JP2002314706A - Server unit and mobile communications system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a server unit and a mobile communications system that can easily transfer data at revising of a model of a terminal. SOLUTION: The server unit 14 is provided with a storage means that stores data uploaded from the terminal 10, a data processing means that processes the stored data so as to match a particular terminal, and a downloading means that downloads the stored data to the terminal 10. The server unit can store data and transfer data to other terminal by using the data communication function and the information processing function of the terminal, without the need for a user to purchase a personal computer or a software program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a server device and a mobile communication system, and more particularly to a server device and a mobile communication system capable of storing data of a terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable telephones have rapidly become widespread, and terminal models and communication companies are frequently changed each time a new terminal model is released.

[0003]

However, when the model of the mobile phone is changed, or when the terminal being used is damaged,
There is a problem that, when the terminal becomes unusable due to loss or the like, a large amount of data must be registered again in the telephone directory of the new terminal. Therefore, in recent years, software that can take data from a portable terminal into a personal computer and write it into another model has been sold.

[0004] However, in order to use such software, it is necessary to purchase a personal computer and software, and in the case of a newly released model, the software is not compatible and writing cannot be performed. There was a point.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to provide a server device and a mobile communication system capable of easily moving data when a terminal model is changed.

[0006]

The server device of the present invention comprises:
A storage unit for storing data uploaded from the terminal, a data processing unit for processing the stored data so as to be compatible with a specific terminal, and a download unit for downloading the stored data to the terminal. It is characterized by the following.

According to the present invention, data can be stored and data can be moved to another terminal without purchasing a personal computer or software by using the data communication function and the information processing function of the terminal. Can be.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the entire system to which the present invention is applied. The mobile phone network 11 that houses the mobile phone terminal 10 is connected to the Internet 13 via a gateway device 12. A server device 14, a PC (personal computer) 17, and the like to which the present invention is applied are also connected to the Internet 13. The mobile phone network 11
Is connected to a telephone network 15 (or another mobile telephone network) via an inter-network connection line 18, and further connected to the telephone network 15.
The telephone line 19 is also connected to the server device 14.

A mobile phone terminal 10 and a gateway 1 are transmitted from a mobile phone terminal 10 by a built-in browser program or a downloaded program described later.
2. It is possible to access the server device 14 via the Internet 13. Note that such a network configuration is already known.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the server device of the present invention. The server device 14 that realizes the function of the present invention includes, for example, an application server 30 and a DB.
It comprises a (database) server 31, Web server 32, mail server 33, voice notification server 34, and router / firewall 35.

The application server 30 executes a program for processing described later. The DB server 31 stores, for example, user registration information, upload data from a user, information about a terminal, and the like. The Web server 32 and the mail server 33 execute processes related to the well-known Web and mail services, respectively. The voice notification server 34 accommodates a telephone line, automatically transmits a telephone number to be notified, detects a response, synthesizes a voice signal according to the content of the notification, and transmits the synthesized voice signal. The configuration illustrated in FIG. 2 is an example, and any other configuration is possible as the server device 14.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the portable terminal. The portable terminal 10 includes an RF circuit 41, an IF circuit 4,
2. Transmission and reception of audio signals or data by the baseband circuit 43. Also, the terminal 10 has, for example, a CP
U, a RAM, a processing circuit 46 with a built-in ROM, a flash ROM and the like, a non-volatile memory 47 for storing telephone directory data and programs, a liquid crystal display device, and an input / output device 48 such as a keyboard. Can execute a built-in or downloaded program.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of telephone directory data. The items of the telephone directory data and the number of digits (the number of bytes) differ depending on the model of the mobile terminal 10. The data content shown in FIG. 4 is an example. In the present invention, for example, when telephone directory data is uploaded to a server, the data is converted into a unified format on the server side and stored.

Accordingly, the unified format is configured to include items and the number of digits corresponding to all existing models, and when a new item is added to a new model, the unified format is updated accordingly. I do. Then, the server stores correspondence list data between the data format of each model and the unified format.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process of uploading data from a portable terminal according to the present invention. In addition,
Although not described in the flowchart, the user registration process is performed when the user first accesses the server,
If the ID entered by the user is not duplicated, it is also registered together with the password entered by the user, terminal model information, telephone number, mail address and other user information.

When the user starts the browser program of the terminal in S10 and accesses the server apparatus of the present invention, the server requests input of an ID and password for user authentication in S20. When the user inputs the ID and password in S11, the server compares the input ID and password with the user registration information to determine whether or not the user is a registered user in S21. If OK, the server displays a processing menu. The processing menu includes, for example, “upload”, “download”, “distribution of notice mail”, “edit data”, and the like.

In step S12, the user selects "upload"
Is selected, the server requests model information in S22. If the model information has been input at the time of user registration, the process proceeds to S23. In S13, model information is transmitted from the terminal. The method of acquiring the model information may be, for example, a method in which the user manually selects the model, or the model information may be automatically acquired by a built-in or downloaded program.

Further, when information can be obtained from a server of a mobile communication network operator, model information may be obtained by making an inquiry to a server of the mobile communication network operator.

In S23, a corresponding upload program is transmitted to the terminal based on the obtained model information. The terminal receives the program in S14, stores it in the memory, and starts (executes) it. In S15, the upload program reads the telephone directory data in the terminal and transmits it in a predetermined format. At this time, encryption / compression is performed by an arbitrary method such as SSL. In step S24, the server receives / decrypts the telephone directory data. In step S25, the server converts the telephone directory data into a unified format and stores it in association with the user.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process of downloading data to a portable terminal according to the present invention. When the user accesses the server device of the present invention by activating the browser program of the terminal in S30, the server requests input of an ID and password for user authentication in S40. When the user inputs an ID and a password in S31, the server in S41 transmits the input ID.
The password is compared with the user registration information to determine whether or not the user is a registered user. If OK, the processing menu is displayed.

In S32, the user clicks "Download"
Is selected, the server requests model information in S42. In the case of downloading, it is highly likely that the model has been changed from that at the time of registration, so that model information must be obtained. In S13, model information is transmitted from the terminal manually or automatically.

In S43, a corresponding download program is transmitted to the terminal based on the obtained model information. The terminal receives the program in S34, stores it in the memory, and starts (executes) it. In S44, the order and data length of the registered telephone directory data are processed based on the obtained model information.

In S45, it is determined whether the processing has been successful, that is, whether there is any data that cannot be downloaded. If the determination result is affirmative, the process proceeds to S47. If the result is negative, the process proceeds to S46. I do. In S46, the user is inquired about the data processing method. The user selects a process in response to the inquiry in S35.

In the case of a terminal of a different model in which the copy source and copy destination of the telephone directory data are different, for example, there are the following problems. (1) The number of registrations differs. (2) Items do not correspond. (3) The number of digits of data is different.

The processing method in the case (1) where the number of copies is small is, for example, as follows. (A) The overflow data is simply cut off. (B) Stop downloading. (Separately, mobile terminal, P
Edit the registration data with C or the like. (C) Edit data on the spot (delete unnecessary data).

The processing method when there is no corresponding item in (2) is, for example, as follows. (A) Truncate the data of the item. (B) Stop downloading. (Separately, mobile terminal PC
Edit the registration data using (C) If there is a similar item, the data is automatically moved to that item.

(3) A processing method when the number of digits of data at the copy destination is small is, for example, as follows. (A) The overflow data is simply cut off. (B) Stop downloading. (Separately, mobile terminal, P
Edit the registration data with C or the like. (C) Edit data on the spot (delete unnecessary data). (D) Deletable characters and symbols such as spaces, hyphens, and parentheses in telephone number data are automatically deleted.

In S47 of FIG. 6, the server transmits the processed telephone directory data. In S36, the downloaded program receives the telephone directory data. In S37, the downloaded program overwrites the telephone directory memory of the terminal.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the simultaneous notification processing of the present invention. When the user starts the browser program of the terminal in S50 and accesses the server apparatus of the present invention, the server requests input of an ID and password for user authentication in S60. When the user inputs the ID and password in S51, the server compares the input ID and password with the user registration information in S61 to determine whether or not the user is a registered user.
If so, the processing menu is displayed.

In S52, when the user selects "notification mail distribution" for performing simultaneous notification, the server transmits a text example of the notification mail and displays it on the terminal in S62. In S53, the user edits the telephone number and mail address of the sentence to his own and sends it back.

In step S63, the server transmits a list of registered telephone directory data to display on the terminal, or inquires whether to select a distribution destination. S54
In, the user selects a distribution destination, or makes a reply as to whether or not to select a distribution destination, and terminates the terminal-side processing.

If the distribution destination is determined, the server proceeds to S64
Then, one data is selected from the distribution destination list and read. In S65, it is determined whether or not a mail address is registered in the read data. If the result is affirmative, the process proceeds to S67, but if the result is negative, the process proceeds to S66.

In S66, the voice notification server is notified of the guidance text data and the telephone number, and is notified by voice. Then, whether or not the other party has responded (successfully notified) is recorded in the list. In S67, the mail server is made to transmit a mail with the guide text as the body and the destination as the registered mail address. Then, whether or not the mail has returned with an error is recorded in the list.

In S68, it is determined whether or not the notification processing has been completed for all data in the distribution destination list.
When the result is negative, the process returns to S64, but when the result is positive, the process proceeds to S69. In S69, a list of data for which the notification has failed is transmitted to the portable terminal by e-mail, and the process ends.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the data editing process of the present invention. This processing is performed by the mobile terminal or P
C accesses the server and edits the registered telephone directory data, and is not an essential function when implementing the present invention.

In step S70, the user operates the terminal or PC.
When the server program of the present invention is accessed by starting the browser program of the present invention, the server requests input of an ID and a password for user authentication in S80. When the user inputs the ID and the password in S71, S8
In step 1, the server compares the input ID and password with the user registration information to determine whether the user is a registered user. If the user is OK, the server displays a processing menu.

When the user selects "data edit" in S52, the server transmits the registered telephone directory data in S82 and causes the terminal to display it. In S73, the user inputs and transmits an editing instruction such as addition, deletion, or change of data. In S83, the server edits the telephone directory data based on the editing instruction from the terminal, transmits the edited result to the terminal, and displays it. In S84, the server determines whether or not an editing end instruction has been received. If the result is negative, the process returns to S83, but if affirmative, the process proceeds to S85, saves the edited data, and ends the process. I do.

While the embodiment of the present invention has been disclosed above, the present invention may have the following modifications. In the embodiment, the example in which the program for uploading or downloading is downloaded from the server and executed every time is disclosed. For example, the program downloaded once may be stored in the memory and used repeatedly. A program for uploading and downloading may be installed in the ROM in advance. The program may be binary code data that can be directly executed by the CPU of the terminal, or may be a form in which the terminal interpreter program executes a source code such as a JAVA (registered trademark) program.

Although an example in which the data to be uploaded is telephone directory data is disclosed, other data such as other setting data in the terminal, downloaded ringtones or music data, character image data, program data of games, etc. are uploaded. , Available for download.

As an embodiment, a server device connected to the Internet is disclosed independently of a mobile phone network operator. However, when the present invention is implemented by a mobile phone network operator,
By installing the server of the present invention in the mobile phone network and connecting to the control device of the mobile phone network, for example, terminal authentication can be automated, and input of a password can be made unnecessary. It is also possible to obtain user registration information and model change information from a mobile phone network.

In the embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a portable telephone system is disclosed. However, the apparatus of the present invention can be applied to a system having an arbitrary terminal having a communication function and an information processing function.

[0042]

As described above, in the present invention,
Since it has storage means for storing data uploaded from the terminal, data processing means for processing the stored data so as to be compatible with a specific terminal, and download means for downloading the stored data to the terminal, , Using the data communication function and information processing function of the terminal, the data can be saved, backed up, and the data can be transferred to another type of terminal without purchasing a PC or software There is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an entire system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a server device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a mobile terminal.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of telephone directory data.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an upload process according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a download process of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a simultaneous notification process of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a data editing process according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 mobile phone terminal, 11 mobile phone network, 12 gateway device, 13 internet, 14 server device, 15 telephone network, 17 PC (personal computer), 18
Network connection line, 19: telephone line, 30: application server, 31: DB server, 32: Web server, 3
3 mail server, 34 voice notification server, 35 router / firewall, 40 antenna, 41 RF circuit, 42 IF circuit, 43 baseband circuit, 44
Microphone, 45 speaker, 46 processing circuit, 47 non-volatile memory, 48 input / output device

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A server device accessible from a terminal via a network, comprising: storage means for storing data uploaded from the terminal; and data for processing the stored data so as to be adapted to a specific terminal. A server device comprising: processing means; and download means for downloading stored data to a terminal. 2. The server device according to claim 1, wherein said data is telephone directory data of a portable terminal. 3. The server apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a simultaneous notification unit for performing a simultaneous notification mail or voice notification based on the stored telephone directory data. 4. The server device according to claim 2, further comprising editing means for editing the telephone directory data stored from a portable terminal or another terminal. 5. A mobile communication system comprising: the server device according to claim 1; a mobile terminal; and a network connecting the mobile terminal and the server device.