JP2003078482A - Area information distribution method and system, and mobile portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an area information distribution system which is closely adapted to an area by enabling even a general user other than an exclusive contractor of a communication trader, etc., to create and distribute contents. SOLUTION: An area information distribution system which broadcasts area information to a mobile portable terminal in the radio area of a base station through a mobile telephone network has a step for receiving an application for a distribution reservation of the area information from a contents provider, a step for disclosing a distribution reservation state to the contents provider, a step for registering a distribution date and time, and a distribution area that the contents provider specifies, a step for registering contents that the contents provider provides, and a step for distributing the contents of the distribution area through the mobile telephone network at the specified distribution date and time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a regional information distribution system having a broadcast channel and using a mobile portable terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a regional information distribution system using a mobile phone system having a conventional broadcasting channel described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-69437.
In the figure, 81 is a base station control station, 82 and 83 are base stations controlled by the base station control station 81, 84, 85 and 8
6 is a mobile station which is a mobile portable terminal, and 87 is a broadcasting station which provides information, which is connected to the base station control station 81 by a dedicated telephone line 88.

The base station control station 81 centrally controls a plurality of base stations, sends the information sent from the broadcasting station 87 via the dedicated telephone line 88 to the base stations 82 and 83, and transmits the information via the broadcasting channel. Transmit to a specified number of mobile stations. The mobile station 84, the mobile station 85, and the mobile station 86 can talk on the call channel and can receive the broadcast channel.

The broadcasting station 87 sends an audio signal like an existing radio broadcast, an audio signal and an image signal like an existing TV broadcast, or a data signal known by character information through a dedicated telephone line 88. Through the base station control station 8
Send to 1. In addition, the base station control station 81 controls so that different broadcast information is transmitted for each base station, so that it is possible to distribute information closely related to the area such as traffic information and weather forecast.

[0005]

In the conventional regional information distribution system as described above, the contents to be distributed are usually created by the broadcasting station 87 or a dedicated contents provider who contracts with the broadcasting station 87. However, it is not available to general users.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a regional information distribution system more closely related to the region so that general users other than a contractor dedicated to a telecommunications carrier can also create and distribute contents. To do.

[0007]

A regional information distribution method according to claim 1 is a regional information distribution system for broadcasting regional information to a mobile portable terminal located within a radio area of a base station via a mobile telephone network. Receiving a distribution reservation application for regional information from a content provider; disclosing the distribution reservation status to the content provider; registering a distribution date and time and a distribution area designated by the content provider; The method further comprises the steps of registering the content provided by the person and distributing the content to the distribution area via the mobile telephone network when the distribution date and time comes.

According to the area information distribution method of the second aspect, the distribution area can be registered for each base station.

The area information distribution method according to claim 3 comprises the step of disclosing distribution charge information in which a distribution charge difference is provided depending on conditions such as a distribution area of a content registered by a content provider, a distribution date and time, and a distribution count. It was done like this.

According to a fourth aspect of the regional information distribution method, the distribution fee is changed according to the availability of the distribution reservation.

According to the area information distribution method of the fifth aspect, the distribution reservation from the content provider is accepted via the Internet.

A regional information distribution system according to claim 6 is a regional information distribution system for broadcasting regional information to a mobile portable terminal located within a wireless area of a base station via a mobile telephone network, wherein contents provided by a content provider are provided. Is provided with a content registration server that registers and registers a delivery date and time and a delivery area, and a content delivery server that delivers the content to the delivery area via a mobile telephone network when the delivery date and time comes. .

According to another aspect of the regional information delivery system of the present invention, the content registration server discloses the delivery reservation status and delivery charge information to the content provider.

The mobile portable terminal according to claim 8 is a mobile portable terminal capable of receiving regional information within a radio area of a base station via a mobile telephone network, and the broadcast channel receiving means and the regional information are being broadcast. Means for indicating by means of display, voice, vibration, etc., and a switch for displaying on-screen or voice-outputting the region information being broadcast.

According to another aspect of the mobile portable terminal of the present invention, the display section for displaying the regional information on the screen is divided into a plurality of areas.

A mobile portable terminal according to a tenth aspect is provided with a means for storing a specific area information content.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiment 1. An embodiment of the regional information distribution system of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, 1 is a base station A, 2 is a base station B, 3 is a mobile telephone network, 4 is a content distribution server for distributing content, 5 is a content registration server for registering content, and 6 is a wireless area of the base station A1. , 7 are wireless areas of the base station B2, 8 to 11 are mobile portable terminals capable of receiving a broadcast channel and making a call by the call channel, 1
2 is content A broadcast only in the wireless area 6 of the base station A1, 13 is content B broadcast in the wireless area 6 of the base station A1 and wireless area 7 of the base station B2, 14 is wireless area 7 of the base station B2. The contents C and 15 which are broadcast only on are content providers.

Next, the operation will be described. Content A
12, content B13, and content C14 are information registered in the content registration server 5, and are registered by limiting the wireless area broadcast by the content distribution server 4. The content A12 is broadcast to the mobile portable terminals 8 and 9 within the wireless area 6 of the base station A1. Further, the content B13 is the mobile portable terminals 8 to 11 in the wireless area 6 of the base station A1 and the wireless area 7 of the base station B2.
Will be broadcast to. Also, the content C14 is broadcast to the mobile portable terminals 10 and 11 in the wireless area 7 of the base station B2. The content to be distributed is provided by the telecommunications carrier or the content provider 15 who contracts with the telecommunications carrier.

FIG. 2 shows a flow from content registration to broadcasting. In the figure, a content provider makes an application for distribution reservation to a telecommunications carrier (step 101), and the telecommunications carrier who receives the application for distribution reservation discloses the delivery reservation status and delivery charge information to the content provider on a base station basis. (Step 102). The content provider confirms the delivery reservation status and the delivery charge information, and if the conditions are satisfied, requests the delivery date and time and the delivery area registration (step 103). In response to this request, the telecommunications carrier registers the delivery date and time and the delivery area, and the contract is established (step 104).
After the contract is concluded, the content provider registers the content in the content registration server (step 105). When the registered delivery date and time arrives, the content delivery server of the telecommunications carrier delivers the registered content to the designated base station via the mobile telephone network (step 106), and the mobile portable terminal within the wireless area of this base station. (Step 107).

Embodiment 2. Next, an example of a mobile portable terminal owned by a user in this regional information distribution system will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile portable terminal (excluding the transmission section), and FIG. 4 is an external view of the mobile portable terminal as viewed from the front. Reference numeral 21 is a radio signal for receiving a radio signal from a base station via an antenna. The receiving unit, 22 is a received signal processing unit, 23 is a receiving unit such as a speaker, and 24 is a display unit such as an LCD, which is divided into three sections: a display area a, a display area b, and a display area c. 25 is a memory, 26 is a switch for watching or listening to broadcasting in the wireless area,
Reference numeral 27 is a lamp such as an LED indicating that a broadcast is being received, and 28 is a control unit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a broadcast data signal format. In the figure, 31 is a region code, 32 is a genre code, 33 is a data type code, 34 is content information data, and codes 31 to 33 are content information. This is the header part. The area code 31 is a code indicating the area to be distributed, and the genre code 32 is a genre code according to the content of information closely related to the area, such as disaster prevention information, event information, bargain information of shopping malls, etc. The data type code is given to the data type code according to the form of information such as character information, image information, and voice information.

Next, the operation will be described. If there is a broadcast, the mobile portable terminal within the wireless area of the base station receives the broadcast data signal at the wireless signal receiving unit 21 via the antenna,
This signal is amplified and demodulated to a baseband signal. A call system between the base station and the mobile portable terminal is, for example, a TDMA (Time Division Multi).
In the case of the ple access system, a part of the time slots is exclusively defined as a broadcasting slot (broadcast channel), and all the mobile portable terminals located within the wireless area of the base station using the allocated slots. Can simultaneously receive broadcast data signals.

When the control section 28 receives the broadcast data signal, the broadcast data signal is provided with the header section of the content information registered by the content provider 15 as shown in FIG. Is detected and the following control is performed. If the data type code 33 is voice information, the reception signal processing unit 22 converts the content information into a voice signal and outputs the voice signal to the reception unit 23. If the data type code 33 is character information or image information, the reception signal processing unit 22 displays the content information as a display signal. And output to the display unit 24. On the display unit 24, the contents are displayed on the respective screens of the display areas a, b, and c of the display unit 24 according to the display settings when the contents provider 15 registers the contents in the contents registration server 5.

In order for the owner of this mobile terminal to know that the broadcast reception has started and is being received, the switch 27 for turning on / off the broadcast reception is turned on by the lamp 27 indicating that the broadcast is being received.
By setting 6 to ON, it is possible to listen to the broadcast on the receiving section 23 or watch the broadcast content on the display section 24.
The switch 26 can be set to OFF when broadcast reception is unnecessary. Note that in the case of emergency information such as regional information and disaster prevention information during an emergency disaster, the broadcast shall be received regardless of the ON / OFF setting of the switch 26. And in the case of emergency information, it will be compulsorily notified by a speaker or a display screen in order to effectively deliver it to the local residents in the necessary area. Further, when the reception of the broadcast is started, the reception of the broadcast can be notified by sounding the ringing tone of the mobile portable terminal with a sound different from that during the normal call reception, or by operating the vibrator function of the mobile portable terminal.

If the area code 31 and the genre code 32 of the content information to be stored are set in advance,
When a broadcast data signal matching these codes is received, the content information can be stored in the memory 25.

Embodiment 3. FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a regional information distribution system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In the figure, 71 is the Internet network, 72 is a PC (personal computer) of a local government, and 73 is a corporate P.
C and 74 are personal PCs, and 75 is a content registration server. Since 1 to 14 are the same as those in FIG. 1, description thereof is omitted. The PC 72 of the local government, the PC 73 of the company, the PC 74 of the individual, and the content registration server 75 are connected to the Internet network 71.
A content provider other than a dedicated content provider who has a contract with the telecommunications carrier or the telecommunications carrier can easily confirm the delivery reservation and its status, etc., and register the content in the content registration server 75. The local information can be distributed.

FIG. 7 shows the content providers 15, 72-74.
In the example of the screen displayed on the display of the PC, the distribution reservation status for each distribution area is displayed. The terminal screens a, b, c in the screen correspond to the display areas a, b, c of the display unit 24 of the mobile portable terminal in FIG. The distribution areas A and B correspond to base stations that perform broadcasting. For example, when viewed from the distribution area A-terminal screen c, it indicates that reservations are made from 0:00 to 3:00 and 6:00 to 24:00, and reservations are possible from 3:00 to 6:00, and the reservation status at 12:00 Indicates that all the display areas a, b, and c have been reserved for both the distribution areas A and B. The content provider looks at the reservation status and selects a vacant time zone and a display area to register the content information. You can also select the display area.

When the delivery date and time comes in the reservation state shown in FIG.
On the display unit 24 of the mobile portable terminal that has received the broadcast in the distribution area A, two kinds of content information are displayed in the display areas b and c at 6:00 and three kinds of contents are displayed in the display areas a, b, and c at 2:00. Information is displayed at the same time. Note that these pieces of content information are transmitted from the content distribution server via the base station as display information of the entire display unit 24 of the mobile portable terminal using a dedicated broadcast channel.

The telecommunications carrier sets a content distribution fee (for example, lowers the night price) depending on the area to be distributed, the distribution date and time, and the number of distributions, and changes the distribution fee according to the availability of the distribution reservation (for example, if the vacancy is If it is large, it will be cheaper than usual), and these fee information will also be included in the delivery reservation screen.

[0030]

As described above, according to the regional information distribution method of claim 1, in the regional information distribution system for broadcasting the regional information to the mobile portable terminal located within the radio area of the base station via the mobile telephone network. Receiving a regional information distribution reservation application from a content provider; disclosing the distribution reservation status to the content provider; registering a distribution date and time and a distribution area designated by the content provider; By providing the step of registering the content provided by the provider and the step of delivering the content to the delivery area via the mobile telephone network when the delivery date and time comes, general users other than the dedicated contractor can also Content can be created and distributed.

Further, according to the area information distribution method of claim 2, since the distribution area can be registered for each base station, it is possible to perform distribution closely related to the area according to the type of content to be distributed.

Further, according to the regional information distribution method of claim 3, the distribution charge information in which a distribution charge difference is provided depending on conditions such as the distribution area of the content registered by the content provider, the distribution date and time, and the number of distributions is disclosed. By including the step of performing, it is possible to reduce the cost burden on the content provider and increase the utilization of the broadcast channel.

Further, according to the area information distribution method of claim 4, by changing the distribution charge according to the availability of the distribution reservation, it is possible to reduce the cost burden of the content provider and to increase the utilization degree of the broadcast channel. Can be raised.

According to the regional information distribution method of claim 5, since the distribution reservation from the content provider is accepted via the Internet, the distribution reservation can be easily made even by a general user. .

According to the area information distribution system of claim 6, in the area information distribution system for broadcasting the area information to the mobile portable terminal located within the wireless area of the base station via the mobile telephone network, the content provider A content registration server for registering the content provided by the user by specifying a delivery date and time and a delivery area, and a content delivery server for delivering the content to the delivery area via a mobile telephone network when the delivery date and time comes. As a result, general users other than the dedicated contractor can also create and distribute the content.

According to the regional information distribution system of claim 7, the content registration server discloses the distribution reservation status and the distribution charge information to the content provider, so that the content provider can distribute the distribution reservation status and the distribution fee. You can check the fee information and make a delivery reservation.

According to the mobile portable terminal of claim 8,
In a mobile portable terminal capable of receiving regional information within the radio area of a base station via a mobile telephone network, a broadcast channel receiving means and a display indicating that the regional information is being broadcast, voice,
It is possible to know that there is a broadcast reception and to selectively broadcast by providing a means for indicating by any means such as vibration and a switch for displaying the region information being broadcast on the screen or outputting the voice. You can see or hear.

According to the mobile portable terminal of claim 9,
Since the display unit for displaying the regional information on the screen is divided into a plurality of areas, a plurality of content information can be broadcast at the same time, and the content provider can select the display area according to the amount of information and the charge.

Further, according to the mobile portable terminal of the tenth aspect, the provision of the means for storing the specific area information content makes it possible to surely obtain the necessary information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a regional information distribution system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow from content registration to broadcasting according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration (excluding a transmission unit) of a mobile portable terminal according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an external view of a mobile portable terminal according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention as seen from the front.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a broadcast data signal format according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a regional information distribution system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display of the PC of the content supplier according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional area information distribution system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2 base stations 3 mobile telephone networks 4 Content distribution server 5 Content registration server 6, 7 wireless area 8-11 Mobile handheld terminals 12-14 contents 15 Content providers

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A regional information distribution system for broadcasting regional information to a mobile portable terminal located within a wireless area of a base station via a mobile telephone network, receiving a regional data distribution reservation application from a content provider, Disclosing the delivery reservation status to the content provider,
Registering a delivery date and time and a delivery area designated by the content provider; registering content provided by the content provider; and when the delivery date and time arrives, the content in the delivery area via a mobile telephone network. And a step of distributing the area information distribution method. 2. The regional information distribution method according to claim 1, wherein the distribution area can be registered for each base station. 3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of disclosing distribution charge information in which a distribution charge difference is provided depending on conditions such as a distribution area of a content registered by a content provider, a distribution date and time, and the number of distributions. The regional information distribution method according to claim 1 or claim 2. 4. The regional information distribution method according to claim 1, wherein the distribution fee is changed according to the availability of the distribution reservation. 5. The regional information distribution method according to claim 1, wherein the distribution reservation from the content provider is accepted via the Internet. 6. In a regional information distribution system for broadcasting regional information to a mobile portable terminal located within a wireless area of a base station via a mobile telephone network, the date and time and the distribution area of the content provided by the content provider are specified. A regional information distribution system comprising: a content registration server for registering the content and a content distribution server for distributing the content to the distribution area via a mobile telephone network when the distribution date / time arrives. 7. The regional information distribution system according to claim 6, wherein the content registration server discloses the distribution reservation status and distribution fee information to the content provider. 8. A mobile portable terminal capable of receiving regional information within a wireless area of a base station via a mobile telephone network, a broadcast channel receiving means, and a display indicating that the regional information is being broadcast, voice, vibration, etc. And a switch for displaying on-screen or voice-outputting the regional information being broadcast, the mobile portable terminal. 9. The mobile portable terminal according to claim 8, wherein the display unit for displaying the regional information on the screen is divided into a plurality of areas. 10. The mobile portable terminal according to claim 8, further comprising means for storing a specific area information content.