JP2005057384A - Information providing system for mobile terminal and information providing server for mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing system for a mobile terminal wherein an operator can display a WEB page with a few operations and which can reduce the communication cost by decreasing a time until a desired WEB page is obtained and to provide an information providing server for the mobile terminal. <P>SOLUTION: The information providing server discriminates whether or not the operator is a registered membership and allows the mobile terminal to display outsider use display information when the server discriminates that the operator is not a registered membership, and allows the mobile terminal to display membership use display information when the server discriminates that the operator is a registered membership. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention provides a mobile terminal device information providing system and a mobile terminal device information providing server for displaying non-member display information or member display information on a mobile terminal device.

  Conventionally, when a mobile terminal device having a communication function, for example, a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital (Data) Assistants) having a communication function, is accessed from a WEB server and viewed with a WEB browser, the top page is always displayed. It was displayed from the so-called top page. The viewer sequentially selects lower WEB pages by selecting an option displayed on the top-level WEB page or inputting a keyword in the displayed search frame and selecting a search result. While displaying, it moved to the WEB page in which the information desired by the viewer was described (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-35433 A

  However, since the portable terminal device emphasizes portability, the portable terminal device is reduced in size and weight. For this reason, the arrangement and number of operation keys such as a numeric keypad are limited, and the operability is inevitably low. As described above, when various information is browsed by accessing a WEB server or the like from a portable terminal device, it is necessary to perform a key operation in order to advance from the highest WEB page to the lower WEB page. In addition, it is necessary to input various information such as a mail address on the target WEB page. These operations are difficult as described above due to the arrangement and number of operation keys. Further, in the case of a WEB server that is frequently accessed, since the viewer can understand the configuration of the WEB page, the work of sequentially moving from the top WEB page has to be troublesome. Further, not only a lot of operations are required until a WEB page on which information desired by the operator is displayed, but also the communication cost between them is added.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described points, and an object of the present invention is to display a WEB page desired by an operator with a few operations and to reach a desired WEB page. It is to provide a portable terminal device information providing system and a portable terminal device information providing server that can shorten the communication cost and reduce the communication cost.

(1) An input unit operated by an operator, input information based on an input operation of the input unit by the operator, and operator specifying information for specifying the operator are transmitted through a communication network, and the communication A mobile terminal device including terminal communication means for receiving information through a circuit network, and display means for displaying the received information;
Server communication means for enabling access from the mobile terminal device through the communication line network, member registration information indicating that the operator is a registered member, and non-member display information for display on the display means And a storage means for storing display information for members, and a server including the information providing system for portable terminal devices,
The server
Determining whether the operator is a registered member based on the operator identification information transmitted from the mobile terminal device and the member registration information stored in the storage means;
When it is determined that the member is not a registered member, the non-member display information is selected and transmitted to the mobile terminal device, and member request information indicating that member registration is desired is newly transmitted from the mobile terminal device as the input information. If so, the member registration information is generated based on the member request information and the operator identification information and stored in the storage device, and
An information providing system for a portable terminal device, comprising: a control means for selecting the member display information and transmitting it to the portable terminal device when it is determined that the member is a registered member.
(2) Server communication means for enabling access from a mobile terminal device through a communication line network, member registration information indicating that an operator of the mobile terminal device is a registered member, and displaying on the mobile terminal device A storage means for storing display information for non-members and display information for members, and an information providing server for portable terminal devices,
Whether or not the operator is a registered member based on the operator specifying information transmitted from the portable terminal device and specifying the operator and the member registration information stored in the storage means Judging
When it is determined that the member is not a registered member, the non-member display information is selected and transmitted to the portable terminal device, and the member request information for requesting membership registration is newly transmitted from the portable terminal device. , Generating the member registration information on the basis of the member request information and the operator specifying information and storing it in the storage device; and
An information providing server for a portable terminal device, comprising: a control means for selecting the member display information and transmitting it to the portable terminal device when it is determined that the member is a registered member.

(3) server communication means for enabling access from a mobile terminal device through a communication line network; storage means for storing non-member display information and member display information for display on the mobile terminal device; A portable terminal device information providing server comprising: control means for causing the portable terminal device to display either the non-member display information or the member display information based on information transmitted from the portable terminal device. ,
The control means is accessed from the portable terminal device, displays information indicating that membership registration is recommended on the portable terminal device as the non-member display information, and information indicating that registration is desired from the portable terminal device. An information providing server for a mobile terminal device that displays member display information on the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is accessed again after being transmitted.

  (4) When the control means determines that the input information input from the input operation of the input means by the operator and transmitted from the portable terminal device can be input from the input means again, the input is completed. The information provision server for portable terminal devices according to (3), wherein information is transmitted to the portable terminal device and displayed.

(5) The storage means stores content including image data or / and audio data corresponding to the type of the mobile terminal device, and
The information providing server for a portable terminal device according to (3) or (4), wherein the control unit transmits the content to the portable terminal device according to a type of the portable terminal device.

  (6) When the content is not stored corresponding to the type of the mobile terminal device, the mobile terminal device displays information indicating that the content cannot be transmitted to the mobile terminal device. 4) The information provision server for portable terminal devices described.

  (7) When the generated member registration information is stored in the storage device, the control means transmits information indicating that the member has been registered or information indicating that the member registration processing has been completed to the mobile terminal device. The information provision server for portable terminal devices according to the above (3) or (4).

  According to the inventions of (1), (2) and (3) described above, since information for registered members is displayed immediately when becoming a registered member, the operation of the input means can be reduced and bothersome. Can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to shorten the time until the information desired by the operator is displayed, and to reduce the communication cost.

  Moreover, since the information displayed by a registered member and a non-registered member is different, the provided information can be differentiated.

  In addition, non-registered members can induce the desire to become registered members, and registered members are provided with different information from non-registered members, which may cause a sense of satisfaction and superiority. There is a possibility of being able to do it.

  According to the invention of (4) described above, in addition to the effects of the inventions of (1), (2) and (3), it is possible to clearly present to the operator that the information has already been input. In addition, when input information is displayed in the input field displayed on the display means of the mobile terminal device, it is possible to omit inputting the information again, thereby simplifying and facilitating the operation of the input means. It is possible to reduce the troublesomeness of the operation.

  According to the above-described invention of (5), in addition to the effects of the inventions of (1), (2) and (3), content that is not compatible with the mobile terminal device is transmitted to the mobile terminal device. It is possible to prevent this from happening, and it is possible to prevent wasted time and communication costs from being generated when transmitting content.

  According to the invention of (6) described above, in addition to the effects of the inventions of (1), (2) and (3), it can be clearly shown to the operator that content cannot be transmitted.

  According to the above-described invention of (7), in addition to the effects of the inventions of (1), (2) and (3), it can be clearly shown to the operator that the operator has become a registered member. .

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an information providing system for a portable terminal device according to the present invention.

  In the mobile terminal device information providing system 10 shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 20 is connected to a packet network 24 via a base station 22. The portable telephone 20 can transmit and receive voice data, character data, and image data to each other via the packet network 24. Further, the mobile phone 20 can access the center server 26 by packet communication via the packet network 24. In response to a request from the mobile phone 20, the center server 26 acquires various information from the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 connected to the Internet 28, and receives this information from the requesting mobile phone 20. hand over. Thereby, the operator of the portable telephone 20 can obtain desired information from the information providing server 30 for the portable terminal device regardless of the whereabouts such as whereabouts.

  The above-described center server 26 has a database (not shown) in which a telephone number previously assigned to each mobile phone 20 and a user ID for identifying the owner of the mobile phone 20 are associated with each other. Stored in advance. When the mobile phone 20 is connected to the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 in response to a request from the mobile phone 20, the phone number of the mobile phone 20 is once changed from the mobile phone 20 to the center server. 26. Based on the transmitted telephone number, the center server 26 searches the database described above to obtain the user ID of the portable phone 20, and transmits the obtained user ID to the portable terminal device information providing server 30. . Based on the user ID transmitted from the center server 26, the portable terminal device information providing server 30 determines whether or not the portable terminal device information providing server 30 has been accessed from the portable phone 20 in the past. Various processes can be performed. Also, the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 can obtain the model information of the mobile phone 20 from the center server 26 by transmitting the user ID transmitted from the center server 26 to the center server 26. In addition, the information provision server 30 for portable terminal devices which concerns on this invention memorize | stores the user ID transmitted from the center server 26 in the management database, as shown in FIG. 7 mentioned later.

  FIG. 2 shows the hardware configuration of the mobile phone 20 described above. In the present embodiment, each of the plurality of portable telephones 20 shown in FIG. 1 has the same configuration.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) 102, a ROM (read only memory) 104, and a RAM (random access memory) 106 are connected to the input / output bus 100. The ROM 104 stores a program shown in FIG. 4 to be described later, a browser for browsing a WEB site, a program for controlling various devices such as a display device to be described later, and a telephone assigned to the mobile phone 20 in advance. Remember the number. The RAM 106 stores various data such as character data such as a telephone number and mail, received image data, and voice data to be issued when an incoming call is received.

  The input / output bus 100 controls a display control circuit 112 that controls a display device 110 that includes a liquid crystal display, an audio signal processing circuit 118 that controls a microphone 114 and a speaker 116, and a keyboard 120 that includes numeric keys and operation keys. An input interface (hereinafter referred to as an input I / F) 122 and a communication interface (hereinafter referred to as a communication I / F) 126 that transmits and receives information to and from the packet network 24 via an antenna 124 are connected. ing.

  The keyboard 120 is operated by an operator of the mobile phone 20. The communication I / F 126 transmits input information based on an input operation of the keyboard 120 by the operator and a telephone number assigned in advance to the mobile phone 20 through the packet network 24 and the Internet 28 described above. Further, the communication I / F 126 receives information transmitted through the packet network 24 and the Internet 28. The display device 110 displays input information input by the operator operating the keyboard 120 and information transmitted through the packet network 24 and the Internet 28.

  The keyboard 120 described above constitutes “input means”, the antenna 124 and the communication I / F 126 constitute “terminal communication means”, and the display device 110 constitutes “display means”. The CPU 102, ROM 104, and RAM 106 constitute “control means”. Furthermore, “operator identification information for identifying an operator” is configured from a telephone number previously assigned to the portable telephone 20. The “operator identification information for identifying the operator” does not necessarily need to be a telephone number, and is a unique identification such as the serial number of the portable telephone 20 or the portable telephone 20 that can identify the operator. Any information may be used.

  FIG. 3 shows a hardware configuration of the portable terminal device information providing server 30 described above.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 includes a WEB / content server 32 and a management server 34.

  A central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) 152, a ROM (read only memory) 154, and a RAM (random access memory) 156 are connected to the input / output bus 150 of the WEB / content server 32. The ROM 154 stores programs shown in FIGS. 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 16, and 18 described later, and programs for controlling various devices such as the WEB server 158 and the content server 160 described later.

  The input / output bus 150 is also connected to a WEB server 158 and a content server 160. The WEB server 158 and the content server 160 are made of a storage medium that can store a large amount of data such as a hard disk drive. As will be described later, the WEB server 158 mainly includes character data and image data for browsing, for example, non-member display information for non-registered members shown in FIG. 9, and member display information for registered members shown in FIG. Or the data for displaying on the display apparatus 110 of the portable telephone 20 as shown in FIGS. These display data are created in a language conforming to Compact HTML, which is a subset of so-called HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), and include URL (not only character information but also the location of image data and other WEB servers). Uniform Resource Locator) information can be incorporated. In addition, the content server 160 mainly has contents such as image data, audio data, and application programs to be downloaded to the mobile phone 20, and correspondence between the content and the model of the mobile phone 20 as shown in FIG. Is stored in the model correspondence database.

  From the above-described WEB server 158, “storage means for storing member registration information indicating that the operator is a registered member and non-member display information and member display information for display on the display means” is configured. To do.

  Further, an external connection interface (hereinafter referred to as an external connection I / F) 162 and an internal connection interface (hereinafter referred to as an internal connection I / F) 164 are also connected to the input / output bus 150. ing. The external connection I / F 162 is a communication interface for connecting to the Internet 28 shown in FIG. Data transmission / reception with the mobile phone 20 and data transmission / reception with the center server 26 are performed by the external connection I / F 162. Also, management data stored in a management database server 178 (described later) is transmitted / received to / from the WEB / content server 32 via the internal connection I / F 164.

  The above-described external connection I / F 162 constitutes “server communication means that enables access from the portable terminal device through the communication network”.

  A central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 172, a ROM (read only memory) 174, and a RAM (random access memory) 176 are connected to the input / output bus 170 of the management server 34. The ROM 174 stores a program for transmitting and receiving management data in accordance with instructions from the WEB / content server 32.

  A management database server 178 is connected to the input / output bus 170. The management database server 178 is composed of a storage medium such as a hard disk drive that can store a large amount of data. As will be described later, the management database server 178 mainly stores personal information of the operator of the mobile phone 20 such as a user ID, for example, a management database as shown in FIG.

  Further, an internal connection I / F 180 is also connected to the input / output bus 170. The internal connection I / F 180 is also connected to the internal connection I / F 164 of the WEB / content server 32, and the information transmitted from the WEB / content server 32 is stored in the management database server 178 or is used for management. Information stored in the database server 178 can be transmitted to the web / content server 32.

  The above-described WEB server 158, content server 160, and management database server 178 constitute “storage means”, and the CPU 152, ROM 154 and RAM 156, and CPU 172, ROM 174, and RAM 176 constitute “control means”.

  In the above-described example, the WEB / content server 32 and the management server 34 are separated from each other. However, an integrated server may be used.

  In the following, it is assumed that the mobile phone 20 and the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 described above are activated in advance and are in steady operation.

  FIG. 4 shows a subroutine executed in the mobile phone 20 described above. This subroutine is called and executed when a web browsing browser is activated on the mobile phone 20. In FIG. 4, the solid line indicates the flow of processing, and the broken line indicates the flow of data transmission / reception with the mobile terminal device information providing server 30.

  First, as indicated by reference numeral “1” in FIG. 4, whether or not data is transmitted from the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 and whether or not the data transmitted from the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 is received. Is determined (step S101). If it is determined that no data has been received, the determination process in step S101 is repeated. When it is determined that the data has been received, it is determined whether or not content such as image data, audio data, and application program should be downloaded from the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 (step S102). When it is determined that the content should not be downloaded, the received data is displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20 as display data (step S103). Next, it is determined whether or not the operator of the mobile phone 20 has operated the keyboard 120 to perform an input operation (step S104). When it is determined that no input operation has been performed, the determination process in step S104 is repeated. When it is determined that an input operation has been performed, a subroutine (not shown) of portable phone internal processing is called and executed (step S105).

  After executing this portable telephone internal process, it is determined whether or not to end the WEB browsing process (step S106). When it is determined that the WEB browsing process is to be terminated, this subroutine is immediately terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the WEB browsing process is not terminated, the result of the process is transmitted to the portable terminal device information providing server 30 (step S107), as indicated by reference numeral “2” in FIG. The process returns to S101.

  When it is determined in step S102 that the content should be downloaded, a process of downloading the content from the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 is executed (step S108). When the content has been downloaded, as shown by reference numeral “2” in FIG. 4, information indicating that the download has been completed is transmitted to the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 (step S109). Return processing.

  FIG. 5 shows a subroutine executed in the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 described above. In FIG. 5, as in FIG. 4, the solid line indicates the flow of processing, and the broken line indicates the flow of information transmission / reception with the mobile phone 20.

  First, it waits for reception of data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 or the center server 26, and data is transmitted from the mobile phone 20 or the center server 26 as indicated by reference numeral “2” in FIG. Sometimes the data is received (steps S201 and S202). The information transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is information transmitted by the process of step S107 or S109 shown in FIG. The information transmitted from the center server 26 is the user ID described above.

  If it is determined in step S202 that the data has been received, it is determined whether or not to end this subroutine (step S203). When it is determined that this subroutine is to be terminated, this subroutine is immediately terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the subroutine is not terminated, a subroutine for server internal processing described later is called and executed (step S204), and the process returns to step S201 described above.

  FIG. 6 shows a subroutine of server internal processing that is called and executed in step S204 of FIG. 5 described above.

  First, it is determined whether or not the access from the mobile phone 20 is by a person who has already been determined to be a non-registered member (step S211). If it is determined that the access is not by a person determined to be a non-registered member, it is determined whether or not the access is the first access to the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 (step S212). When it is determined that the access is the first access to the mobile terminal device information providing server 30, the management database stored in the management database server 178 is searched based on the user ID transmitted from the center server 26. (Step S213). FIG. 7 shows an example in which the management database is in a table format. As shown in FIG. 7, the management database is stored for each user ID, and items such as a handle name and a mail address are stored. Details of these items will be described later. If the user ID is stored in the management database, the operator of the mobile phone 20 is “registered member”. If the user ID is not stored in the management database, the operation of the mobile phone 20 is performed. The person is a “non-registered member”.

  After executing the process of step S213, it is determined whether or not the user is a registered member (step S214). As described above, whether or not the user is a registered member is determined based on whether or not the user ID is already stored in the management database.

  If it is determined in step S214 that the user is not a registered member, or if it is determined that the access is made by a person determined to be a non-registered member in step S211, the process for non-registered member shown in FIG. To do. (Step S215)

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S214 that the member is a registered member, or when it is determined that the access is not the first access in step S212 described above, that is, when it is determined that the access is by a person who is determined as a registered member, FIG. The registered member process is called and executed (step S216), and this subroutine is terminated.

  From the processing of steps S213 and S214 described above, “whether the operator is a registered member based on the operator specifying information transmitted from the mobile terminal device and the member registration information stored in the storage means”. The process of “determining whether or not” is configured. By performing such processing, it is possible to reduce operations until reaching information desired by the operator, and to reduce annoyance. In addition, it is possible to shorten the time until the information desired by the operator is displayed, and to reduce the communication cost.

  FIG. 8 shows a subroutine of processing for the non-registered member that is called and executed in step S215 of FIG. 6 described above. In FIG. 8, the solid line shows the flow of processing, and the broken line shows the flow of information transmission to the mobile phone 20.

  First, it is determined whether or not the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is information for requesting menu display (step S221). If it is determined that the information is not for requesting menu display, a subroutine for non-display processing shown in FIG. 10 described later is called and executed (step S222), and this subroutine is terminated. When it is determined that the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is information indicating that a menu display is requested, whether the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is information indicating that a predetermined menu is selected. Is determined (step S223). If it is determined that the information is not for selecting a predetermined menu, the WEB data for the unregistered member is selected (step S224), and the highest WEB data among the selected WEB data is selected (step S225). ) The selected highest-level WEB data is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 (step S227). The most significant WEB data selected in step S225 is the WEB data M0-0 shown in FIG. 9, and this most significant WEB data M0-0 is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 in the process of step S227. It is displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20 in the process of step S103 in FIG.

  Note that the WEB data of M0-0 to M0-5 shown in FIG. 9 indicates the entire WEB data, and a part of the WEB data is displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20. When the operator operates the keyboard 120, the WEB data is gradually scrolled and displayed according to the operation. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the WEB data M0-0 is the most significant WEB data, and M0-1 to M0-5 are the lower WEB data.

  When it is determined in step S223 that the information is to select a predetermined menu, lower-level WEB data corresponding to the information is selected (step S226), and the selected lower-level WEB data is stored in the mobile phone 20. (Step S227). For example, in the example shown in FIG. 9, as shown in the lower part of M0-0 which is the most significant WEB data, “NEWS !! (9/26)”, “1. Site introduction”, “2 .. "Options" such as "3. Present", "3. Trial version Java application" and "4. Member registration" are displayed. The operator selects this option by operating the keyboard 120. At this time, the information transmitted from the portable phone 20 to the portable terminal device information providing server 30 is information indicating that the predetermined menu in step S223 described above is selected. For example, when the operator selects “NEWS !! (9/26)” and information indicating that the menu is to be selected is transmitted from the portable telephone 20, the WEB data M0-1 is stored in the process of step S226. Selected. The selected WEB data M0-1 is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 in step S227, and is displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20 in step S103 of FIG. Similarly, when “1. Site introduction” is selected, the WEB data M0-2 is selected and displayed on the display device 110, and when “2. Present” is selected, the WEB data M0-3 is selected. Is displayed on the display device 110, and when “3. Trial version Java application” is selected, the WEB data M0-4 is selected and displayed on the display device 110, and when “4. Member registration” is selected, The WEB data M0-5 is selected and displayed on the display device 110.

  After executing the processing of step S227 described above, this subroutine is immediately terminated.

  FIG. 10 shows a subroutine of the non-display processing that is called and executed in step S222 of FIG. 8 described above. In FIG. 10, the solid line indicates the flow of processing, and the broken line indicates the flow of information transmission to the mobile phone 20.

  First, it is determined whether or not the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is information indicating that membership registration is desired (step S231). In the example shown in FIG. 9, this information is transmitted from the mobile phone 20 when the operator selects the “4. Member registration” option shown at the bottom of the WEB data M0-0. When it is determined that the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is not information indicating that membership registration is desired, a subroutine (not shown) of separate processing 1 is called and executed (step S232). The subroutine of the separate process 1 includes, for example, a process for downloading a trial version of the slot game to the mobile phone 20, a voice data of a free incoming melody, and image data of a standby screen as gifts for the operator. It is a program such as a process for transmitting to the mobile phone 20.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S231 that the information indicates that membership registration is desired, an input processing subroutine (not shown) is called and executed (step S233). When this input processing subroutine is executed, an image as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 is selected, transmitted to the mobile phone 20 and displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20. For example, when information related to “course selection” as shown in FIG. 11A is displayed on the display device 110, the operator of the mobile phone 20 selects a course by operating the keyboard 120. Information on the course that has been played is transmitted from the mobile phone 20 to the mobile terminal device information providing server 30. In addition, information related to the “Terms of Use” as shown in FIG. 11B and information related to the desire to subscribe to “Mail Magazine” as shown in FIG. 12A are displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20. Sometimes, when the operator performs an operation corresponding to the information, the information is transmitted from the portable telephone 20 to the portable terminal device information providing server 30. Further, when a field for inputting “handle name” and “mail address” as shown in FIG. 12B is displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20, the operator of the mobile phone 20 When character information is input for the operator's “handle name” and “mail address” by operating the keyboard 120, the character information is transmitted from the mobile phone 20 to the mobile terminal device information providing server 30. .

  After the process of step S233, it is determined whether or not the received information is incomplete (step S234). For example, when characters that cannot be used are included in the transmitted handle name or mail address, or when the number of characters exceeds a predetermined number, it is determined that the received information is incomplete. When it is determined that the received information is incomplete, data indicating the incompleteness is selected (step S235), the data is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 (step S236), and the display of the mobile phone 20 is displayed. The information is displayed on the device 110, and the process returns to step S233 described above.

  If it is determined in step S234 that there is no defect in the received information, the information transmitted from the portable phone 20 in step S233 is stored in the management database shown in FIG. 7 (step S237). By performing this process, the member is registered. Next, data indicating membership registration is selected (step S238), the data is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 (step S239), and a screen as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20. To display.

  As described above, in step S237, the information transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is stored in the management database shown in FIG. In this management database, data such as “user ID”, “handle name”, “mail address”, “mail magazine”, and “course” are registered. The “user ID” is information transmitted from the center server 26 as information for identifying the operator of the mobile phone 20 as described above. Further, the “handle name”, “mail address”, “mail magazine”, and “course” are stored in the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 by the input operation of the operator of the mobile phone 20 in the process of step S233 of FIG. It is the transmitted information. The “handle name” and the “mail address” are character information input by the operator in the column displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20 as shown in FIG. When the value in the “mail magazine” column is 1, it indicates that the user wishes to subscribe to the mail magazine, and when the value is 0, it indicates that the user does not wish to subscribe to the mail magazine. When the value in the “Course” column is 1, it indicates that “1. Easy Course” shown in FIG. 11A is selected, and when the value is 2, “2. Whole course”. Indicates that has been selected.

  FIG. 14 shows a subroutine of registered member processing called and executed in step S216 of FIG. 6 described above. In FIG. 14, the solid line indicates the flow of processing, and the broken line indicates the flow of information transmission to the mobile phone 20.

  First, it is determined whether or not the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is information for requesting menu display (step S241). If it is determined that the information is not for requesting menu display, a subroutine for non-display processing shown in FIG. 16 described later is called and executed (step S242), and this subroutine is terminated. When it is determined that the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is information indicating that a menu display is requested, whether the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is information indicating that a predetermined menu is selected. Is determined (step S243). When it is determined that the information is not for selecting a predetermined menu, WEB data for a registered member is selected (step S244), and the highest WEB data among the selected WEB data is selected (step S245). The selected top-level WEB data is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 (step S247). The most significant WEB data selected in step S245 is the WEB data M1-0 shown in FIG. 15, and this most significant WEB data M1-0 is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 in the process of step S247. It is displayed on the display device 110 of the portable phone 20 by the processing of FIG.

  Note that the WEB data of M1-0 to M1-2-2 shown in FIG. 15 shows the entire WEB data, similar to the WEB data shown in FIG. , A part of it is displayed. When the operator operates the keyboard 120, the WEB data is gradually scrolled and displayed according to the operation. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 15, WEB data M1-0 is the most significant WEB data, M1-1 and M1-2 are WEB data lower than M1-0, and M1-2-1 M1-2-2 is WEB data lower than M1-2.

  If it is determined in step S243 that the information is to select a predetermined menu, lower-level WEB data corresponding to the information is selected (step S246), and the selected lower-level WEB data is stored in the mobile phone 20. (Step S247). For example, in the example shown in FIG. 15, as shown in the lower part of M1-0 which is the highest-level WEB data, “NEWS !! (9/26)”, “1. , “2. Ranking Vision”, “0. Next”, etc. are displayed. The operator selects this option by operating the keyboard 120. At this time, the information transmitted from the portable telephone 20 to the portable terminal device information providing server 30 is information indicating that the predetermined menu in step S243 described above is selected. For example, when the operator selects “NEWS !! (9/26)” and information indicating that the menu is to be selected is transmitted from the mobile phone 20, the WEB data M1-1 is stored in the process of step S246. Selected. The selected WEB data M1-1 is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 in the process of step S247, and is displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20 in the process of step S103 of FIG. Similarly, when “0. Next” is selected, the WEB data M1-2 is selected and displayed on the display device 110. Further, when the WEB data M1-2 is displayed on the display device 110, as shown in FIG. 15, options of “1. Information”, “2. Change of registered contents”, and “0. Is done. At this time, when “1. Information” is selected, the WEB data M1-2-1 is selected and displayed on the display device 110, and when “2. Change registered contents” is selected, the WEB data M1. -2-2 is selected and displayed on the display device 110.

  After executing the processing of step S247 described above, this subroutine is immediately terminated.

  FIG. 16 shows a subroutine for non-display processing that is called and executed in step S242 of FIG. In FIG. 16, the solid line indicates the flow of processing, and the broken line indicates the flow of information transmission to the mobile phone 20.

  First, it is determined whether the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is information indicating that the content is desired to be downloaded (step S251). If it is determined that the information does not indicate that the content is desired to be downloaded, a subroutine of another process 2 shown in FIG. 18 described later is called and executed (step S252), and this subroutine is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S251 that the information indicates that the content is desired to be downloaded, the user ID is transmitted to the center server 26 and the model information is received from the center server 26 (step S253). Next, the model correspondence database shown in FIG. 17 is searched based on the received model information (step S254).

  The model-corresponding database shown in FIG. 17 shows a case where the content downloaded to the mobile phone 20 is incoming melody audio data. As shown in FIG. 17, the content to be downloaded needs to be prepared in advance for each model of the mobile phone 20. The audio signal processing circuit 118 of the mobile phone 20 differs depending on the model, such as one that can output only a single tone, one that can output up to 16 chords, and one that can output up to 64 chords. For this reason, even if it is a model that can output only a single sound, when voice data corresponding to 64 chords is downloaded, no voice is emitted, or even if it is emitted, a desired voice is not emitted. Inconvenience arises. On the other hand, even if it is a model that can output up to 64 chords, if voice data corresponding to a single sound is downloaded, no voice is produced at all, or even if it is produced, a voice that makes full use of the voice signal processing circuit 118 is obtained. It cannot be emitted. For this reason, it is necessary to create a model-compatible database as shown in FIG. 17 in advance and store it in the content server 160.

  The model-corresponding database shown in FIG. 17 is the voice data of the incoming melody determined from the song titles “M00001”,..., “M00056”,... And the models “T1”,…, “T165”,. Remember the file name. For example, when the song name desired by the operator is “M00054” and the model of the operator's mobile phone 20 is “T11”, the file name of the voice data of the incoming melody is “M00054-64”. The search process in step S254 described above is a process for determining a file name of audio data to be transmitted to the mobile phone 20 from the song name desired by the operator and the model information of the mobile phone 20 of the operator. Also, depending on the song name and model, there may be cases where the corresponding audio data is not created. In such a case, the search processing result is not supported. For example, as shown in FIG. 17, when the song name desired by the operator is “M00003” and the model of the operator's mobile phone 20 is “T2”, the result of the search process is not supported.

  After the search process in step S254, it is determined whether there is audio data corresponding to the model (step S255). When it is determined that there is no voice data corresponding to the model, data indicating that there is no voice data corresponding to the model is selected (step S256), and the selected data is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 (step S257). ), This subroutine is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S255 that there is audio data corresponding to the model, the management database shown in FIG. 7 is searched to search the download history (step S258). This search process is a process of searching for a numerical value stored in the content download history column of FIG. 7 based on the user ID. As shown in FIG. 7, the content download history column includes a plurality of pieces of audio data, image data, applications, and the like, and a plurality of pieces of these pieces of audio data. The history is stored for each image data and for each of a plurality of applications. The numerical value stored in each of the content download history columns indicates the number of times the content has been downloaded in the past. If the value obtained by this search process is 1 or more, it indicates that the content has been downloaded in the past. If the obtained value is 0, the content has not been downloaded in the past. Indicates.

  It is determined from this numerical value whether or not it has been downloaded in the past (step S259). When it is determined that the data has been downloaded in the past, data indicating that the data has been downloaded in the past is selected (step S260), and the selected data is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 (step S261). In this way, it is possible to alert the operator whether or not the same content may be downloaded in duplicate. As a result, it is possible to prevent the content from being downloaded in duplicate, and it is possible to prevent waste of time and communication costs from occurring when the content is transmitted.

  After the process of step S261, it is determined whether information indicating that the download is accepted from the mobile phone 20 has been transmitted (step S262). The information indicating that the download is accepted is transmitted by the operation of the operator of the mobile phone 20, and the content is downloaded again even though the content has already been downloaded to the mobile phone 20. Indicates that you wish to.

  When it is determined in step S262 that the information indicating consent is not transmitted, that is, when the operator of the mobile phone 20 does not consent to download the content, data indicating that downloading is not performed is selected (step S263). The selected data is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 (step S264), and this subroutine is terminated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S262 that the information indicating consent has been transmitted, that is, when the operator of the mobile phone 20 has consented to download the content, or has not been downloaded in the past in step S259 described above. Is determined (step S265), data indicating that download is to be started is selected (step S266), and the selected data is transmitted to the mobile phone 20. Then (step S267), transmission of the content with the file name selected in step S265 is started (step S268). When the transmission of the content is started, the mobile phone 20 downloads the content by executing the process of step S108 in FIG. 4 described above.

  Note that the model-corresponding database shown in FIG. 17 shows a case where the content is audio data, but a similar model-corresponding database may be prepared even when the content is application software or image data. preferable. The capacity of the RAM 106 of the mobile phone 20 varies depending on the model of the mobile phone 20. For this reason, for example, when the content is application software, the content may not be downloaded if the RAM 106 has a small capacity. In order to cope with such a case, it is necessary to prepare a model correspondence database by creating application software corresponding to the capacity in advance and making it correspond to each model or not supporting it. Further, the resolution of the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20 and the maximum number of displayable colors vary depending on the model of the mobile phone 20. For this reason, for example, when the content is image data, image data corresponding to the resolution of the display device 110 and the number of displayable colors is created in advance and associated with each model, and a model correspondence database is prepared. There is also a need.

  The content server 160 that stores the above-described model correspondence database constitutes “storage means for storing content including image data and / or audio data corresponding to the type of the mobile terminal device”. In addition, by the processing of steps S254 to S267 described above, “the control means transmits the content to the mobile terminal device according to the type of the mobile terminal device”.

  FIG. 18 shows a subroutine of a process of another process 2 called and executed in step S252 of FIG. In FIG. 18, the solid line indicates the flow of processing, and the broken line indicates the flow of information transmission to the mobile phone 20.

  First, it is determined whether or not the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is information indicating that purchase of an article, for example, purchase of a stuffed animal is desired (step S271). When it is determined that the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is not information indicating that purchase of an article is desired, a subroutine (not shown) of another process 3 is called and executed (step S272). When it is determined that the data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 is information indicating that purchase of an article is desired, the management database is searched (step S273). This search process includes information that is transmitted from the mobile phone 20 and is already stored in the management database of the mobile terminal device information providing server 30 and that is necessary for the article purchase process. This is a process performed to determine whether or not. For example, when e-mail address information is required for the article purchase process, the e-mail address information already exists because it is stored in the management database during the member registration process. Also, when other items have been purchased in the past, the operator's contact information such as address and telephone number is stored in the management database at that time, so information such as address and telephone number is Already exists.

  As a result of the search processing of the management database in step S273, it is determined whether information necessary for the article purchase processing already exists in the management database (step S274). When it is determined that the necessary information exists in the management database, all the existing information is selected for transmission to the mobile phone 20 (step S275), and all the existing information is transmitted to the mobile phone 20. (Step S276).

  When it is determined in step S274 that the necessary information does not exist in the management database, or when the process of step S276 is executed, an information input process is executed (step S277). In this process, WEB data for inputting information necessary for the article purchase process is transmitted to the mobile phone 20, and the information selected in step S275 is transmitted to the mobile phone 20. By this processing, a screen as shown in FIG. 19 is displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20. In the example shown in FIG. 19, the information necessary for the article purchase process is five types of information: “name”, “mail address”, “address”, “phone number”, and “card number”. . As described above, as a result of the search processing in step S273, when only the mail address information already exists, for example, in the case of the handle name “Kanna” shown in FIG. 7, as shown in FIG. The email address information is also transmitted to the mobile phone 20 and displayed on the display device 110. Further, as a result of the search processing in step S273, when not only the mail address information but also the address and telephone number information already exist, for example, in the case of the handle name “Yukari” shown in FIG. 7, FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the address and telephone number information is also transmitted to the portable telephone 20 and displayed on the display device 110.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the information stored in the management database is a handle name and not a real name, but considering that there may be an operator who inputs the real name as the handle name, FIG. In the example shown, the case where the handle name information is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 as the real name information is shown.

  As described above, when the information already stored in the management database is input again, the information is transmitted to the mobile phone 20, so that the processing can be advanced without inputting the same information again. Can be simplified and facilitated, and the troublesome operation can be reduced.

  After executing the information input process of step S277 described above, it is determined whether or not the received information is defective (step S278). For example, when an area code that does not exist in the telephone number is input or when an inappropriate card number is input, it is determined that the received information is incomplete. When it is determined that the received information is incomplete, data indicating that the information is incomplete is selected (step S279), the selected data is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 (step S280), and the processing is performed as described above. Return to S277.

  If it is determined that the information received in step S278 described above is not incomplete, the information transmitted from the mobile phone 20 in step S277 is stored in the management database shown in FIG. 7 (step S281). By performing this process, the ordering process is completed. Next, by selecting WEB data indicating that the ordering process has been completed (step S282), a message to that effect is displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20.

  From the information that has already been determined to exist by the search process in step S273 and the determination process in step S274 described above, “the input information that has been input by the input operation of the input unit by the operator and transmitted from the portable terminal device” Is configured. Further, it is determined that it can be input from the input means anew by determining that it already exists by the determination processing in step S274. Further, “the input information is transmitted to the portable terminal device for display” is performed by the process of transmitting the information determined to exist already in the process of step S276 to the portable telephone 20.

  In the above-described embodiment, the portable terminal device is a mobile phone. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a portable processing device that has a communication function or can add a communication function, such as a PDA. A processing device such as (Personal Digital (Data) Assistants) may be used. Even in such a processing device, since the operability of the input device such as a keyboard is low, the mobile terminal device information providing system and the mobile terminal device information providing server are effective.

It is a block diagram which shows the information provision system for portable terminal devices which concerns on this invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone 20. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information provision server 30 for portable terminal devices. 4 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of basic processing executed in the mobile phone 20. 4 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of basic processing executed in the portable terminal device information providing server 30. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the process which judges whether it is a registered user performed in the information provision server 30 for portable terminal devices. It is a figure which shows the example of the database for management. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the process for unregistered members called and performed by step S215 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the display information for unregistered members. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the process of the non-display process called and performed by step S222 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example which prompts the input of the information required when registering as a member. It is a figure which shows the example which prompts the input of the information required when registering as a member. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example in which a message to that effect is displayed on the display device 110 of the mobile phone 20 when member registration is completed. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the process of the registered member called and performed by step S216 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the display information for registered members. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the process outside a display called and performed by step S242 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a model corresponding | compatible database. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the process of the other process 2 called and performed by step S252 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example which transmitted and displayed to the portable telephone 20 the information memorize | stored in the management database and already exists.

Explanation of symbols

20 Mobile phone (mobile terminal device)
30 Information providing server for mobile terminal device 110 Display device (display means)
120 Keyboard (input means)
126 Communication interface (terminal communication means)
162 External connection interface (server communication means)
152 CPU (control means)
154 ROM (control means)
156 RAM (control means)
158 WEB server (storage means)
160 Content server (storage means)
172 CPU (control means)
174 ROM (control means)
176 RAM (control means)
178 Management database server

Claims (7)

An input means operated by an operator, input information based on an input operation of the input means by the operator, and operator specifying information for specifying the operator are transmitted through the communication circuit network, and through the communication circuit network. A mobile terminal device including terminal communication means for receiving information, and display means for displaying the received information;
Server communication means for enabling access from the mobile terminal device through the communication line network, member registration information indicating that the operator is a registered member, and non-member display information for display on the display means And a storage means for storing display information for members, and a server including the information providing system for portable terminal devices,
The server
Determining whether the operator is a registered member based on the operator identification information transmitted from the mobile terminal device and the member registration information stored in the storage means;
When it is determined that the member is not a registered member, the non-member display information is selected and transmitted to the mobile terminal device, and member request information indicating that member registration is desired is newly transmitted from the mobile terminal device as the input information. If so, the member registration information is generated based on the member request information and the operator identification information and stored in the storage device, and
An information providing system for a portable terminal device, comprising: a control means for selecting the member display information and transmitting it to the portable terminal device when it is determined that the member is a registered member. Server communication means for enabling access from a mobile terminal device through a communication network, member registration information indicating that the operator of the mobile terminal device is a registered member, and non-members for display on the mobile terminal device A storage means for storing display information for use and display information for members, and an information providing server for mobile terminal devices,
Whether or not the operator is a registered member based on the operator specifying information transmitted from the portable terminal device and specifying the operator and the member registration information stored in the storage means Judging
When it is determined that the member is not a registered member, the non-member display information is selected and transmitted to the mobile terminal device, and the member request information for requesting membership registration is newly transmitted from the mobile terminal device. , Generating the member registration information on the basis of the member request information and the operator specifying information and storing it in the storage device; and
An information providing server for a portable terminal device, comprising: a control means for selecting the member display information and transmitting it to the portable terminal device when it is determined that the member is a registered member. Server communication means for enabling access from a mobile terminal device through a communication network, storage means for storing non-member display information and member display information to be displayed on the mobile terminal device, and mobile terminal device And a control means for displaying either the non-member display information or the member display information on the mobile terminal device based on the information transmitted from the mobile terminal device information providing server,
The control means is accessed from the mobile terminal device, displays information indicating that membership registration is recommended as display information for non-members on the mobile terminal device, and information indicating that registration is desired from the mobile terminal device. An information providing server for a mobile terminal device that displays member display information on the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is accessed again after being transmitted.   When the control unit determines that the input information input from the input operation of the input unit by the operator and transmitted from the portable terminal device can be input again from the input unit, the input information is The information provision server for portable terminal devices of Claim 3 which is transmitted and displayed on a portable terminal device. The storage means stores content including image data or / and audio data corresponding to the type of the mobile terminal device, and
The information providing server for a mobile terminal device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the control means transmits the content to the mobile terminal device according to a type of the mobile terminal device.   The mobile terminal according to claim 3 or 4, wherein when the content is not stored corresponding to the type of the mobile terminal device, the mobile terminal device displays information indicating that the content cannot be transmitted to the mobile terminal device. Server information provision server. When the control means stores the generated member registration information in the storage device, the control means transmits information indicating that the member has been registered or information indicating that the member registration processing has been completed to the portable terminal device for display. The information provision server for portable terminal devices according to claim 3 or 4.

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