JP2003051772A - Communication device, information processing unit, communication method, program for performing communication, and computer-readable storage medium for storing the program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a communication device having a local wireless communication function but no public network connection function possible to communicate with a device on a public network without the need for installing a particular protocol and to provide a communication device having the local wireless communication function and the public network connection function that eliminates the need for installing an application program to control another communication device in advance. SOLUTION: The communication device uses the local wireless communication function to make communication with another communication device and uses the public network connection function to make an information processing unit so as to allow the other communication device and the information processing unit to make communication with each other through the local wireless communication and the public network connection. Further, the communication device acquires the application program corresponding to the other communication device from the information processing unit by the public network connection and can process file data received from the other communication device through local wireless communication by utilizing the acquired application program.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device (eg, digital camera, PD) having a local wireless communication function.
A (Personal Digital Assistants), mobile phones, etc.)
And communication with an information processing device having a public network connection function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a communication device (for example, a digital camera, a PDA, a mobile phone, etc.) having a short-distance wireless communication device represented by Bluetooth built therein has been developed. The means to connect to is about to be put to practical use.

For example, a notebook PC (Personal Compute)
r) or a mobile phone with a built-in short-distance wireless communication device and connecting the laptop PC and the mobile phone by short-distance wireless communication, the mobile phone can operate as a modem of the laptop PC. Can be connected to the Internet network as a gateway.
Specifically, the notebook PC has a built-in PPP (Point to Point Protocol) for dial-up connection,
TCP / IP (Transport Control Protocol / Internet
Protocol), HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protoco)
Connect to the Internet, etc., using a protocol such as l).

In addition, the mobile phone alone has a built-in mailer, browser, etc., and can be used as an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).
When the functions equivalent to l), POP (Post Office Protocol), and HTTP are built in, the mobile phone can be connected to the Internet without using a notebook PC.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-287110 discloses an example of Internet connection using a digital camera as a communication device. In this conventional example, the digital camera has a built-in web server function so that other computers on the network can refer to the information in the digital camera.

[0006]

However, in the above conventional example, the communication device (digital camera) transfers the file data to the information processing device (server) on the Internet by using the other communication device (mobile phone) as a modem. If you do, the digital camera is PPP, TCP / IP, H
There is a problem that the cost of the digital camera increases because it is necessary to mount the TTP protocol and application program.

When the digital camera transfers data to a server on the Internet using the PPP, TCP / IP, and HTTP protocols built in the mobile phone, the image data received from the digital camera There is a problem that the cost of the mobile phone increases because the mobile phone needs to have a built-in application program for file data transfer for transferring the file to the server. In addition, the mobile phone has to store a plurality of application programs corresponding to the model of the digital camera, which requires a large memory capacity.

An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device having a local wireless communication function but not a public network connection function,
To connect to an information processing device on the Internet without implementing a protocol such as PPP or TCP / IP.

It is another object of the present invention to process file data received from another communication device in a communication device having a local wireless communication function and a public network connection function without pre-installing a file transfer program. It is to be able to transfer to the device.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application is based on a communication device equipped with a transmitting means for transmitting information of the communication device, and based on the transmitted information. Information processing apparatus including a determining means for determining an application program according to the above, and a providing means for providing the determined application program to another communication apparatus, and a control for controlling the communication apparatus using the provided application program There is provided a communication system including another communication device including means.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the inventions according to claims 5 and 33, 37, and 41 of the present application respectively provide application programs decided according to information from other communication devices. A communication device which receives and controls the other communication device by the received application program, a communication method thereof, a program for performing the communication, and a storage medium storing the program in a computer-readable manner. provide.

In order to solve the above problems, the inventions according to claim 14 and claim 34, claim 38, and claim 42 of the present application respectively communicate with another communication device by the first protocol, and the information processing device. And a second protocol, and relays the communication according to the first protocol and the communication means according to the second protocol to transmit information from the other communication device to the information processing device. There are provided a communication device and a communication method therefor, a program for performing the communication, and a storage medium storing the program in a computer-readable manner.

In order to solve the above problems, the inventions according to claim 17 and claim 35, claim 39 and claim 43 of the present application respectively transmit information for determining an application program and other information. A communication device controlled by the communication device using an application program determined based on the transmitted information, a communication method therefor, a program for carrying out the communication, and a computer-readable program therefor. A storage medium stored in.

In order to solve the above problems, the inventions according to claim 25, claim 36, claim 40 and claim 44 of the present application respectively receive information from a communication device and convert the received information into the received information. An information processing apparatus characterized by determining an application program according to the above and transmitting the determined application program to another communication apparatus, a communication method therefor, a program for performing the communication, and a computer readable program A storage medium stored in.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a network system in which a portable device such as a digital camera or PDA (Personal Data Assistance) communicates with a server on the Internet via a mobile phone. .

The portable device 101 includes devices for realizing various functions of the portable device, such as an input / output unit and a memory, and a local wireless communication I / F for performing local wireless communication (Bluetooth communication) 107. ing.

The mobile phone 102 is equipped with a public wireless I / F for connecting to a public wireless network such as IMT2000, as well as a local wireless communication I / F for performing local wireless communication (Bluetooth communication) 107.

The base station 103 converts the public wireless network 108 into a public network 109 connected by wire.

The gateway 104 provides a function of connecting the public network 109 and the Internet 110.

The server 105 provides a service using the image data transmitted from the mobile device 101.

The mobile communication control station (MCC) 106 provides a subscriber of the public wireless network 108 with a function of connecting to the public wireless network 108.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration when the portable device 101 is a digital camera.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 20
Reference numeral 1 controls the entire digital camera 101.

A ROM 202 stores programs and the like.
(Read Only Memory), and here the portable device 101
Firmware information 211, model name 212 of digital camera 101, serial number 21
3. Server URL (Universal Resource Locator) 21
4 etc. are stored.

Reference numeral 203 denotes a RAM serving as a program execution area.
(Random Access Memory), which stores temporary data required for program execution. The model name 212
Includes the manufacturer name, product model name, software version, etc. of the digital camera 101.

An image memory 204 stores image data taken by the digital camera 101 and is usually a removable medium such as a compact flash (registered trademark) card.

An image pickup unit 205 is composed of a lens, an area sensor and the like.

Reference numeral 206 denotes a display unit, which is a TFT (Thin F) used as a photographed image or a viewfinder.
ilm Transistor) Composed of a liquid crystal panel.

Reference numeral 207 denotes an input unit, which is composed of a dial for function selection, buttons and the like.

Reference numeral 208 denotes a local radio unit, which is a Bluetooth
It is composed of a wireless protocol, a base band, and an RF (Radio Frequency) unit necessary for performing h communication. A physical address (48-bit address for identifying the mobile device 101 in Bluetooth communication) 210 is recorded in the local wireless unit 208.

Reference numeral 209 is an antenna connected to the local radio unit 208.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the mobile phone 102.

A CPU 301 controls the entire mobile phone 102 and is connected to 302 to 307 and 309.

A ROM 302 stores a mobile phone control program, which also includes a mailer for sending electronic mail, a browser for browsing the data of the server 105, and a file transfer program.

A RAM 303 is a program execution area.
And stores temporary data and the like required when the program is executed.

An application memory 304 stores application programs executed on the mobile phone 102, address book data, etc., and is composed of a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory. The application program is downloaded from the server 105 on the network.

A display unit 305 is used for displaying mobile phone functions and application programs, and is composed of a liquid crystal panel or an organic EL (Electro Luminescent) display.

An input unit 306 is composed of a numeric keypad and the like.

Reference numeral 307 is a public radio unit, for example, IMT.
It includes a 2000 specification modem, a microphone, a speaker, and the like.

Reference numeral 309 denotes a local radio unit, which is a Bluetooth
h Wireless protocol, baseband, required for communication
It is composed of an RF unit. The local wireless unit 309 has a physical address (this mobile phone 10 in Bluetooth communication).
A 48-bit address for identifying 2) 311 is recorded.

Reference numeral 310 is an antenna connected to the local radio unit 309.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an outline of programs and data stored in the server 105 connected to the Internet 110.

Reference numeral 401 corresponds to a storage unit composed of a hard disk.

Reference numeral 402 is a camera authentication program,
The server 105 collates the attribute information such as the firmware version, model name, serial number, manufacturer name, etc., which the server 105 requested and received for the digital camera 101, with the information stored in the camera management database 409 of the server 105 described later. As a result, the digital camera 101 is authenticated.

Reference numerals 403 and 404 denote data transmitted from the digital camera 101 via the mobile phone 102 to the server 1.
It is a file transfer program for transferring to 05.
This file transfer program is prepared for each model of the mobile device 101.
5, the camera authentication program 40
After confirming the model of the digital camera 101 in 2, the file transfer program of the corresponding model is selected and stored in the application memory 304 of the mobile phone 102 from the server 105 via the Internet 110, the public network 109, and the public wireless network 108. To be done.

A firmware program 405 of the digital camera 101 stores the latest version. The firmware program 405 is selected when the camera authentication program 402 confirms the firmware version of the digital camera 101 and updates to the latest version. Here, the function of the firmware is a camera control program, and the DPO
It also includes an F (Digital Print Order Format) generation program. For example, firmware Ver1 includes DPOF Ver1.0, and firmware Ver2 includes DPOF Ver1.1.

Reference numeral 406 denotes a print service program, which prints the image file attached to the received e-mail.
The printing service is executed according to the POF.

Reference numerals 407 and 408 denote data storage areas assigned to the users, and each user who has been authenticated by the authentication program 402 can utilize them as an image server.

Reference numeral 409 is a camera management database,
The serial number, firmware version, etc. existing for each model of the mobile device 101 are registered.

The file transfer program 403 in the mobile phone 102 will be described below with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.
Alternatively, the procedure of downloading 404 will be described.

First, the same PIN (Personal Identificat) is used for both the mobile phone 102 and the digital camera 101.
Ion Number) Enter the code and enter both physical addresses 21
By performing the authentication process for the local wireless connection using 0, 311, the mobile phone 102 becomes the digital camera 1.
A link is established by a local wireless connection with 01 (step S501). Here, the mobile phone 102 uses the R of the digital camera 101 as ancillary information when the link is established.
The server URL 214 stored in the OM 202 is obtained and stored in the application memory 304.

The mobile phone 102 notifies the mobile communication control station (MCC) 106 attached to the base station 103 of the machine number of the mobile phone 102 itself. The MCC 106 collates the machine number with the subscriber registration information on the public wireless network 108, and confirms the match, thereby ending the authentication on the public wireless network 108. After completing the authentication, the MCC 106 performs a call setting process between the mobile phone 102 and the gateway 104. After setting up the call, the mobile phone 102 establishes a link to the server 105 via the Internet 110 (step S502). The URL address of the server 105, which is the connection destination of the mobile phone 102, is obtained from the digital camera 101 in step S501 and selected from the server URL 214 stored in the application memory 304, or is input using the ten-key pad 306.

Digital camera 101 and mobile phone 102
In the meantime, when each connection is established between the mobile phone 102 and the server 105 (steps S501 and S502), the server 105
At, the camera authentication program 402 is activated, and the server 105 makes an authentication request to the digital camera 101 (step S503).

The digital camera 101 having received the authentication request in step S503 returns "model A" as the model name (step S504).

The server 105 selects the model A file transfer program 403 corresponding to the model name “model A” received from the digital camera 101 and selects the mobile phone 1
02, and the mobile phone 102 downloads the received model A file transfer program 403 (step S505). Then, the mobile phone 102 stores the downloaded model A file transfer program 403 in the application memory 304.

When the download of the model A file transfer program 403 in the mobile phone 102 is completed in step S505, the mobile phone 102 and the server 10 are downloaded.
The link between 5 is cut (step S506).

After confirming the process of disconnecting the link between the mobile phone 102 and the server 105 in step S506, the link between the mobile phone 102 and the digital camera 101 is disconnected (step S507).

The transfer program download procedure in the mobile phone 102 is performed as described above.
Although the case where the model name of the digital camera 101 is “model A” has been described in the present embodiment, the same procedure applies to the case of “model B”.

Next, the operation of attaching the image file photographed by the digital camera 101 to an electronic mail and transmitting it to the server 105 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

Referring to FIG. 6, a file transfer program 403 or 404 executed in mobile phone 102.
The operation procedure of will be described. In this embodiment, the mobile phone 1
When 02 receives an image file from the model A digital camera 101 that is locally wirelessly connected, the model A file transfer program 403 activates the mailer stored in the ROM 302, and the e-mail address previously set on the mobile phone 102 side. Attach the image file to an email addressed to and send.

First, the mobile phone 1 is operated by the user.
02 starts the model A file transfer program 403 downloaded from the server 105 and stored in the application memory 304 (step S601).

Model A started in step S601
File transfer program 403 for the digital camera 1
A local wireless link connection between 01 and the mobile phone 102 is executed (step S602).

After the wireless link connection in step S602,
The model A file transfer program 403 displays a message requesting the input of the destination electronic mail address of the image file on the display unit 305. According to the display, the user inputs the destination address of the image file using the input unit (numeric keypad) 306. Alternatively, the user selects a destination address from the address book data stored in the application memory 304 of the mobile phone 102 and inputs it through the input unit 306 (step S60).
3).

When the destination address is input in step S603, the mobile phone 102 waits for the image file to be received by the digital camera 101 connected to the local wireless link. When the image file is received from the digital camera 101, it is stored in the RAM 303 (step S604).

When the mobile phone 102 receives the image file from the digital camera 101 via the local wireless link in step S604, the model A file transfer program 403 activates the mailer stored in the ROM 302 (step S605).

The mobile phone 102 uses the mailer activated in step S605 and creates an electronic mail with the image file stored in the RAM 303 attached to the destination address input in step S603 (step S606). ).

The mobile phone 102 is connected to the base station 103 via the public wireless network 108 (step S607).

The mobile phone 102 transmits the electronic mail created in step S606 to the base station 103 via the public wireless network 108 (step S608). Then, this e-mail is transmitted from the base station 103 and the gateway 104 to the designated destination address via the Internet 110.

After transmitting the electronic mail in step S608, the mobile phone 102 disconnects the public wireless link with the base station 103 connected in step S607 (step S609).

The mobile phone 102 disconnects the public wireless link from the base station 103 in step S609,
It is determined whether or not the user has instructed the termination of the model A file transfer program 403 started from the application memory 304 (step S610).

If it is determined in step S610 that the user has not instructed the termination of the model A file transfer program 403, the process proceeds to the file reception mode (step S604).

When it is determined in step S610 that the user has instructed the termination of the model A file transfer program 403, the mobile phone 102 disconnects the local wireless connection with the digital camera 101 (step S611). ). Then, the file transfer program 403 ends.

The file transfer program operates as described above. In the present embodiment, the digital camera 10
The case where the model name of 1 is “model A” has been described, but the same operation is performed in the case of “model B”.

Next, the operation procedure of the digital camera 101 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The digital camera 101 is a mobile phone 102.
A local wireless link is connected by Bluetooth communication in response to a connection request from (step S701).

The digital camera 10 is operated by the user.
1 captures an image (step S702). At this time, the image data captured by the image capturing unit 205 is stored in the image memory 2
It is stored in 04.

In the digital camera 101, when the images stored in the image memory 204 are listed on the display unit 206, the user presses the switch of the input unit 207 to select the image file (step S703).

The digital camera 101 operates in step S70.
The image file selected by the user in 3 is displayed on the mobile phone 10
2 is transmitted (step S704). Here, the file transfer program 403 for model A is started in the mobile phone 102, and the mobile phone 102 attaches the received image file to the e-mail created by using the mailer and sets it to the set destination address. Send.
The e-mail sent is the base station 103 or gateway 10.
4. Transferred to the server 105 having the destination address via the Internet 110.

After transmitting the image file to the mobile phone 102 in step S704, the digital camera 101 disconnects the local wireless link connected in step S701 (step S705). Then, the process of transmitting the series of image files ends.

In the present embodiment, after the local wireless link is established in step S701, the digital camera 101 captures an image by a user operation (step S70).
However, the image may be captured and stored in the image memory 204 before the local wireless link is established.

As described above, when the mobile phone downloads the file transfer program from the server,
By performing the authentication process between the server and the mobile device via the mobile phone, the file transfer program according to the model of the mobile device is automatically selected and downloaded. Thus, for example, when the mobile device is a "model B" having a rich character input means, the character input operation such as the input operation of the destination address of the image file is performed not on the mobile phone but on the mobile device side. The model B file transfer program described above can be automatically downloaded.

Further, the file transfer program is selected from various programs and downloaded. This requires not only a file transfer program that has the function of sending an image file as an e-mail attachment, but also a file transfer program that has the function of uploading files to the server using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) transmission. It can be used according to.

Therefore, there is an effect that a user-friendly file transfer system can be provided to the user.

(Second Embodiment) In the present embodiment, when a file transfer program is downloaded to a mobile phone, a physical address number unique to each digital camera is used and a server having the file transfer program is used. Authenticate and register the digital camera user with the server. Then, the price of the service provided by the server is charged to the user of the digital camera together with the telephone charge.

Since the network system, the digital camera and the mobile phone of the present embodiment have the same configurations as those described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 in the above-mentioned first embodiment, they will be explained in the present embodiment. Is omitted.

First, an outline of programs and data of the server 105 connected to the Internet 110 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

Reference numeral 801 corresponds to a storage unit composed of a hard disk.

Reference numeral 802 denotes a camera authentication registration program, which performs authentication using the physical address number which is the unique data of the digital camera 101, and registers the authenticated digital camera 101 with the server 105.

Reference numeral 803 denotes a file transfer program for transferring an image file from the digital camera 101 to the server via the mobile phone 102.
Sent by request from the application memory 3
It is stored in 04. In the present embodiment, the mobile phone 10
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) prepared in 2
An example in which the image file (file in a format such as a JPEG file or a DPOF file) received from the digital camera 101 is transmitted to the server 105 by activating.

A print service program 804 executes a service of printing the received image file according to the DPOF information.

Reference numerals 805 and 806 are data storage areas assigned to the user. Camera authentication program 802
This is an area where image files are stored, which are allocated to the users of the digital cameras 101 that have been authenticated in.

Reference numeral 807 denotes physical address management data for managing the physical address and model of the shipped digital camera 101, firmware version, access status to the server 105, and the like.

The procedure for the mobile phone 102 to download the file transfer program 803 will be described below with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.

The mobile phone 102 is the digital camera 10
The same PIN code as 1 is input, and the physical addresses 210 and 311 of both parties are notified to each other for confirmation of the other party to perform connection authentication. Then, when connection authentication is performed, a local wireless link is established (step S901). Here, the physical address 210 of the digital camera 101 is stored in the application memory 304 of the mobile phone 102. Also, the physical address 311 of the mobile phone 102
Is stored in the RAM 203 of the digital camera 101.
In addition, the mobile phone 102 obtains the server URL 214 stored in the ROM 202 of the digital camera 101 as incidental information at the time of establishing the local wireless link, and stores it in the application memory 304.

After the local wireless link is established in step S901, the mobile phone 102 sets the digital camera 10
A wireless link connection is made to the server 105 that executes the 1st service (step S902). Here, as the URL address of the server 105 which is the connection destination of the mobile phone 102, the server URL 214 obtained from the digital camera 101 and stored in the application memory 304 is selected in step S901, or is input using the ten-key pad 306. To do.

Digital camera 101 and mobile phone 102
In the meantime, when a link is established between the mobile phone 102 and the server 105 (steps S901 and S902), the server 105
At, the camera authentication registration program 802 is started,
Make an authentication request to the mobile phone 102 (step S
903). Here, the digital camera 1 used for authentication
The physical address 210 on the 01 side is stored in the application memory 304 of the mobile phone 102 when the local wireless link is established in step S901.
Reference numeral 05 designates a digital camera 101 for the mobile phone 102.
The physical address 210 on the side is inquired.

The mobile phone 102 sends the application memory 30 as a response to the authentication in step S903.
The physical address 210 on the side of the digital camera 101, which is stored in No. 4, is transmitted to the server 105 (step S90).
4). Here, the server 105 receives the physical address 2
10 is compared with the information stored in the physical address management data 807, and if confirmed, the user of the digital camera 101 is identified as the server user to the physical address management data 807.
And the user J area 805 is allocated. The user area is given to each user registered in the server. That is, for example, the user K area 806 is given to the user registered next.

The mobile phone 102 receives the file transfer program 803 from the server 105 and stores the received file transfer program 803 in the application memory 304.
Then, the data is downloaded to the storage device (step S905).

Upon completion of downloading the file transfer program 803 in step S905, the mobile phone 102 disconnects the wireless link connection between the mobile phone 102 and the server 105 (step S906).

After confirming the disconnection process in step S906, the mobile phone 102 disconnects the local wireless link connection with the digital camera 101 (step S90).
7).

Then, the procedure for downloading the file transfer program in the mobile phone 102 is completed.

Next, the operation of transmitting the image file photographed by the digital camera 101 to the server 105 by FTP will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an operation procedure of the file transfer program 803 executed in the mobile phone 102.

When the user operates the input unit 306, the application memory 30 of the mobile phone 102 is changed.
The file transfer program 803 stored in No. 4 is activated (step S1001).

After the file transfer program 803 is started in step S1001, the application memory 3
A local wireless link is established between the digital camera 101 and the mobile phone 102 using the physical address 210 of the digital camera 101 stored in 04 as a connection destination (step S1002).

After the local wireless link is connected in step S1002, the mobile phone 102 waits for the digital camera 101 to receive the image file. Then, when the mobile phone 102 receives the image file from the digital camera 101, the received image file is stored in the RAM 303.
(Step S1003).

In step S1003, the mobile phone 102.
After receiving the image file, the mobile phone 102 activates the FTP program stored in the ROM 302 (step S1004). Here, the transmission source file position in the FTP program is the image file stored in the RAM 303, and the transmission destination file position is the RAM 30.
3 is the destination address described in the DPOF information in the image file stored in 3.

After the transmission settings in the FTP program in step S1004 are completed, the mobile phone 102 connects a public wireless link with the base station 103 (step S1004).
1005).

After connection of the public wireless link in step S1005, the image file is transmitted to the destination address described in the DPOF information in the image file held in the RAM 303 of the mobile phone 102 (step S1006).

The transmitted image file is the base station 103,
It is transmitted from the gateway 104 to the area specified by the destination address in the server 105 via the Internet 110. At this time, when the area of the print service program 804, which is a pay service, is designated as the destination address, the printing fee for the number of sheets described in one transmission or the DPOF information is added to the communication fee and billed to the user. To be done. The user receives the printed photo for the price paid. In addition, the destination address is user J
When the data is transmitted to the area 805, the communication fee is only charged to the user because it is free.

After the transmission in step S1006 is completed, the mobile phone 102 disconnects the public wireless link connected in step S1005 (step S1007).

After disconnecting the public wireless link in step S1008, it is determined whether or not the user has instructed the end of the file transfer program 803 started in step S1001 (step S1008).

If it is determined in step S1008 that the end is not instructed, the process proceeds to the file reception mode (step S1003).

If it is determined in step S1008 that the end is instructed, the digital camera 101
Disconnects the local wireless connection with (step S100)
9).

Then, the file transfer program 803 started in step S1001 is terminated.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the operation procedure of the digital camera 101.

The digital camera 101 is a mobile phone 102.
A local wireless link with the mobile phone 102 is connected according to the connection request from the mobile phone 102 (step S1101).

After the local wireless link is established in step S1101, the digital camera 101 is operated by the user.
Takes an image (step S1102). At this time,
The image data captured by the image capturing unit 205 is stored in the image memory 2
It is stored in 04.

When the image stored in the image memory 204 is displayed on the display unit 206 by the user's operation, the user operates the switch of the input unit 207 to select the image photographed in step S1102 ( Step S1103).

The user operates the input unit 207 or the like to select a service for the image file selected in step S1103 (step S110).
4). Here, it is assumed that the print service and the upload service to the server 105 are selected for the image file. Further, each service is associated with an address in the server 105 held in the camera firmware 211. Therefore, when the print service is selected, the print service program 8 in the server 105 is selected.
The address indicating the area 04 is set as the destination address of the DPOF information and recorded together with the image file.

The image file selected in step S1103 is transmitted to the mobile phone 102 (step S11).
05). Note that, here, the file transfer program 803 is activated in the mobile phone 102, and the mobile phone 1
02 starts the FTP program and sends the received image file to the destination address designated by the DPOF information. Then, the transmitted image file is the base station 10
3. Transferred to the designated area in the server 105 via the gateway 104.

After the image file transfer processing in step S1105 is completed, the local wireless link connected in step S1101 is disconnected (step S110).
6). Then, the series of image transmission procedures is completed.

In this embodiment, step S1101.
After the local wireless link is established in step S1, the digital camera 101 captures an image by a user operation (step S1
102), but the image may be captured and stored in the image memory 204 before the local wireless link is established.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the mobile phone downloads the file transfer program from the server, the server uses the unique information such as the physical address of the mobile device to perform the authentication. . This allows the server to provide a service that identifies the user of the mobile device.

The transfer program is managed by the server,
Downloaded to the mobile phone according to the user's use of the service. This makes it easy to change the transfer program according to the change in the service provided by the server.

Further, since the authentication is performed between the mobile phone and the server, the charge corresponding to the service used by the user can be added to the communication charge of the phone. As a result, the service fee can be easily charged.

In the first and second embodiments described above,
The case where the Bluetooth communication is used as the local wireless communication has been described, but the IrDA (InfraRed Data Associatio
n) Standard infrared data communication may be used.

The object of the present invention is to store the program code of software for realizing the functions of the communication device (digital camera, mobile phone) and information processing device (server) of the first and second embodiments. It is needless to say that it is also achieved by supplying the storage medium to the system or the apparatus and causing the computer (or the CPU or MPU) of the system or the apparatus to read and execute the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the function of the present embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, ROM, floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, C
A D-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a non-volatile memory card, etc. can be used.

By executing the program code read by the computer, the first and second
In addition to realizing the functions of the embodiment described above, the OS or the like running on the computer performs a part or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program code, and the processing of the present embodiment It goes without saying that the case where the function is realized is also included.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in the memory provided in the extended function board inserted into the computer or the extended function unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, A CPU provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs a part or all of the actual processing,
It goes without saying that the processing includes the case where the functions of the above-described first and second embodiments are realized.

[0133]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Access (file transfer, e-mail transmission, etc.) to the information processing device (server) on the network is possible without implementing the special protocol required for connecting to the network (Internet) on the communication device (digital camera) Therefore, there is an effect that the cost of the communication device can be suppressed.

Further, according to the present invention, the information processing device manages the application program, selects the application program corresponding to the information (manufacturer name, model name, serial number, etc.) of the communication device and selects another communication device ( Since it is provided to a mobile phone, there is no need to install an application program in another communication device, and the cost of the other communication device can be suppressed. Further, another communication device has an effect of being able to use the latest application program.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a network according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a digital camera according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing contents stored in a storage unit of a server according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing a program download procedure in the mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an image file transfer procedure in the mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an image file transmission procedure of the digital camera of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing contents stored in a storage unit of the server according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing a program download procedure in the mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an image file transfer procedure in the mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an image file transmission procedure of the digital camera of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 mobile device 102 mobile phone 103 base station 104 gateway 105 server 106 Mobile Communication Control Station (MCC) 107 local wireless communication 108 public wireless network 109 public network 110 Internet

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Claims (44)

[Claims] 1. A communication system including a communication device, an information processing device, and another communication device, wherein the communication device includes transmission means for transmitting information of the communication device, Determining means for determining an application program based on the information, and providing means for providing the determined application program to the other communication device, wherein the other communication device uses the provided application program. And a control means for controlling the communication device. 2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a digital camera. 3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device is a server. 4. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the other communication device is a mobile phone. 5. A reception means for receiving an application program determined according to information from another communication device, and a control means for controlling the other communication device by the received application program. Communication device. 6. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein the receiving means receives the application program from a communicable information processing device. 7. The communication device according to claim 5, which relays communication with the other communication device and communication with an information processing device that determines the application program. 8. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein information from the other communication device is transmitted to the information processing device that determines the application program. 9. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein communication with the other communication device and communication with the information processing device are controlled by different protocols. 10. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein communication with the other communication device is Bluetooth communication and communication with the information processing device is public wireless communication. 11. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein the control means processes file data received from the other communication device by the received application program. 12. The communication device according to claim 11, wherein the processing is transfer of the file data. 13. The information according to claim 5, wherein the information from the other communication device is information about at least one of a model, a manufacturing number, a manufacturer name, a software version, and a communication physical address of the other communication device. A communication device characterized by being. 14. A first communication means for communicating with another communication device according to a first protocol, and a second communication means for communicating with an information processing device according to a second protocol.
And a communication unit for transmitting information from the other communication device to the information processing device by relaying the first communication unit and the second communication unit. 15. The communication device according to claim 14, wherein the first protocol is Bluetooth communication and the second protocol is public wireless communication protocol. 16. The information according to claim 14, wherein the information from the other communication device is information about at least one of a model, a manufacturing number, a manufacturer name, a software version, and a communication physical address of the other communication device. is there. 17. A transmission means for transmitting information for determining an application program, the communication program being controlled by another communication device using the application program determined based on the transmitted information. Communication device. 18. The information transmission device according to claim 17, wherein the transmission means transmits the information to the information processing device by utilizing communication with the information processing device that determines the application program relayed by the other communication device. A communication device characterized by: 19. The communication device according to claim 17, wherein the other communication device is communicable with an information processing device that determines the application program, and the transmitting means transmits the information to the other communication device. Communication device. 20. The communication with the other communication device according to claim 18, wherein communication with the other communication device is controlled by a protocol different from communication between the information processing device and the other communication device. Communication device. 21. The communication device according to claim 18 or 19, wherein Bluetooth communication is performed with the other communication device that performs public wireless communication with the information processing device. 22. The communication device according to claim 17, wherein file data to be processed by the application program is transmitted to the other communication device. 23. The communication device according to claim 22, wherein the processing is transfer of the file data. 24. The communication device according to claim 17, wherein the information is at least one of a model, a serial number, a manufacturer name, a software version, and a communication physical address of the communication device. . 25. Receiving means for receiving information from a communication device, deciding means for deciding an application program in accordance with the received information, and transmitting means for transmitting the decided application program to another communication device. An information processing apparatus comprising: 26. The information processing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the receiving unit receives the information by relaying communication with the communication apparatus by the other communication apparatus. 27. The information processing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the receiving means receives information received by the other communication device from the communication device from the other communication device. 28. The information processing device according to claim 25, wherein communication with the other communication device is controlled by a protocol different from communication between the communication device and the other communication device. . 29. The information processing device according to claim 25, which performs public wireless communication with the communication device that performs Bluetooth communication with the other communication device. 30. The information processing according to claim 25, wherein the information is information on at least one of a model, a serial number, a manufacturer name, a software version, and a communication physical address of the communication device. apparatus. 31. The information processing apparatus according to claim 25, comprising a storage unit that stores a plurality of the application programs. 32. The processing means for processing data of the communication device controlled by the other communication device using the application program according to claim 25, and a charge for the processing by the processing device. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a charging means for charging the. 33. The method comprises: receiving an application program determined according to information from another communication device; and controlling the other communication device by the received application program. Communication method. 34. A first communication step of communicating with another communication device according to a first protocol, and a second communication step of communicating with an information processing device according to a second protocol.
And a transmission step of relaying the communication in the first communication step and the communication in the second communication step to transmit information from the other communication device to the information processing device. A communication method characterized by. 35. The method further comprises a step of transmitting information for determining an application program, and a step of being controlled by another communication device using the application program determined based on the transmitted information. A communication method characterized by. 36. A method comprising: receiving information from a communication device; determining an application program according to the received information; and transmitting the determined application program to another communication device. A communication method characterized by the above. 37. In a program for performing communication, a step of receiving an application program determined according to information from another communication device, and a step of controlling the other communication device by the received application program. A program characterized by having and. 38. In a program for performing communication, the first communication with another communication device by the first protocol
Communication step, and a second step of communicating with the information processing apparatus by the second protocol.
And a transmission step of relaying the communication in the first communication step and the communication in the second communication step to transmit information from the other communication device to the information processing device. A program characterized by. 39. In a program for carrying out communication, a step of transmitting information for determining an application program, and using an application program determined by another communication device based on the transmitted information. And a controlled step. 40. A program for performing communication, the step of receiving information from a communication device, the step of determining an application program according to the received information, and the step of determining the application program determined by another communication. And a step of transmitting to the device. 41. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for carrying out communication, receiving an application program determined according to information from another communication device, and the received application program. A storage medium storing a program including a step of controlling the other communication device. 42. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for performing communication, the first communication with another communication device according to a first protocol.
Communication step, and a second step of communicating with the information processing apparatus by the second protocol.
And a transmission step of relaying the communication in the first communication step and the communication in the second communication step to transmit information from the other communication device to the information processing device. A storage medium characterized by storing. 43. A step of transmitting information for determining an application program in a storage medium in which a program for performing communication is stored so that the program can be read by a computer, and another communication device based on the transmitted information. A storage medium storing a program having steps controlled by using the application program determined by the above. 44. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing communication, receiving information from a communication device; determining an application program according to the received information; A storage medium storing a program including a step of transmitting the determined application program to another communication device.