JP2004193722A - Mobile communication terminal with recording carrier mounted thereon and service providing system employing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile communication terminal having a recording carrier mounted thereon to make a small sized IC card loaded on the mobile terminal and an external apparatus connected to a telephone server for providing an application communicate with each other, and to provide a service providing system. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile communication terminal to which a recording carrier is removably mounted to attain the above purpose includes at least: a communication section for transmitting/receiving data to/from one or more application terminals via a network; and a control/storage section for controlling and storing application programs. The recording carrier has: a control/recording section for controlling/recording start programs respectively corresponding to the application programs; a first connection section to be connected to the mobile communication terminal; and a second connection section to be connected to the external apparatus related to the application terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a portable communication terminal equipped with a removable record carrier and a service providing system using the same, and more particularly, to automatically start an application program stored in a portable communication terminal from an external device via the record carrier. The data exchange related to the actual application is related to the system performed by the portable communication terminal itself.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a direct mail (hereinafter referred to as DM) service is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal, for example, a mobile phone, the service is transmitted to a mail address of a mobile phone holder. The DM is not instantaneous, and the transmitted DM is stored in the mail server, and the content is confirmed only when the mobile phone holder accesses the mail server for confirmation. In that case, access costs and labor are incurred.
Furthermore, since the normal mail received for communication and the DM sent unilaterally from the service provider are stored in the same storage area, when searching for the urgent mail by scrolling, many storages are required. It must be extracted from the list, which is complicated.
In addition, in recent years, with the increasing functionality of mobile phones, a plurality of application programs have been installed in mobile phones, and an application list is often displayed on a small display unit of the mobile phone to search for a required application. Consumes time.
Further, it is difficult for a service provider to access a mobile phone to start an application program, and there is no example in which the service is executed.
[0003]
On the other hand, an information processing system for connecting a terminal with a large-capacity storage medium to a portable information terminal when downloading service information with a large amount of information via the Internet and automatically downloading the reserved service information is disclosed. (See Patent Document 1).
The above-mentioned technology is a technology for downloading information of a large storage capacity, and is connected to a program stored in a large-capacity storage medium via a download destination storage medium drive. In cooperation with the above programs, information is downloaded.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2002-132713
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
According to the related art, the user of the portable terminal has to select an application by himself / herself as needed and activate the program.
Therefore, the present invention provides communication between a small IC card mounted on a portable terminal and an external device connected to a telephone server that provides an application, automatically activates a program stored in the portable terminal through a mutual authentication step, and It aims to provide a multi-application compatible system that allows a terminal to communicate with a telephone server.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier according to the present invention is provided in a portable communication terminal having a removable record carrier. The communication terminal has at least a communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from one or more application terminals in a wireless manner via a network, and a control and storage unit that controls and stores an application program that communicates with the application terminal. Has a control / recording unit that controls and records a start program corresponding to each of the application programs, and a first connection unit for connecting to a portable communication terminal; and an external unit associated with the application terminal. A second connection unit for connecting to the device is provided.
[0007]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the first and second connection portions are both contactless communication antennas or coils. It is.
[0008]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the first connection portion is a contact communication connection terminal formed on the surface of the record carrier, and the second connection portion is the record carrier. The antenna is a non-contact communication antenna or a coil built in the device.
[0009]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the record carrier is a UIM card.
[0010]
The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The portable communication terminal is a mobile phone.
[0011]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service providing system using a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier, wherein the service providing system uses a portable communication terminal equipped with a removable record carrier. A possible communication terminal has at least communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from one or more application terminals in a wireless manner via a network, and control and storage means for controlling and storing an application program for communicating with the application terminal. A record carrier, a control / recording unit for controlling a start program corresponding to each of the application programs and recording the start program in a recording unit, a first connection unit for connecting to a portable communication terminal, and an external device associated with the application terminal Portable communication device having second connection means for connecting with The communication means downloads the application program and the activation program from an application terminal, stores the application program in an application program storage section of a portable communication terminal by a control / storage means, and stores the activation program in a recording section of a record carrier. And when the record carrier receives a predetermined signal from the external device associated with the application terminal by the second connection means, the application program is started by the start program recorded on the record carrier via the first connection unit. It is characterized by the following.
[0012]
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect of the invention, the first and second connecting portions are each a contactless communication antenna or a coil. It is.
[0013]
According to the invention described in claim 8, in the invention described in claim 6, the first connection portion is a contact terminal for contact communication formed on the surface of the record carrier, and the second connection portion is a recording terminal. It is a non-contact communication antenna or coil built in the carrier.
[0014]
The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to any one of claims 6 to 8,
The record carrier is a UIM card.
[0015]
According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the sixth to eighth aspects, the portable communication terminal is a mobile phone.
[0016]
According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the sixth to tenth aspects, the record carrier and the external device are provided with a mutual authentication unit before the activation program recorded on the record carrier accesses the application program. Is characterized in that mutual authentication is performed by
[0017]
According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the sixth to eleventh aspects, the starting program is a Java applet and the application program is a Java application program.
[0018]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier of the present invention and a service providing system using the same will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a portable communication terminal on which a record carrier of the present invention is mounted and a device configuration of a service providing system using the same. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of a connection unit of the record carrier. FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining the function of the portable terminal equipped with the record carrier, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of a procedure for downloading a program to the portable communication terminal equipped with the record carrier, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of a communication procedure between a mobile communication terminal equipped with a record carrier and a service providing terminal.
[0019]
With reference to FIG. 1, a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier of the present invention and a device configuration of a service providing system using the same will be described.
As a removable record carrier, a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card mounted on GSM, which is a second generation mobile phone, and a next generation version thereof, a UIM (User Identity Module) card, are known.
The UIM card is a small IC card having a size of about 15 × 25 mm and a thickness of about 0.8 mm, and is standardly mounted on a next-generation (3G) mobile phone.
The mobile terminal 1 includes an input unit 11, a display unit 12, and a transmission unit 13, and has a UIM card 2 that is a removable external memory.
Representative mobile terminals include PDAs and mobile phones. In this embodiment, a description will be given of a mobile phone having a function similar to a digital third generation.
In the following description, the record carrier will be described as an example of the above-described UIM card, and the portable communication terminal will be described as an example of a mobile phone.
As the input unit 11 of the mobile phone 1, an operation button, an imaging unit, a microphone, and the like are incorporated in a panel on the surface. In addition, a display panel such as a liquid crystal is incorporated as the display unit 12. In addition, a fixed or pull-out antenna is attached to the upper part of the mobile phone as the transmission unit 13.
[0020]
The UIM card 2 is inserted from an insertion port (not shown) provided on the side of the mobile phone and fixed at a predetermined position. Some mobile phones have a structure in which the back cover is opened to fix the UIM card in a predetermined recess inside or outside the battery, and the back cover is closed to be used.
The back side of the mobile phone is brought close to the antenna of the external device 3 of the predetermined application, and the key stored in the UIM card and the key presented from the external device are authenticated.
If the authentication result is OK, the external device supplies an access command for starting the application program stored in the program storage unit of the mobile phone to the start program of the UIM card. On the other hand, the mobile phone transmits a telephone number and a customer code from a communication unit (antenna) to an application terminal (hereinafter referred to as a telephone server) 4 such as a telephone server or a Web server linked to an external device.
The telephone server 4 extracts predetermined information from a customer database connected to the telephone server based on the transmitted customer code tagged to the telephone number of the mobile phone 1, edits the information, and transmits the information to the mobile phone 1.
[0021]
An embodiment of the connection unit of the UIM card will be described with reference to FIG.
As described above, the UIM card 2 is a small IC card having a size of about 15 × 25 mm and a thickness of about 0.8 mm, and includes vinyl chloride polymer, vinyl chloride / vinyl acetate copolymer, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, acrylic, and the like. The IC module is mounted on a single or composite substrate.
The contact communication connection terminal 22 of the IC module is formed of a conductive plate such as a metal divided into independent 6 to 10 as shown in FIG. The chip and the circuit between the external devices are formed in a state exposed on the surface of the UIM card so as to be electrically connected.
[0022]
The back side of the UIM card is the above-mentioned plastic resin surface as shown in FIG.
An antenna 21 is buried inside the plastic resin, and the tip and the end of the antenna are connected to the antenna connection terminal 224 of the IC chip.
Although not shown, the partitioned conductive terminals shown in FIG. A are respectively connected to connection terminals of the IC chip.
A contact-type terminal for contacting and connecting to an external device shown in FIG. 2A and an antenna or a coil (hereinafter simply referred to as an antenna) for contactlessly connecting to the external device shown in FIG. The connected and used IC card is referred to as a contact type non-contact type dual-use IC card.
[0023]
The contact-type and non-contact type dual-purpose IC card as shown in FIG. 2 can be handled by a single IC card regardless of whether the connection means on the device side is a contact type or a non-contact type.
[0024]
With reference to FIG. 3, the function of the mobile phone equipped with the UIM card will be described. Portions exposed on the outside of the housing of the mobile phone include operation buttons, an input unit 11 such as a microphone, a display unit 12 that displays variable information such as a display, a communication unit 13 such as an antenna, and the like. It is composed of an output unit such as a speaker, an imaging unit of a camera, and the like. In addition, a partially exposed part incorporates a headphone, an I / O unit 103 for connecting an external power supply, and the like.
The input unit 11, the display unit 12, the communication unit 13, and the power supply unit (not shown) are connected to the CPU 102 which is a control unit having respective components and processing circuits.
The CPU 102 also includes a ROM unit 104 in which a control program inherent to the mobile phone is stored, a RAM 105 for temporarily storing and operating information including received data, a data and information storage unit 106 for storing received data or information. Is connected.
[0025]
The information storage unit 106 records and stores an application program that receives and processes a plurality of applications. The application program is tagged with an application search key, receives a start command of the start program transmitted from the UIM card, matches the application command with the application key, and starts the application program.
[0026]
As described above, the UIM card (record carrier) mounted on the mobile phone is connected to the main body of the mobile phone via the interface unit (first connection unit) 21 and the interface unit (third connection unit) 101. ing.
The interface unit 21 is an external terminal for contact communication (see the external terminal 21 in FIG. 2) if the UIM card used is a contact-type non-contact dual-use card, and is a non-contact exchange if the UIM card is a non-contact UIM card. An antenna of trust.
The interface unit (second connection unit) 22 is a contactless communication antenna for connecting to an external device provided directly or in association with a telephone server or the like.
[0027]
The interface units 21 and 22 in FIG. 3 are connected to a CPU 202 which is a control unit of an IC chip 201 mounted on a UIM card.
The CPU 202 stores a startup program and a ROM 203 storing a program for controlling other data, a RAM 204 for temporarily storing and operating reception information including reception data, a startup program for application programs, and a key for mutual authentication and other data. It is connected to an information recording unit (storage unit) 205 for storage.
[0028]
Referring to FIG. 4, one embodiment of a procedure for downloading a program to a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier will be described.
The power of the mobile phone is turned on (S31). The telephone server and the external device of the application service provider are turned on (S32). The external device is, for example, a door at an entrance of a convenience store or the like, a gate installed at an entrance of a venue according to an application, or a register terminal installed at a sales floor.
[0029]
The customer who wants to provide the service applies for a customer code using a telephone server or a Web server (S33). The telephone server and the Web server examine the application of the customer, generate a customer code for the customer who satisfies the examination criteria, and register the customer (S34). The telephone server or the Web server transmits the customer code, the application program, the activation program for activating the application program, and the authentication key to the customer's mobile phone (S35).
The applied customer downloads a customer code, an application program to which the customer code is tagged, and a start program of the application program from a telephone server or the like (S36).
The application program downloaded in S36 is stored (recorded) in the application program storage section of the mobile phone, and the activation program is provided with an authentication key in the recording section of the UIM card (S37).
[0030]
Referring to FIG. 5, regarding the communication procedure between the mobile phone equipped with the UIM card and the terminal of the service provider, the service provider, for example, a mass merchandise store, a convenience store, a supermarket, etc., respectively gives members (customer code applicants) The following describes an example in which a campaign for transmitting a DM and giving a privilege is performed.
First, the host computer of the service provider turns on the telephone server and the external device including the UIM card activation device of the affiliated store (S40).
The customer turns on the mobile phone (S41). The customer holds the UIM card mounting side of the mobile phone over a predetermined portion (antenna) of the external device to communicate with the external device (S42).
The external device transmits a radio wave to the antenna of the UIM card to turn on the UIM card (activated state), accesses the verification authentication key from a file recorded in the recording unit of the UIM card, and changes the corresponding key. Search (S43). The UIM card performs mutual authentication using the corresponding key in the recording unit and the key provided from the external device (S44).
[0031]
If the authentication result is OK, the key of the file storing the application program to be started from among the application programs storing the application program of the mobile phone is unlocked by the start program stored in the UIM card (S45). Then, the customer code stored in the file is extracted, and a predetermined application program is started (S46).
The mobile phone transmits the customer code to the service provider's telephone server via the mobile phone's antenna (S47). Since the customer code is given by the service provider, if a plurality of application programs are stored, the customer code is held.
The telephone server receives the customer code from the mobile phone and selects information to be transmitted to the customer from the customer database 40 (S48).
The telephone server transmits the selected information to the customer's mobile phone (S49), and the mobile phone receives the information and exchanges information with each other (S50).
The information provided by the service provider to the customer includes a DM, a discount rate for shopping information, a service point, and the like.
[0032]
If the external device is a convenience store, the external device is provided near a knob on an entrance door or in a predetermined place near a door in a store, and is not necessarily connected to a telephone terminal of a service provider. May be.
That is, the external device only needs to transmit an access signal unique to the service provider to the UIM card, activate the UIM card of the mobile phone, and activate an application program stored in the mobile phone. After that, it becomes the work of mobile phones and telephone servers.
[0033]
In the above example, when the customer finishes shopping at the convenience store and leaves the store, the mobile phone application program is still on, and the customer turns off the mobile phone by pressing the power button of the mobile phone once. To
At this point, the connection between the mobile phone and the phone server is turned off.
[0034]
(Example)
Hereinafter, i-mode (NTT DOCOMO) equipped with a contact-type non-contact UIM card ^TM A point system using a mobile phone compatible with the registered trademark will be described.
Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
First, an application program (hereinafter referred to as a Java program) is stored in an information storage unit of the mobile phone. In addition, a starting program (hereinafter, referred to as a Java applet) is recorded and stored in the recording unit of the UIM card.
[0035]
The point service company that provides the point service includes a Java program, a Java applet, an authentication key for activating the Java applet, a key for opening a program file, and a member software. Prepare the code.
For the member who wants to join, the above-mentioned Java program, a Java applet, an authentication key for starting the Java applet, a key for opening the program file, and a member code are downloaded from the telephone server to the mobile phone.
The downloaded Java program and member code are stored in the information storage unit of the mobile phone, and the key for opening the program file is stored in the key storage file.
The downloaded Java applet and authentication key are recorded and stored in the recording unit of the installed UIM card.
[0036]
The member holds the mobile phone over a predetermined external device at the entrance of the store to which the point service company joins.
The external device activates the circuit by the control unit (CPU) of the UIM using the antenna of the UIM card and performs authentication with the authentication key. The CPU confirms that the keys match, and checks the Java applet of the point service company. Activates the Java program using the Java program key stored in the mobile phone.
[0037]
The Java program automatically connects to the in-store server or the telephone server of the point service company through the in-store relay device.
The member goes shopping at the store, and holds the mobile phone over the reading part of the register of the store at the stage of payment. The register reads the member code via the UIM card, tags the point corresponding to the paid amount with the member code #, and transmits the tag to the telephone server. The telephone server adds the new point to the member code in the member database.
The member can access the telephone server and check his / her point information on the display unit of the mobile phone.
[0038]
The member leaves the store, turns off the mobile phone, and cuts off the connection between the mobile phone and the telephone server.
In addition to the methods described above, the method of disconnecting the connection between the mobile phone and the telephone server includes a method of closing the mobile phone by holding the mobile phone over a predetermined device in a store, a method of automatically shutting down after a certain period of time, and starting other applications. There is a method of automatically shutting off sometimes, and can be set in advance by using a function button of the mobile phone.
[0039]
【The invention's effect】
1) In a portable communication terminal having a detachably mounted record carrier as described in claim 1, 2, or 3, the portable communication terminal wirelessly communicates with one or more application terminals via at least a network. A communication unit for transmitting and receiving data in a system, and a control and storage unit for controlling and storing an application program for communicating with the application terminal, wherein the record carrier controls and records an activation program corresponding to each of the application programs. A portable device having a recording unit and a first connection unit for connecting to a portable communication terminal and a second connection unit for connecting to an external device related to the application terminal; When using a possible communication terminal, the operation unit connects without connecting to the application provider. Also, available with confidence under high security environments, the connection method between portable communication terminal and UIM card may be selected contact, from the non-contact both type.
2) As described in claims 4 and 5, the record carrier is a UIM card and the portable communication terminal is a mobile phone, so that it can be used in a wide range of applications such as a point system via a communication means carried daily. it can.
3) As described in claims 6, 7, and 8, using the portable communication terminal according to claim 1, downloading the application program and the start-up program from the application terminal by a communication means, and controlling / storing. Means for storing an application program in an application program storage section of a portable communication terminal, and recording a start-up program in a recording section of a record carrier; Upon receiving the signal, the application program is activated by the activation program recorded on the record carrier via the first connection unit, so that the operation unit connects to the application provider when using the portable communication terminal. High security without hassle Available with confidence under boundary, the connection method between portable communication terminal and UIM card contact can be selected from the non-contact both type.
4) Further, as described in the ninth and tenth aspects, the record carrier is a UIM card and the portable communication terminal is a portable telephone. be able to.
5) In addition, as described in claim 11, the record carrier and the external device perform the mutual authentication by the mutual authentication means before the activation program recorded on the record carrier accesses the application program, so that the portable communication can be performed. Applications can be used in a high security environment without operating the terminal.
6) Since the starting program is a Java applet and the application program is a Java application program, the range of applications that can be used in a high security environment can be expanded.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier of the present invention and a device configuration of a service providing system using the same.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a connection portion of a record carrier.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining functions of a mobile phone equipped with a record carrier.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of a procedure for downloading a program to a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an embodiment of a communication procedure between a mobile communication terminal equipped with a record carrier and a service providing terminal.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Mobile terminal, mobile phone (portable communication terminal)
2 UIM card (record carrier)
3 External devices
4 telephone server (application terminal)
11 Mobile phone input section
12 Mobile phone display
13 Mobile phone communication unit
21 IF1 (first connection part = contact type terminal)
22 IF2 (second connection part = antenna)
101 IF3 (third connection unit)
102, 202 CPU
103 I / O
104,203 ROM
105,204 RAM
106 Information storage
201 UIM card IC chip
205 Information recording unit
221 IC chip antenna terminal

Claims (12)

In a portable communication terminal having a removable record carrier,
A portable communication terminal has at least a communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from one or more application terminals in a wireless manner via a network, and a control and storage unit that controls and stores an application program that communicates with the application terminal. And
The record carrier has a control / recording unit for controlling and recording a start program corresponding to each of the application programs, and a first connection unit for connecting to a portable communication terminal; A portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier, comprising a second connection unit for connecting to an external device to be connected. The portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second connection units is a contactless communication antenna or a coil. The first connection part is a contact communication connection terminal formed on the surface of the record carrier, and the second connection part is a contactless communication antenna or a coil built in the record carrier. Item 7. A portable communication terminal equipped with the record carrier according to Item 1. 4. A portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier according to claim 1, wherein the record carrier is a UIM card. The portable communication terminal equipped with the record carrier according to claim 1, wherein the portable communication terminal is a mobile phone. In a service providing system using a portable communication terminal equipped with a removable record carrier,
The portable communication terminal has at least communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from one or more application terminals via a network in a wireless manner, and control / storage means for controlling and storing an application program for communicating with the application terminal. And
The record carrier is a control / recording unit that controls a start program corresponding to each of the application programs and records the start program in a recording unit, a first connection unit for connecting to a portable communication terminal, and an external device associated with the application terminal. Having second connection means for connecting,
The communication means of the portable communication terminal downloads the application program and the activation program from the application terminal, stores the application program in the application program storage of the portable communication terminal by the control / storage means, and records the activation program. Record in the recording section of the carrier,
When the record carrier receives a predetermined signal from the external device associated with the application terminal by the second connection means, the application program is started by the start program recorded on the record carrier via the first connection unit. Service providing system using a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier. 7. The service provision using a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier according to claim 6, wherein each of the first and second connection units is a contactless communication antenna or a coil. system. The first connection part is a contact communication connection terminal formed on the surface of the record carrier, and the second connection part is a contactless communication antenna or coil built in the record carrier. A service providing system using a portable communication terminal equipped with the record carrier according to claim 6. 9. A service providing system using a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier according to claim 6, wherein the record carrier is a UIM card. 9. A service providing system using a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier according to claim 6, wherein the portable communication terminal is a mobile phone. 11. The record carrier according to claim 6, wherein the record carrier and the external device perform mutual authentication by a mutual authentication unit before the activation program recorded on the record carrier accesses the application program. Service providing system using a portable communication terminal. The service providing system using a portable communication terminal equipped with a record carrier according to any one of claims 6 to 11, wherein the activation program is a Java applet, and the application program is a Java application program.

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