JP2003067294A - Pda, information providing method and multimedia providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display every kind of information provided from a server. SOLUTION: A PDA 6 which transmits and receives various kinds of information to and from a server 3 via network 1 is constituted of a classification means 15 to classify the information received from the server at least into the information to be displayed on a terminal and the information to be displayed remotely, a data processing part for the terminals 16, 17 which perform data processing of the information classified to be displayed on the terminal in order to make it the information to be displayed on the terminal display part built into its own terminal and displayed on this terminal display part, remote data processing parts 18, 19 which perform the data processing of the information classified as the information for remote display in order to make it the information to be displayed on a remote display device 9 arranged outside the its own terminal and a remote display device communication part 13 which transmits the information processed by this remote data processing part to the remote display device 9 and displays it on this remote display device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable information terminal including, for example, a portable telephone, and more particularly to a portable information terminal which receives various kinds of information from a Web server via the Internet and outputs the received various kinds of information for display. The present invention relates to an information providing method using this portable information terminal and a multimedia providing system incorporating this portable information terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a mobile information terminal represented by a mobile phone or the like, in addition to a normal call function, accesses various Web servers via the Internet and fetches necessary information into its own terminal. It has come to have a function of displaying and outputting on the display screen of its own terminal.

On the other hand, in a Web server that provides various kinds of information via the Internet, it is possible to provide not only normal character information and still image information but also moving images and voices.
There is also a b server. The transmission speed of a communication line between a PC (personal computer) terminal installed in each general company or home that is not a mobile information terminal and each provider or each Web server is improved, and a movie or a movie is displayed on the display screen of the PC terminal. It became possible to see the news.

However, since a portable information terminal typified by a portable telephone is connected to a Web server via a base station, a portable telephone communication network and the Internet, the speed of the communication line between the portable information terminal and the Web server is high. Is still insufficient for high-speed transmission of large-screen moving images.

However, when the mobile communication system of IMT-2000 is adopted in the near future, a maximum transmission speed of about 1 Mbps can be expected, and it is expected that the above-mentioned large-screen moving image can be transmitted at high speed.

[0006]

However, if the transmission speed of information between the portable information terminal and the Web server that provides various information via the Internet is increased, the problem peculiar to the portable information terminal is caused. Therefore, there is a problem that the user of the portable information terminal cannot immediately enjoy the good information including the moving image provided from the Web server.

First, each Web server sends information of various types or standards to the Internet. Although the portable information terminal can receive various information from each Web server, its own standard. It was only possible to capture only the information that matched the above, process the data, and display and output it on the display unit of the own terminal.

In particular, since the display screen of the portable information terminal is small, for example, even if the TV broadcast information can be received at high speed, the TV broadcast information cannot be displayed on the display screen of the portable information terminal.

[0009] In addition, We, which distributes a lot of information at the same time,
The b server not only delivers each information at the same time, but also the EPG (Electron
The ic Program Guide) is also distributed so that each user (user) can select a program (content) to improve the service to each user (user).

However, the conventional portable information terminal is not provided with a function of displaying the received EPG on its own terminal display portion or selecting a program from the displayed EPG.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is provided by providing a plurality of data processing units dedicated to data processing for each of various types of information provided from a Web server via the Internet. The information displayed can be displayed on the terminal display unit built into the terminal itself,
Information that cannot be displayed on the terminal display can be displayed on an external remote display device, which can greatly expand the range of applications for various types of information provided via the Internet, greatly improve the service to users, and improve operability. An object of the present invention is to provide a portable information terminal, an information providing method, and a multimedia providing system in which the portable information terminal is incorporated, which can improve the performance.

[0012]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a portable information terminal for exchanging various information with a server via a network, and displays at least the information received from the server on the terminal. Means for dividing into the display information and the information for remote display, and the information divided into the information for terminal display is processed into information to be displayed on the terminal display unit built in the self-terminal and is processed on this terminal display unit. A terminal data processing unit for displaying, a remote data processing unit for processing information classified into remote display information into information to be displayed on a remote display device provided outside the own terminal, and this remote data processing And a remote display device communication unit for transmitting information processed by the unit to the remote display device and displaying the information on the remote display device.

In the portable information terminal thus configured, a remote display device such as a TV set is connected to the portable information terminal by wire or wirelessly. And
For example, various information received from a Web server via a network such as the Internet is classified into information for terminal display and information for remote display, and the corresponding information is displayed on a corresponding small terminal display unit or remote display device such as a large TV device. Is displayed.

According to another invention, in the portable information terminal of the above invention, the terminal display information received from the server includes an EPG (electronic program guide) and contents. The terminal data processing unit performs data processing on the EPG included in the terminal display information and displays it on the terminal display unit.
It has a PG processing section and a terminal content processing section that processes the content contained in the terminal display information and displays it on the terminal display section. Further, the EPG displayed on the terminal display unit is provided with program access means for displaying the content of the program specified by the operation unit on the terminal display unit.

In the mobile information terminal thus configured, for example, the EPG (electronic program guide) of the information received from the Web server is displayed and output on the terminal display unit, so that the user of this mobile information terminal can use it. When the (user) designates a desired program on the operation unit, the content of the program is transmitted from the Web server and displayed and output on the terminal display unit.

According to another invention, in the portable information terminal of the above invention, the remote display information received from the server includes an EPG (electronic program guide) and contents. Then, the remote data processing unit uses the EP included in the remote information.
Remote E that processes G data and sends it to the remote device communication section
It has a PG processing unit and a remote content processing unit that processes data contained in the remote display information and sends it to the remote device communication unit. Further, the EPG displayed on the remote display device is provided with program access means for displaying the content of the program designated by the operation unit of the self terminal on the remote display device.

In the portable information terminal thus configured, for example, the EPG (electronic program guide) of the information received from the Web server is displayed and output on the remote display device, so that the user of this portable information terminal can When the program desired by the user is designated on the operation unit of the terminal, the content of the program is transmitted from the Web server and displayed and output on the remote display device via the portable information terminal.

Another aspect of the present invention is the portable information terminal according to the above-mentioned aspect, wherein when the information received from the server is display information other than the terminal display information and the remote display information, the display information is displayed. To the remote display device communication unit. The remote display device communication unit transmits the display information other than the terminal display information and the remote display information received from the sorting means to the remote display device.

In the portable information terminal configured as described above, for example, when the information received from the Web server is display information other than the terminal display information and the remote display information, the portable information terminal does not perform data processing. , Unconditionally,
Sent to remote display device. Then, the remote display device performs predetermined data processing and displays the data on the remote display device.

Another aspect of the present invention is the portable information terminal of the above-mentioned aspect, wherein the content of the program designated for the EPG of the display information other than the terminal display information and the remote display information displayed on the remote display device is displayed. Program access means is provided for receiving the content from the server, transmitting the received content to the remote display device, and displaying the content on the remote display device.

In the portable information terminal configured as described above, when the user of the portable information terminal designates a desired program on the operation unit of the remote display device, the content of the program is transmitted from the Web server to the portable information terminal. It is transmitted via the terminal and displayed and output on this remote display device.

Further, in another invention, in the portable information terminal of the above invention, the remote display device is a TV device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia providing system in which a server for providing various kinds of information via a network and various kinds of information are received from the server via the network and the received information is used as terminal display information and remote information. A mobile information terminal that divides the information into display information, displays the information divided into the terminal display information on the terminal display unit, and processes the information divided into the remote display information and sends the data. The remote display device is provided outside the information terminal, and receives and displays the information for remote display sent from the portable information terminal after the data processing.

Another aspect of the present invention is an information providing method for receiving various kinds of information from a server via a network and displaying and outputting the received various kinds of information, including a step of receiving various kinds of information from the server via the network. , A step of classifying the received information into terminal display information and remote display information, and processing the information classified into the terminal display information into data for terminal display and displaying it on the terminal display section. However, for the information divided into the information for remote display, the data for remote display is processed and transmitted to the remote display device provided outside the terminal, and the information processed by the data is displayed on the remote display device. Is displayed.

[0025]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a multimedia providing system in which a portable information terminal to which the information providing method according to the embodiment is applied is incorporated.

A mail server 2, a plurality of Web servers 3, and a mobile phone communication network 4 are connected to the Internet 1. A plurality of base stations 5 are incorporated in the mobile phone communication network 4. For example, the mobile information terminal 6 also having the function of a mobile phone communicates with the base station 5 via the antenna 7, and also communicates with the remote display device 9 such as a TV device via the other antenna 8. . The remote display device 8 exchanges information with the mobile information terminal 6 by using a dedicated small antenna 10.

The portable information terminal 6 can carry out a normal voice communication with another portable information terminal 6 via the base station 5 and the portable telephone communication network 4, and at the same time, the base station 5, the portable telephone communication network 4 and the Internet. Various kinds of information can be exchanged with each mail server 2 and each Web server 3 via 1.

Each Web server 3 connected to the Internet 1 can provide various display information via the Internet 1. As this various information,
General PC display information provided to a PC terminal connected to a general telephone network (not shown) through the Internet 1, terminal display information provided to a mobile information terminal 6 such as a mobile phone, T
There is display information for a TV device to be provided to a large display device such as a V device. In addition to the actual contents (contents) of the display information, the EPG (Elec
tric Program Guide electronic program guide) is also included. In addition,
One web server 3 may provide all types of display information, or each web server 3 may provide dedicated type display information.

Since a browser is incorporated in the PC terminal or the portable information terminal 6, the PC terminal or the portable information terminal 6 is
Can receive not only the display information corresponding to its own type but also the display information of other types, but only the display information corresponding to its own type can be normally displayed on its own display section. is there.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the portable information terminal 6. In order to simplify the description, in this block diagram, the basic functions relating to the mobile phone in the mobile information terminal 6 including the mobile phone are omitted, and the Web server 3 is accessed via the Internet 1. Only the function of receiving various kinds of information (EPG, contents) and executing various kinds of data processing is described.

In the portable information terminal 6, a base station radio section 11 for performing radio communication with the base station 5 via an antenna 7,
A remote display device wireless unit 12 as a remote display device communication unit that performs radio wave communication with a remote display device 9 that is a TV device via another antenna 8, and an operation unit 13 that includes a keyboard,
Hardware components such as a terminal display unit 14 including a liquid crystal display device are incorporated.

Further, in the portable information terminal 6, a browser 1 formed on an application program is provided.
5, a terminal EPG processing unit 16, a terminal content processing unit 17, a remote EPG processing unit 18, a remote content processing unit 19 and the like are incorporated.

The terminal EPG processing unit 16 and the terminal content processing unit 17 form a terminal data processing unit, and the remote EPG processing unit 18 and the remote content processing unit 19 form a remote data processing unit. .

The browser 15 receives from the Web server 3 in addition to the basic function of the Internet browsing software for exchanging various kinds of information with the Web server 3 via the Internet 1 using the TCP / IP protocol. The information is (A) terminal display information, (B) remote display information,
It is classified into three types, (C) other display information other than terminal display information and remote display information. Further, (A) terminal display information is divided into two types, (A1) terminal display EPG and (A2) terminal display content. Also,
(B) Remote display information is classified into two types, (B1) remote display EPG and (B2) remote display content.

As a result, the browser 15 divides the information received from the Web server 3 into the following five types of display information.

(A1) EPG for terminal display (A2) Content for terminal display (B1) EPG for remote display (B2) Content for remote display (C) Other display information browser 15 is divided into (A1) terminal display EPG,
(A2) Terminal display content, (B1) Remote display E
The PG, (B2) remote display content, and (C) other display information are respectively provided to the terminal EPG processing unit 16, the terminal content processing unit 17, the remote EPG processing unit 18, the remote content processing unit 19, and the remote. Radio unit 12 for display device
Transfer to.

Further, this browser 15 is an EP for terminals.
The Web server 3 is accessed by the program input from the G processing unit 16, the remote EPG processing unit 18, and the remote display device wireless unit 12, and the content of the program is transmitted to its own terminal.

The terminal EPG processing unit 16 includes the browser 15
The terminal display EPG input from is processed (edited) into data that can be displayed on the terminal display unit 14, and is displayed on the terminal display unit 14 as an EPG (electronic program guide). The terminal EPG processing unit 16 also operates the operation unit 13 while the EPG (electronic program guide) is displayed on the terminal display unit 14.
The specified program is sent to the browser 15 via the.

The terminal content processing unit 17 processes (edits) the terminal display content input from the browser 15 into data that can be displayed on the terminal display unit 14, and displays the data on the terminal display unit 14.

The remote EPG processing unit 18 uses the browser 15
The EPG for remote display input from the
Data that can be displayed on the display screen of the remote display device 9 including a display device such as V is processed (edited) and transferred to the remote display device wireless unit 12. In addition, the remote EPG processing unit 18 displays the EPG (electronic program guide) on the remote display device 9.
Is displayed on the operation unit 1 of the mobile information terminal 6 of the user.
The program designated via 3 is transmitted to the browser 15.

The remote content processing unit 19 processes (edits) the remote display content input from the browser 15 into data that can be displayed on the remote display device 9, and transfers the data to the remote display device wireless unit 12.

The remote display device radio unit 12 is a remote EPG.
The data-processed (edited) EPG for remote display and the remote-display content transferred from the processing unit 18 and the remote-content processing unit 19 are transmitted to the remote display device 9 through the antenna 8 and the corresponding remote display is performed. The output is displayed on the display screen of the device 9. Further, the remote display device wireless unit 12 unconditionally transmits the other display information input from the browser 15 to the remote display device 9. Further, the remote display device wireless unit 12
Transfers the program received from the remote display device 9 via the antenna 8 to the browser 15 as it is.

For example, a remote display device 9 including a TV device
Displays the data-processed (edited) EPG for remote display and the content for remote display received from the portable information terminal 6 through the antenna 10 as they are on the display screen of itself (remote display device 9). Further, the remote display device 9 is a classification processing unit incorporated in itself for other display information received from the portable information terminal 6 through the antenna 10,
It is divided into EPG and contents, data processing (editing) is performed on each, and the data is displayed and output on its own display screen.

The remote display device 9 displays the EPG processed by itself on its display screen,
A program specified by the user (user) to be operated by the remote controller is transmitted to the remote display device wireless unit 12 of the portable information terminal 6 via the antenna 10.

The overall operation of the portable information terminal 6 thus configured will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. 3 and 4. When an access request for an EPG (electronic number table) is input through the operation unit 13 (S1), the Web on the Internet 1
EPG information is acquired from the server 3 (S2). And
When the type of the acquired (input) EPG information is the terminal display EPG (S3), the terminal EPG processing unit 16 performs data processing (editing) and displays it on the terminal display unit 14 ( S4).

When the type of the acquired (input) EPG information is the remote display EPG (S5), the remote EPG processing unit 18 processes the data (edits).
And the remote display device 9 via the wireless unit 12 for remote display device.
To the remote display device 9 for display output (S
6).

In addition, the EPG for terminal display can also be used for E for remote display.
In the case of the other display information which is not the PG, the other display information is unconditionally transmitted to the remote display device 9 without data processing (S7).

When there is a program instruction operation on the operation unit 13 of the self terminal (S8) or when there is a program instruction input from the remote display device 9 (S9), the content of the corresponding program is transferred to the Internet 1. It is acquired from the Web server 3 via the server (S10). When the type of the acquired (input) content information is the content for terminal display (S
11) The terminal content processing unit 17 performs data processing (editing) on the terminal display content and displays it on the terminal display unit 14 (S12).

If the type of the acquired (input) content information is the content for remote display (S13), the content for remote display is processed (edited) by the content processing unit for remote 19 to be used for the remote display device. It is transmitted to the remote display device 9 via the wireless unit 12 and displayed and output to the remote display device 9 (S14).

If the other display information is neither the terminal display content nor the remote display content, the other display information is unconditionally transmitted to the remote display device 9 without data processing (S15).

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram summarizing the usage of each usage pattern of the portable information terminal 6 configured as described above. As shown in FIG. 5, seven kinds of usages (A) to (G) can be carried out.

In (A), the portable information terminal 6 uses the terminal EP.
The G data is processed (edited) and displayed on the terminal display unit 14, the mobile information terminal 6 selects the content for the terminal, and the mobile information terminal 6 processes (edits) the content for the terminal.
Then, it is displayed on the terminal display unit 14 of the mobile information terminal 6.

In (B), the portable information terminal 6 is used as a terminal EP.
The G data is processed (edited) and displayed on the terminal display unit 14, the mobile information terminal 6 selects the remote content, and the mobile information terminal 6 processes the remote content data.
Then, it is displayed on the external remote display device 9.

In (C), the portable information terminal 6 uses the terminal EP.
The G data is processed (edited) and displayed on the terminal display unit 14, the remote content is selected by the mobile information terminal 6, and the remote content is transmitted to the remote display device 9 as it is,
The remote display device 9 performs data processing (editing) on the remote content and displays it on the remote display device 9.

In (D), the portable information terminal 6 is used for remote EP.
The G data is processed (edited), transmitted to the remote display device 9, displayed on the remote display device 9, and the portable information terminal 6 refers to the EPG displayed on the remote display device 9 to refer to the program (for remote use). Content) is selected, the remote content selected by the mobile information terminal 6 is processed (edited), and displayed on the remote display device 9.

In (E), the portable information terminal 6 is used for remote EP.
The G data is processed (edited), transmitted to the remote display device 9 and displayed, the program (remote content) is selected on the mobile information terminal 6 and ordered from the Web server 3, and the ordered remote content is remoted. Data is transmitted to the display device 9, and the remote display device 9 processes (edits) this remote content.
Then, it is displayed on the remote display device 9.

In (F), the portable information terminal 6 uses the remote EP.
Receives G data, transmits it to the remote display device 9 without data processing, and processes (edits) data on the remote display device 9.
Then, the mobile information terminal 6 displays the program (remote content) on the remote display device 9, the mobile information terminal 6 receives the remote content, and the remote content is transmitted to the remote display device 9. The display device 9 performs data processing (editing) on the remote content and displays it on the remote display device 9.

In (G), the other E is displayed on the portable information terminal 6.
The PG data is passed through to another device, the EPG data is processed by the other device and displayed on the other device, the content dedicated to the other device is selected by the other device, and the content is instructed to the portable information terminal 6. , The content is obtained via the portable information terminal 6, the content is processed by another device, and the content is displayed on the other device.

As described above, in addition to the basic usage patterns shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, various usage patterns are possible.

In the portable information terminal 6 configured as described above, a remote display device 9 such as a TV set is connected to the portable information terminal 6 by wire or wirelessly. The various information received from the Web server 3 via the Internet 1 is the terminal display information (terminal display EP
G, terminal display content) and remote display information (remote display EPG, remote display content), which are displayed on the corresponding small terminal display unit 14 or remote display device 9 such as a large TV device. To be done.

Furthermore, since the EPG (electronic program guide) of the information received from the Web server 3 is displayed and output on the terminal display unit 17 or the remote display device 9, the user (user) of this portable information terminal 6 ) Is the operation unit 13 of the self terminal
When he / she specifies the desired program, the content of the program is transmitted from the Web server 3, and the terminal display unit 14
Alternatively, it is displayed and output on the remote display device 9.

Therefore, in such a portable information terminal 6, the range of application to various information provided via the Internet 1 can be greatly expanded, the service to the user can be greatly improved, and the operability can be improved. .

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. In the embodiment system of FIG. 1, the mobile information terminal 6 is connected to the Internet 1 via the mobile phone base station 5 and the mobile phone communication network 4.
As shown in, the portable information terminal 6 may be connected to the CATV station 20 having the Internet provider function by wire.

[0064]

As described above, in the portable information terminal, the information providing method and the multimedia providing system of the present invention, various kinds of information provided from the server via the network are classified and classified. For each information type, a plurality of data processing units that perform data processing dedicated to the corresponding type are provided.

Therefore, the received information can be displayed on the terminal display unit incorporated in the self-terminal, and the information which cannot be displayed on the terminal display unit can be displayed on the external remote display device and is provided via the network. The range of applications for various types of information can be greatly expanded, the service for users can be greatly improved, and the operability of the mobile information terminal can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a multimedia providing system incorporating a portable information terminal to which an information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a portable information terminal incorporated in the multimedia providing system of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the portable information terminal incorporated in the multimedia providing system of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the portable information terminal incorporated in the multimedia providing system of the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram summarizing the usage of each usage pattern in the mobile information terminal.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a multimedia providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Internet 2 ... mail server 3 ... Web server 4 ... Mobile phone communication network 5 ... Base station 6 ... Portable information terminal 9 ... Remote display device 11 ... Radio unit for base station 12 ... Wireless unit for remote display device 13 ... Operation unit 14 ... Terminal display section 15 ... Browser 16 ... EPG processing unit for terminal 17 ... Content processing unit for terminal 18 ... Remote EPG processing unit 19 ... Remote content processing unit 20 ... CATV station

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A portable information terminal for exchanging various kinds of information with a server via a network, and means for classifying the information received from the server into at least terminal display information and remote display information. The information classified into the terminal display information is processed into the information to be displayed on the terminal display unit built into the self-terminal and is displayed on this terminal display unit, and the remote display information is classified. A remote data processing unit that processes the stored information into information to be displayed on a remote display device provided outside the self-terminal, and sends the information processed by the remote data processing unit to the remote display device. And a remote display device communication unit for displaying on the remote display device. 2. The terminal display information received from the server includes an EPG (electronic program guide) and contents, and the terminal data processing unit performs data processing on the EPG included in the terminal display information. The terminal display unit includes an EPG processing unit for terminals to be displayed on the terminal display unit, and a content processing unit for terminals to perform data processing of contents included in the terminal display information and display the contents on the terminal display unit. 2. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a program access unit that causes the terminal display unit to display the content of the program specified by the operation unit for the displayed EPG. 3. The remote display information received from the server includes an EPG (electronic program guide) and a content, and the remote data processing unit performs data processing on the EPG included in the remote information to perform the data processing. A remote EPG processing unit for sending to a remote device communication unit, and a remote content processing unit for processing data contained in the remote display information and sending it to the remote device communication unit. 3. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a program access unit that causes the remote display device to display the content of the program specified by the operation unit of the own terminal for the EPG displayed on the screen. . 4. The dividing means, when the information received from the server is display information other than the terminal display information and the remote display information, sends the display information to the remote display device communication unit, 4. The remote display device communication unit transmits display information other than the terminal display information and the remote display information received from the sorting means to the remote display device. The mobile information terminal according to item 1. 5. An EP for display information other than the terminal display information and the remote display information displayed on the remote display device.
7. A program access means for receiving content of a program designated for G from the server, transmitting the received content to the remote display device, and displaying the content on the remote display device. The mobile information terminal according to item 4. 6. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the remote display device is a TV device. 7. A server that provides various information via a network, receives various information from the server via the network, and divides the received information into terminal display information and remote display information, A mobile information terminal that processes information sent to the terminal display information and displays it on the terminal display unit, and processes data sent to the remote display information after data processing, and a mobile information terminal provided outside this mobile information terminal. A multimedia providing system, comprising: a remote display device for receiving and displaying information for remote display, which has been processed by data and transmitted from a portable information terminal. 8. An information providing method of receiving various kinds of information from a server via a network and displaying and outputting the received various kinds of information, and a step of receiving various kinds of information from the server via the network; The step of dividing information into information for terminal display and information for remote display, and for information divided into information for terminal display, data processing for terminal display is performed and displayed on the terminal display unit, and remote display is performed. A step of performing data processing on the information classified into the information for use as remote display data, transmitting the data to a remote display device provided outside the terminal, and displaying the data-processed information on the remote display device. And an information providing method including.