number corresponding to tag information of multimedia content collected from a communication line is assigned. A table storage unit for storing a table and a communication control unit for detecting a corresponding address from a user table when a connection destination of the multimedia content is specified from the terminal and acquiring a document of the multimedia content; An address registration unit that acquires tag information from a document, embeds an address number at a location where a link or an input form exists, and creates document information, converts the document information into a format that can be output by a display unit, and converts the document information in advance through a communication line A data conversion unit for transmitting the data to a designated display unit.

Further, the information processing system according to the present invention is characterized in that the terminal is a portable terminal information communication terminal which is portable and has a communication function.

As described above, even a terminal having a display that does not have a sufficient display area for displaying multimedia contents such as a web page can browse the entire web page.

[0012] Further, since it is not necessary to transfer the multimedia content information to the terminal, it is possible to greatly reduce costs such as communication time and communication fee.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an example of a user table stored in a server provided in the information processing system of FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an address table stored in a server provided in the information processing system of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is displayed on a mobile phone provided in the information processing system of FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a setting menu, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a web page output from a facsimile provided in the information processing system of FIG. 1. FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a web page displayed on the terminal of FIG. 1. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an input menu displayed on a mobile phone provided in the information processing system of FIG.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a tag displayed on a mobile phone provided in the information processing system of FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example when an address number of a web page output from a facsimile is input to a mobile phone provided in the information processing system. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in the information processing system.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, an information processing system 1 includes a mobile phone (terminal, mobile terminal information communication terminal) 2, a server (information communication means) 3, and a facsimile (display means) 4. It is composed of

The mobile telephone 2 is portable and has a communication function such as packet communication. In addition, other than the mobile phone 2, any display device capable of accessing the Internet and browsing multimedia contents and a mobile terminal information communication device having a communication function may be used.

The server 3 is, for example, a communication server owned by an Internet provider or the like. The mobile phone 2 and the server 3 are connected via a wireless or wired telephone line (communication line) TL.

The mobile phone 2 is connected to the Internet (communication line) N as an information network via the server 3. Similarly, the facsimile 4 is connected to the telephone line TL, receives an image from the server 3 via a modem or the like, prints it on paper, and outputs it.

Further, the server 3 has a table storage unit 3
a and control means (information processing control unit) 3b. Each mobile phone 2 is stored in the table storage unit 3a.
A user table UT for identifying each mobile phone 2 and an address table AT to which an address number corresponding to tag information in a document collected from a web page or the like on the Internet N is stored for each.

The control means (information processing control unit) 3b is adapted to control all of the servers 3 based on the user table UT, address table AT, and various information transmitted from the mobile phone 2 stored in the table storage unit 3a. Take control.

As shown in FIG. 2, the user table UT includes an identification number ID of each mobile phone 2, a telephone number TN of each mobile phone 2, and a designated facsimile number F.
N, password PW, UR of web page to be accessed
L (Uniform Resource Locato
rs) An address AD, which is an address, and an address number AN corresponding to the address AD.

The address table AT is a table to which address numbers corresponding to tag information in a document collected from a web page on the Internet N are assigned, and as shown in FIG. , Tag information TJ which is an HREF attribute of a link tag, document information B, and address number AN, tag information TJ which is an attribute of an input tag and an input form, parent document address number PAN, tag content TG, selection content SN, etc. Become.

Further, the control means 3b of the server 3 includes a communication control unit, an address registration unit, a data conversion output unit, a data request unit, a document acquisition unit, a registration request unit, a password setting unit,
An error control unit and a password requesting unit are provided.

The communication control unit receives the address number AN transmitted from the mobile phone 2, acquires the tag information TJ corresponding to the address number AN from the address table AT, and converts the acquired tag information TJ into a URL address. Then, a document corresponding to the URL address is obtained from the Internet N.

The address registration unit transmits the URL from the mobile phone 2
When the address is sent, URL from Internet N
A document corresponding to the address is obtained, the document obtained from the Internet N is analyzed, necessary tag information TJ is assigned an address number AN, registered in the address table AT, and the address number AN is embedded near the tag information TJ of the document. The document information B is registered in the address table AT.

The data conversion output unit converts the document information B into an image format that can be output by the facsimile 4, and transmits the data to the facsimile 4.

In the case of the address number AN corresponding to the input tag of the input form, the data requesting unit transmits information necessary for inputting the tag to the mobile phone 2 and requests the mobile phone 2 to input text data.

When text data is transmitted from the mobile phone 2, the document acquisition unit registers the tag content TG in the corresponding address number AN from the address table AT, and based on the tag content TG and the parent document address number PAN. To obtain a document from the Internet N.

The registration request unit requests the mobile phone 2 to register the facsimile number FN when there is a connection request from the unregistered mobile phone 2. If the facsimile machine 4 is connected, the password setting unit issues an identification number ID and requests the mobile phone 2 to set a password PW.

The error control unit transmits an error message to the mobile phone 2 when a nonexistent address number is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 and when an error occurs in the facsimile 4. When the transmitted identification number ID and the user of the mobile phone 2 are different, the password request unit requests the mobile phone 2 to input the password PW.

In the information processing system 1,
The facsimile 4 does not require a special application, and uses the current facsimile as it is.

Next, the operation of the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
, An explanatory diagram showing an example of a web page output from the facsimile 4 in FIG. 5,
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a web page displayed on the stationary terminal in FIG. 6, an explanatory diagram showing an example of an input menu displayed on the mobile phone 2 in FIG. 7, and a tag displayed on the mobile phone 2 in FIG. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of FIG. 1, and FIG.
0 will be described with reference to a flowchart in the information processing system 1.

Here, an identification number ID is previously assigned to the mobile phone 2 from the server 3 so that the server 3 can identify each mobile phone. Each mobile phone 2
Is a unique number such as the telephone number of the mobile phone.

First, the mobile phone 2 accesses the server 3 via the telephone line TL (step S101). In this case, it is assumed that the identification number ID of the mobile phone 2 accessing the server 3 is '98765' shown in FIG.

When the server 3 is accessed, the server 3
Determines whether or not the telephone number of the facsimile 4 is registered by searching the user table UT (step S1).
02) If not registered, a menu page is displayed on the display unit 2a of the mobile phone 2.

The user selects a facsimile number setting menu, inputs and registers the facsimile telephone number to be output (step S103). Step S
If the facsimile number has already been registered in the process of step 102, the process of step S103 becomes unnecessary.

Thereafter, a setting menu as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display section 2a of the mobile phone 2. From this menu, select the "Setting" menu, and enter the address number AN'0123456 'of the web page to be browsed (step S104).

When the address number AN is transmitted, the server 3 detects the corresponding address AD from the user table UT and acquires a document via the Internet N (step S105).

Then, the server 3 acquires the tag information TJ from the fetched document (step S106), and embeds an address number in a place where a link or an input form exists, and creates document information B.

After that, the server 3 converts the generated document information B into an image format used for the facsimile 4 (step S107), and transmits it to the facsimile 4 of the designated telephone number (step S108). The facsimile 4 receives the transmitted document information B and prints out.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a web page printed out from the facsimile machine 4, and FIG. 6 shows a view of the web page using a terminal such as a stationary personal computer studied by the present inventors. An example of a web page displayed at the time of performing is shown.

The difference between the web page output from the facsimile 4 shown in FIG. 5 and the web page displayed on the terminal or the like shown in FIG. 6 is that the web page output from the facsimile 4 when there are selection items on the web page. In the web page, the address number AN assigned by the server 3 is displayed.

Then, in the process of step S108, after the web page is output from the facsimile 4,
An input menu as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 2a of the mobile phone 2 (step S109).

Referring to the web page output from the facsimile 4, if there is a web page to be viewed next,
The user inputs an arbitrary address number AN into the input menu (FIG. 7) displayed on the display unit 2a of the mobile phone 2 (step S110).

Here, in the process of step S110, for example, in order to browse the tag “Select Area” in FIG.
It is assumed that 001234 'has been input.

The address number AN input by the user from the input menu is transmitted to the server 2. Receiving the address number AN, the server 2 searches the address table AT for the address number AN (Step S111), and transmits the tag information TJ corresponding to the search result to the mobile phone 2 (Step S112).

The mobile phone 2 to which the tag information TJ has been transmitted,
As shown in FIG. 8, the tag of the selected item is displayed on the display unit 2a (step S113). The user can select any tag from the displayed tags, for example, 'Global Sit
e ′ is selected from the mobile phone 2 (step S114).

Then, "Glo" selected from the mobile phone 2
The bal Site 'tag information is transmitted to the server 2. In response to this, the server 2 adds the corresponding address number AN'1001234 'to the address table AT.
'Global Site' is stored in the selection content SN (step S115).

Thereafter, a menu prompting the user to input the next address number is displayed on the mobile phone 2 (step S11).
6). Here, the user is asked to enter 'Global Site'
Is selected, the 'GO' tag may be selected to display the selected web page.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, the user inputs the address number AN'1001235 'of' GO 'displayed on the web page output from the facsimile 4 from the mobile phone 2 (step S117).

The mobile phone 2 sends the address number AN'100
When 1235 'is input, the server 2 receives this and
Based on the tag information of the corresponding address number AN, the selected content SN of the input form is transmitted to the Internet N (step S118), and the next document is acquired, and 'Global
The web page of Site 'is output to facsimile 4 (step S119).

Thus, according to the present embodiment, the web page can be browsed even by mobile phone 2 having display portion 2a having no display area sufficient for displaying the web page. .

Further, since it is not necessary to download the information of the web page to the mobile phone 2 itself, the communication time,
In addition, costs such as communication charges can be significantly reduced.

Further, in this embodiment, a web page or the like is output and displayed by facsimile.
The display of the web page may be other than facsimile, and may be a printer having a communication function or a display device such as a display.

In this embodiment, the web page is displayed on a facsimile designated in advance, but the web page and the like may be displayed on a plurality of display means. Thus, it can be applied to fields such as electronic conferences.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the designation of the web page to be browsed is performed by the mobile phone 2.
Instead of the portable terminal information communication device such as the portable telephone 2, a terminal having a display having a sufficient display area, such as a stationary personal computer, may be used.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0058]

(1) According to the present invention, even if a terminal is provided with a display unit that does not have a display area sufficient for displaying multimedia contents such as a web page, the whole of the multimedia contents can be obtained. You can browse the form. (2) In the present invention, since the information of the multimedia content is transmitted to the display means and output, the information of the multimedia content does not have to be transferred to the terminal.
Costs such as communication time and communication fee can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a user table stored in a server provided in the information processing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an address table stored in a server provided in the information processing system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a setting menu displayed on a mobile phone provided in the information processing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a web page output from a facsimile provided in the information processing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a web page displayed on a stationary terminal examined by the present inventors.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an input menu displayed on a mobile phone provided in the information processing system of FIG. 1;

8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a tag displayed on a mobile phone provided in the information processing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example when an address number of a web page output from a facsimile is input to a mobile phone provided in the information processing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in the information processing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information processing system, 2 ... Mobile telephone (terminal, portable terminal information communication terminal), 2a ... Display part, 3 ... Server (information communication means), 3a ... Table storage part, 3b ... Control means (information processing control part) , 4 ... facsimile (display means), TL ...
Telephone line (communication line), N: Internet (communication line), UT: User table, AT: Address table.

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A terminal connected to a communication line and designating a connection destination of multimedia content; a display unit connected to the communication line and outputting transmitted information; and a multimedia content designated by the terminal. Information processing control unit for acquiring the multimedia content information and transmitting the multimedia content information to the display means designated in advance via the communication line, wherein the terminal and the display means are connected via the communication line. An information processing system comprising: 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing control unit includes: a user table for identifying the terminal; and an address number corresponding to tag information of multimedia content collected from the communication line. And a table storage unit storing an address table to which the multimedia content is assigned. When a connection destination of the multimedia content is designated from the terminal, a corresponding address is detected from the user table and the document of the multimedia content is acquired. A communication control unit, an address registration unit that acquires tag information from the fetched document, and creates document information that embeds an address number in a place where a link and an input form exist together with the document, and the display unit outputs the document information Converted to a format that can be specified and specified in advance through the communication line The information processing system comprising the data conversion unit to be transmitted to the serial display means. 3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is a portable terminal information communication terminal that is portable and has a communication function.