JP2005275675A - Transfer system for contents data, storage server, transfer method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store contents data in its original quality without precaution to a storage capacity of a portable terminal by transferring the contents data to a storing means not included in the portable terminal from a storage server storing the contents data during reproducing of the contents data in the portable terminal. <P>SOLUTION: In the portable terminal 10A, the storage server 20A is accessed to acquire and reproduce the contents data, a transfer request including designation information of the reproduce contents data, address information of a storage server 30, and a user ID is sent to the storage server 20A, and when the storage server 20A receives the transfer request from the portable terminal 10A, the designated contents data is transferred to the designated storage server 30 along with the user ID. In the storage server 30, when the contents data is transferred from the storage server 20A, the contents data is stored in a user storage area 33 corresponding to the user ID. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a content data transfer system, storage server, transfer method, and program, and in particular, displays content data such as images and music accessed by a portable terminal with inferior display / playback performance in an environment with higher display / playback performance. -It relates to the technology to make it reproducible

  Images can be taken, viewed and played anytime and anywhere using mobile terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants) equipped with e-mail functions, Internet access functions and camera functions. In addition to images, it is also possible to play back and view content such as video and music.

  While the portable terminal has the advantage that the user can use it anywhere, it also has the disadvantage that its size is limited due to portability. For example, if the size of the display screen is increased with a mobile phone, portability is impaired. For this reason, the display screen becomes small, and the image quality of the original image data cannot be sufficiently reproduced, and the image quality is lowered and displayed. Further, since it is impossible to mount a large speaker or a high-performance sound reproduction circuit, sound data such as music is reproduced with the quality of the original content data being lowered.

  Therefore, in order to enjoy the content with the original quality, the content data is temporarily stored in the mobile terminal, and a larger display screen and higher playback performance are provided, such as a personal computer (PC) that is separately owned by the user. It is necessary to transfer the content data to the user device.

  In the invention of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-115253, when the information received by the portable terminal is small, the information is held and displayed on the portable terminal, and when large, the information is transferred to the notebook PC that the user is simultaneously carrying and held. Thus, a technique for compensating for the shortage of the storage capacity of the mobile terminal is shown.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-115253 FIG.

  Since the display of the display device is low, the playback performance is low, and the storage capacity is small, even if an image is displayed, the display becomes low-definition. Insufficient capacity will cause inconvenience in processing and holding new content data.

  In order to avoid this, it is necessary to store the storage location of the content data (URL (uniform resource locator in the Internet)) and separately access it from a high-performance user terminal. In this case, the image is not always disclosed, and there is a risk that the image will be deleted over time. Therefore, it is desirable not to miss the opportunity to acquire without leaving the mobile terminal access.

  As an implementation of this, there is an invention of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-115253, but a method in which a user carries a notebook PC and transfers information that cannot be processed by the portable terminal to the notebook PC is convenient for the portable terminal. The nature will be greatly impaired. In addition, when the content data supply source supplies data with reduced quality such as image quality in consideration of the performance of the request source, the mobile terminal cannot receive the original quality content data. The invention of the publication cannot obtain detailed quality content data.

  An object of the present invention is that a storage server that stores content data while browsing / playing back content on the mobile terminal transfers the content data to storage means outside the mobile terminal, so that the content data with the original quality is transferred to the mobile terminal. A content data transfer system, a transfer method, a storage server, and a program that can be stored without worrying about the storage capacity.

A first transfer system according to the present invention is a content data transfer system in which a portable terminal used by a user, a storage server that stores digitized content data, and a storage server that stores content data are connected via a network. There,
The portable terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce content data, and sends a transfer request including designation information of the reproduced content data, address information of the storage server, and user identification information to the storage server. ,
The storage server, upon receiving a transfer request from the mobile terminal, transfers the specified content data to the specified storage server together with the received user identification information,
When the content data is transferred from the storage server, the storage server stores the transferred content data in a storage area associated with user identification information.

The second transfer system of the present invention is a content data transfer system in which a portable terminal used by a user, a storage server for storing digitized content data, and a storage server for storing content data are connected via a network. There,
The portable terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce content data, and sends a transfer request including designation information of the reproduced content data, address information of the storage server, and user identification information to the storage server. ,
When the storage server receives the transfer request from the mobile terminal, the storage server transfers the specified content data to the specified storage server together with the received user identification information,
The storage server includes a user storage area that is a storage area provided for each user, and a user information holding unit that holds information that associates the user identification information with the user storage area for each user. And receiving content data and user identification information from the storage server, and storing the received content data in a user storage area corresponding to the user identification information received with reference to the user information holding unit And

  According to a third transfer system of the present invention, in the first or second transfer system of the present invention, the portable terminal has an address holding unit that holds an address of the storage server, and the transfer request is sent to the storage server. When performing the process, the address of the storage server is read from the address holding unit according to the operation of the user and sent together with the transfer request.

A fourth transfer system of the present invention is a content data transfer system in which a portable terminal used by a user, a storage server that stores digitized content data, and a storage server that stores content data are connected via a network. There,
The portable terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce content data, and sends a transfer request including the specified information of the reproduced content data and login identification information used for login to the storage server,
The storage server has a transfer control information holding unit that holds login identification information, storage server address information, and user identification information used in the storage server for each user, and receives a transfer request from the mobile terminal. Read the address information and user identification information of the storage server from the transfer control information holding unit by the requested login identification information and transfer the specified content data together with the user identification information,
The storage server includes a user storage area that is a storage area provided for each user, and a user information holding unit that holds information for associating the user identification information with the user storage area for each user And receiving the content data and the user identification information from the storage server, storing the received content data in the user storage area corresponding to the user identification information received with reference to the user information holding unit Features.

  According to a fifth transfer system of the present invention, in the first, second, third, or fourth transfer system of the present invention, the content data stored in the user storage area is connected to the network and the portable terminal. It is possible to read from a user terminal different from the above by a request accompanied by the user identification information.

  According to a sixth transfer system of the present invention, in the fifth transfer system of the present invention, the user terminal has higher image quality or reproduction performance for displaying or reproducing content data than the portable terminal. To do.

A seventh transfer system of the present invention is a content data transfer system in which a portable terminal used by a user and a storage server for storing digitized content data are connected via a network,
The mobile terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce the content data, and sends a mail transmission request including designation information of the reproduced content data and a mail transmission destination address to the storage server,
When the storage server receives a mail transmission request from the mobile terminal, the storage server incorporates the designated content data into the electronic mail and transmits it to the requested transmission destination address.

An eighth transfer system of the present invention is a content data transfer system in which a portable terminal used by a user and a storage server for storing digitized content data are connected via a network.
The portable terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce content data, and also transmits a mail transmission request including designation information of the reproduced content data, login identification information used for login, and mail destination designation information To the storage server,
The storage server has a mail control information holding unit that holds login identification information and an e-mail transmission destination address for each user. Upon receiving a mail transmission request from a mobile terminal, the specified content data is converted into an e-mail. The information is transmitted to the transmission destination address read from the transfer control information holding unit using the login identification information and the mail transmission destination designation information.

The first storage server of the present invention stores a content holding unit for storing digitized content data, and login identification information and content data used for login in a user storage area provided for each user identification information. A transfer control information holding unit that holds address information of the storage server and user identification information used by the storage server for each user;
When a transfer request including content data designation information and login identification information is received from a mobile terminal connected via a network, the storage server address and user identification information are read from the transfer control information holding unit according to the received login identification information and received. The user identification information read together with the content data read from the content holding unit by the designated information is transferred to the read destination storage server.

The second storage server of the present invention includes a content holding unit that holds digitized content data, and mail control information that holds, for each user, login identification information used for login and an email destination address. Having a holding part,
When a mobile device connected to the network receives an email transmission request that includes content data specification information, login identification information, and email destination specification information,
The content data read from the content holding unit according to the received designation information is incorporated into the e-mail, and the content data is incorporated into the destination address read from the transfer control information holding unit according to the received login identification information and the mail transmission destination designation information. It is characterized by sending an e-mail.

  According to the first transfer method of the present invention, the portable terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce the digitized content data, and uses the address of the storage server to which the portable terminal transfers the reproduced content data. The user identification information is sent to the storage server, the content data reproduced by the storage server on the portable terminal and the transmitted user identification information are transferred to the destination storage server, and the content data transferred by the storage server is stored in advance by the user. The information is stored in a storage area provided for each piece of identification information.

According to the second transfer method of the present invention, a mobile terminal used by a user accesses a storage server that stores digitized content data to acquire and reproduce the content data, and specifies the reproduced content data. Send a transfer request including information, storage server address information and user identification information to the storage server;
When the storage server receives the transfer request from the mobile terminal, the storage server sends the specified content data as a storage request to the specified storage server together with the received user identification information.
When the storage server receives a storage request from the storage server, the storage server stores the received content data in a user storage area provided for each corresponding user identification information.

According to the third transfer method of the present invention, a portable terminal used by a user accesses a storage server that stores digitized content data to acquire and reproduce the content data, and specifies the reproduced content data. Send a login request containing the information and login identification information used for login to the storage server,
Upon receiving the login request, the storage server receives the login identification information received from the transfer control information holding unit that holds the login identification information, the address information of the storage server, and the user identification information used in the storage server for each user. Read and transfer the read user identification information together with the specified content data to the storage server read as a storage request,
When the storage server receives a storage request from the storage server, the storage server stores the received content data in a user storage area provided for each corresponding user identification information.

According to a fourth transfer method of the present invention, a portable terminal used by a user accesses a storage server that stores digitized content data to acquire and reproduce the content data, and specifies the reproduced content data. Send an email transmission request including information and email address to the storage server,
When the storage server receives a mail transmission request from the portable terminal, the storage server incorporates the designated content data into an electronic mail and transmits it to the received transmission destination address.

According to a fifth transfer method of the present invention, a mobile terminal used by a user accesses a storage server that stores digitized content data to acquire and reproduce the content data, and specifies the reproduced content data. Send a mail transmission request to the storage server including the information, login identification information used for login and specified information of the mail destination,
The storage server receives the mail transmission request, incorporates the designated content data into the email, reads out the mail control information holding unit that holds the login identification information and the destination address of the email for each user, and the content data It is characterized by transmitting an e-mail that incorporates.

  The first program of the present invention includes a procedure in which a portable terminal accesses a storage server to acquire and reproduce digitized content data, and an address of a storage server to which content data reproduced by the portable terminal is transferred The procedure for sending user identification information to the storage server, the procedure for transferring the content data reproduced by the storage server and the transmitted user identification information to the destination storage server, and the content data transferred by the storage server in advance And a procedure for storing in a storage area provided for each user identification information.

  When the second program of the present invention receives a transfer request including content data designation information and login identification information from a mobile terminal connected via a network, the login program and the content data are provided for each user identification information. Procedure for reading the address information of the storage server stored in the user storage area and the user identification information used in the storage server by the login identification information received by the transfer control information holding unit for each user, and the specified content The computer is caused to execute a procedure for transferring data to the storage server read together with the read user identification information.

  When the third program of the present invention receives a mail transmission request including content data designation information, login identification information, and mail transmission destination designation information from a mobile terminal connected via a network, the designated content data is e-mailed. The e-mail including the content data is sent to the destination address read by the login identification information received by the mail control information holding unit that holds the login identification information and the e-mail destination address for each user. And causing the computer to execute the procedure to be performed.

  The storage server that stores the content data while browsing the content on the mobile terminal transfers the content data to a storage means secured in advance outside the mobile terminal, so that users can browse and view various contents anytime and anywhere on the mobile terminal. Only content data can be stored without degrading quality regardless of the storage capacity of the portable terminal. Accordingly, the user can reliably acquire the content data with the original quality without missing the opportunity.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention. The system of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 connects a portable terminal 10A and a user terminal 40 used by a user, a storage server 20A that stores content data such as images, videos, and music, and a storage server 30. Network 49.

  In FIG. 1, only one mobile terminal 10 </ b> A and one user terminal 40 are connected, but the number of connections is not limited and the number of users is connected. In FIG. 1, one storage server 20A and one storage server 30 are shown, but a plurality of them may be connected. If the storage server 20A holds characteristic content data and is connected in large numbers, the user can use a large number of content data. In addition, if the storage servers 30 are also distributed and installed in each region, the user can use the storage server 30 with the lowest communication cost, and a plurality of vendors provide storage area providing services by the storage server 30. And each trader may install the storage server 30.

  In the following description (including the second and subsequent embodiments of the present invention), an image will be described as an example of content data. However, it is obvious that the present invention can be similarly applied to content data other than images. The content data other than images is, for example, sound data such as moving images, images including sound of movies, music, etc., documents including images and sounds written in a language such as HTML (hypertext markup language), etc. Including.

  The user terminal 40 is an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer that can be used by the user. Although not shown, the display screen of the display unit is larger than that of the mobile terminal 10A, and the storage capacity of the storage unit is large. This is an information processing apparatus that has the characteristics that communication over a telephone line is possible, the communication cost is low, and the reproduction processing capability is higher than that of the portable terminal 10A, but is not suitable for carrying. Although not shown, the user terminal 40 includes a CPU, storage means, and communication means, and executes processing such as image acquisition and display.

  Note that the mobile terminal 10A may be used as the user terminal 40, but in that case, the content data acquired from the storage server 30 is immediately transferred to a recording medium or the like for storage on a high-performance playback device. There are also usage methods.

  The network 49 is a collection of various communication networks such as the Internet, a general telephone line network, a wireless telephone line network, and a LAN (local area network), and the internal configuration thereof is not shown, but the devices shown in FIG. Communication is possible.

  The mobile terminal 10A is a portable information processing device such as a mobile phone or PDA carried by the user, and accesses the network 49 such as the Internet to acquire an image from a server such as the storage server 20A. , Has a function to display / reproduce. Although not shown, the portable terminal 10 has a CPU and an input means, and has a function of executing a program and inputting data, a display unit 12 for displaying characters and images on a screen, and a memory for holding data and programs And a portable control unit 11A that executes access to the network 49, image acquisition / display, image transfer request, and the like by a program. The display screen of the display unit 12 is a liquid crystal screen that is usually small and easy to make, but may be a different one. In addition, the storage unit 13 is configured by combining a volatile semiconductor element (for example, DRAM) and a nonvolatile semiconductor memory (for example, flash memory) that can be accessed at high speed, but is an ultra-small magnetic memory (magnetic disk device). ) May be combined.

  Further, since the portable terminal 10A is limited in size to be portable, the display screen of the display unit 12 is smaller and the resolution is lower than the user terminal 40, and the storage capacity of the storage unit 13 is small. Since many images cannot be held and wireless communication is performed, the current communication cost is high. For this reason, the mobile terminal 10 </ b> A is not suitable for acquiring, holding, or displaying a high-detail image compared to the user terminal 40.

  Although not shown, the storage server 20A is an information processing apparatus that has a CPU, storage means, and communication means, and that can execute programs and communicate with other devices via the network 49, and usually holds a large amount of content data. Has a large storage capacity. The storage server 20A includes a content storage unit 22 that stores content data, and a storage control unit 21 that processes provision of content data and transfer of content data in response to a request from the mobile terminal 10A.

  The storage server 30 has a function of providing a usable storage area to the user. Although not shown, the storage server 30 has a CPU, storage means, and communication means, and can execute programs and communicate with other devices via the network 49. It is an information processing apparatus, and usually has a large storage capacity because it includes many user storage areas 33.

  The storage server 30 has a user storage area 33 that is permitted to be used by the user based on the contract for each user, and controls contract information related to the contract with the user and access to the user storage area 33. A user information holding unit 32 for registering and holding user information including access management information for each user, and storing and holding information such as images designated by the request of the storage server 20A by the program. It has a storage control unit 31 that controls registration, cancellation, and change of user information with respect to the user information holding unit 32.

  An example of registered contents of the user information holding unit 32 will be described with reference to FIG. As access management information of user information, a user ID that is user identification information for uniquely identifying a user, a storage password that is verified when information is stored in the user storage area 33, and It includes a reference password that is verified when information is read from the user storage area 33 or when an operation such as deletion or change is performed, and storage area management information for managing the user storage area 33. The storage area management information includes information such as the address, size, and free capacity of the user storage area 33, and is also used to check whether there is a free area that is referred to and stored when storing new content data. Used.

  The contract information of the user information includes information such as the user's name, address, contract period for making it possible to confirm how long the contract is valid, and contract details such as settlement related information. Further, the password is divided into a storage password used by the storage server 20A and a reference password used by the user. However, these passwords may be separated into one password.

  Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the first embodiment of the present invention. Prior to this operation, it is necessary to make a contract regarding registration of the image content data in the storage server 20A and use of the storage server 30 by the user.

  The registration method of the image content data is not particularly limited. Content data such as an image to be registered may be registered in the content holding unit 22 of the storage server 20A. In addition, the registrant may be a business that provides users with content data for a fee or free of charge, or may be a general user who wants others to view the content data. do not do. In addition, since it is not directly related to the feature of the present invention whether it is charged or not, description of charging etc. in the case of being charged is omitted.

  Although the user contract method is not limited, the storage server 30 generates a user ID of the contracted user, secures a user storage area 33 for the user according to the contract, and generates storage area information. Together with the storage password and reference password specified by the user and the contract information, the user information is collectively registered in the user information holding unit 32. According to the contract, the user receives and stores the user ID and the address of the storage server 30 (URL on the Internet).

  In the following description, the content data held in the content holding unit 22 of the storage server 20A is disclosed on the Internet, and the mobile terminal 10 accesses the content data using a homepage access tool such as a browser. This will be described as an example. However, the configuration may be such that each mobile terminal 10A accesses through an interface dedicated to the storage server 20.

  Referring to FIG. 3, the user operates the portable terminal 10A to access the image disclosed by the storage server 20A (S61). When receiving the request, the storage control unit 21 of the storage server 20A reads the designated image from the content holding unit 22 and returns it to the portable terminal 10A together with the image designation information (S62). When the storage control unit 21A knows the resolution of the display unit 12 of the requesting mobile terminal 10A, the storage control unit 21A may return an image with reduced image quality according to the resolution. However, in the following description, it is assumed that the storage server 20A returns the original image.

  When the portable control unit 11A of the portable terminal 10A receives the image, the portable control unit 11A stores the received image in the storage unit 13, and adjusts and displays the image quality of the stored image according to the resolution of the display unit 12 (S63). The adjustment at this time is processed so as to reduce the image quality. Alternatively, a part of the image stored in the storage unit 13 may be displayed with the same image quality. If the user looks at the displayed image and wants to see the original image without degrading the image quality or wants to save the image with high image quality, the image is transferred to the storage server 30 that has already been contracted. The mobile terminal 10A is operated.

  Although the transfer execution operation is not shown, the user switches the image to the control screen and operates according to the screen, and the control screen can select an instruction such as a transfer request. It is only necessary that the address of the storage server 30, the user ID, and the storage password are prompted to be input and that the transfer execution can be instructed last. The address of the storage server 30 may be specified by a URL such as “kiokuserver.gyousha.co.jp” or may be specified by a direct IP address such as “12.34.56.78”. It is long and difficult to remember.

  The mobile control unit 11A performs user transfer operation, user designation information including a user ID and a storage password input by the user, transfer destination information that is a URL of the storage server 30 of the transfer destination, A transfer request accompanied with image designation information for designating an image to be transferred during display is sent to the storage server 20A (S64). The image designation information may be sent back together with the image sent from the storage server 20A.

  The storage control unit 21 reads an image from the content holding unit 22 based on the received image designation information, adds the received user designation information to this, and sends a storage request to the storage server 30 indicated by the received transfer destination information. Transfer (S65). The image to be transferred is an original quality image, and even when the storage server 20A transmits an image to the mobile terminal 10 in accordance with the resolution of the display unit 12 of the mobile terminal 10A, the original high quality image is similarly obtained. Forward.

  Upon receipt of the storage request, the storage control unit 31 of the storage server 30 verifies the received user designation information and free space (S66). That is, the storage control unit 31 reads the storage password corresponding to the received user ID with reference to the user information holding unit 32, and compares it with the storage password included in the received user designation information. If so, it is determined that storage is permitted. Further, the storage control unit 31 compares the data size of the received image with reference to the user information holding unit 32 and the free capacity of the corresponding user storage area 33, and determines that storage is possible if the free capacity is larger. . These determination results are returned to the requesting storage server 20A as verification results (S67).

  The storage control unit 31 stores the received image in the corresponding user storage area 33 if the storage is permitted and can be stored, and does not execute the storage of the received image if the storage is not permitted or cannot be stored (S68). .

  When receiving the verification result from the storage server 30, the storage server 20A returns the verification result to the requesting mobile terminal 10A (S69). 10 A of portable terminals will display it on the screen of the display part 12, if a verification result is received (S70). For example, if it is possible to store with storage permission, the message “Successfully stored” is displayed, and if it is not storage permission, the message “Storage is refused, please check ID or password” is displayed. If it cannot be stored, the message “Could not store due to insufficient capacity” is displayed. As a result, the user can know whether or not the transfer has succeeded, and if it is unsuccessful, the user can know the procedure to be executed next.

  For example, if the storage is not permitted, the user may check whether the address of the storage server 30, the user ID, and the stored password are correct, and repeat from the operation instructing the execution of step S64. If it is not storable, the user omits a detailed description, but from the image stored in the user storage area 33 by accessing the storage server 30 from the portable terminal 10A or the user terminal 40 with the user ID and the reference password. What is necessary is just to repeat from operation which instruct | indicates execution of step S64, after deleting an unnecessary image or downloading it to the user terminal 40, and securing a required free space.

  When the image is normally stored in the user storage area 33 of the storage server 30, the user operates the user terminal 40 to access with the user ID and the reference password, and downloads the image from the user storage area 33. Although not shown, the user terminal 40 can display and browse on the high-resolution display screen. When the free capacity of the user storage area 33 becomes small, the user can secure the free capacity of the user storage area 33 by deleting images from the user storage area 33 after browsing or simultaneously with downloading.

  As described above, when the user finds a favorite image on the mobile terminal 10A having only the display unit 12 with a small resolution, the user stores the favorite image in the storage server 30 of the contract partner by operating the mobile terminal 10. Can be stored. As a result, the user can later retrieve the image and view it on the high-quality display means, and the favorite image is deleted from the Internet, and the user can access the high-quality user terminal 40 later. However, it is possible to avoid the opportunity loss that the image cannot be obtained.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The second form reduces the burden of the operation of the user inputting the URL, user ID, and storage password of the transfer destination storage server 30 by the operation instructing execution of the transfer in step S64 of the first form. Therefore, the address holding unit 14 is added.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment. The configuration of FIG. 4 is different from the configuration of FIG. 1 in the following points, but the other configurations are the same and will not be described. The mobile terminal 10B has an address holding unit 14 added to the mobile terminal 10A of FIG. The portable control unit 11B automatically adds information held in the address holding unit 14 to the portable control unit 11A in FIG. 1 as user designation information and transfer destination information to the transfer request when the transfer is performed by the user. A function has been added.

  The address holding unit 14 is a storage area provided in the storage unit in order to hold the URL, user ID, and storage password of the transfer destination storage server 30. If there are a plurality of storage servers 30 to be contracted, they can be registered for each storage server 30 and can be selected at the time of the transfer execution operation.

  The operation of the second form will be described. The operation of the second mode is different from the operation of instructing execution of the transfer of the operation of the first mode, and therefore this operation will be described. Since other operations are the same as those of the first embodiment, the operation is the same as the flowchart of FIG.

  Before executing step S64, the mobile control unit 11B determines whether the URL of the storage server 30 as the transfer destination and the user ID from the address holding unit 14 according to the user's selection operation when the user performs the transfer execution operation in step S64. And the storage password are read out and a step of automatically performing the user's input operation is executed. This saves the user the trouble of inputting the URL, user ID, and storage password of the storage server 30 as the transfer destination for each transfer execution operation.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the third mode, the storage server 20 stores transfer control information including user designation information and transfer destination information added when the storage server 20 transfers an image as a storage request to the storage server 30 for the first mobile phone. It is characterized in that the user is saved the trouble of inputting user designation information and transfer destination information.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the third mode of the present invention. The storage server 20C has a transfer control information holding unit 23 added to the storage server 20A of FIG. The functions of the portable control unit 11C and the storage control unit 21C are added or changed with respect to the portable control unit 11A and the storage control unit 21A of FIG. The other configuration is the same as that of FIG.

  The transfer control information holding unit 23 is a storage area provided in a storage unit that registers and holds transfer control information for each user by setting a corresponding login ID and login password. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of registered contents of each user in the transfer control information holding unit 23. The user ID, the login password, the storage password, and the transfer destination information (address of the transfer destination storage server 30). Is included. The transfer destination information is used as a transfer destination address at the time of transfer, the user designation information is transferred by being attached to the image to be transferred, and the login ID and the login password are used for verification at the time of login from the mobile terminal 10C. The

  The mobile control unit 11C makes a login request to the storage server 20C instead of the transfer request step S64 of the mobile control unit 11A in FIG. The storage control unit 21C is added with a step of verifying the login request from the mobile terminal 10C (S75 in FIG. 7), and refers to the transfer control information holding unit 23 instead of step S65 of the storage control unit 21A in FIG. The process is changed to a step of processing a login request (S76 in FIG. 7). Detailed processing contents will be described in the following description of the operation.

  Next, the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, prior to the operation of the flowchart of FIG. 7, the user needs to make a contract with the administrator or contractor of the storage server 20 </ b> C and register transfer control information in the transfer control information holding unit 23. According to the contract, the user obtains the login ID and stores it with the registered login password.

  Referring to FIG. 7, similarly to FIG. 3, the portable control unit 11C accesses the image according to the user's operation (S71), and the storage control unit 21B returns the designated image together with the image designation information (S72). The portable control unit 11C displays the image with reduced image quality (S73).

  If the user wants to transfer a high-quality image, the user operates the mobile control unit 11C to display a login screen, and the mobile control unit 11C displays a screen for inputting a login ID and password. When the login ID and password are input from the user, the login request is sent to the corresponding storage server 20C together with the image designation information (S74). This login request is treated as a transfer request.

  When the storage control unit 21B receives the login request, the storage control unit 21B reads out the corresponding login password from the transfer control information holding unit 23 using the received login ID, compares it with the received password, and proceeds to the next as a successful login if they match (S75). . If the collation results do not match, it returns that the login failed, although not shown.

  If the login is successful, the storage control unit 21B reads the transfer destination information and the user designation information from the transfer control information holding unit 23 using the login ID, and the image read from the content holding unit 22 and the read user information using the image designation information. Then, the data is transferred as a storage request to the storage server 30 of the transfer destination read out (S76). In the above description, the login request is treated as a transfer request. However, if the login request can select a request other than the transfer request, the storage control unit 21B displays a request selection screen on the portable terminal 10C after the login is verified. The procedure may be such that the request is sent and the request is specified, and the user selects and inputs the transfer request there.

  Steps S77 to S81, which are subsequent processes after the storage server 30 receives the storage request, perform the same operations as steps S66 to S70 of the first embodiment, respectively, and thus description thereof is omitted. Also in the second mode, by executing up to step S81, a high-detail image can be stored in the storage server 30 as in the first mode.

  As described above, since the high-detail image can be stored in the storage server 30 in the third embodiment as well, the user can access the user terminal 40 later to view the high-detail image. can do. Also, the user can replace the troublesome operation of inputting the URL, user ID, and storage password of the transfer destination storage server 30 with a relatively easy operation of inputting the login ID and login password.

  In the third embodiment, it is possible to easily charge for the provision of content data such as images by making a contract in advance with the image transfer service by the storage server 20. That is, it can be easily introduced into a system that provides a service for providing paid images by the storage server 20. In the above procedure, a login request is made when a transfer is requested. However, in the case where the provision of an image is also charged, a step of requesting login and executing login verification may be provided before step S71. In the case of charging, a procedure for processing the payment of the price is necessary, but such a settlement method is already known and is not essential in the present invention, so the description is omitted.

  In the above description, the login ID and the user ID are provided separately. However, the login ID and the user ID are used by making a contract between the administrator of the storage server 20, the administrator of the storage server 30, and the user. The person ID can be shared. Also, the login password and the storage password can be shared.

  Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The fourth embodiment is characterized in that the storage server 20D incorporates an image into an electronic mail and distributes the electronic mail.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the fourth mode of the present invention. The storage server 20D has a mail processing unit 24 and a mail control information holding unit 25 added to the storage server 20A of FIG. The storage control unit 21D and the portable control unit 11D execute different processes from the storage control unit 21A and the portable control unit 11A, respectively, and detailed processing contents are described in the description of the operation. Further, since the storage server 30 is not required, it is omitted in FIG. The other configuration is the same as that of FIG. For the sake of explanation, of the mail servers on the network 49, only the mail server used by the user terminal 40 as the mail transmission destination is displayed as the mail server 45 in FIG.

  The mail processing unit 24 is realized by a program that operates on the storage server 20D, and incorporates an image designated by the user into an electronic mail and transmits it to a designated transmission destination. The mail control information holding unit 25 is a storage area of a storage unit that stores, for each user, a login ID, a password, and a destination mail address determined by a contract between the user and the administrator or contractor of the storage server 20D. It is. Note that the destination mail address may not be registered in the mail control information holding unit 25, or a plurality of destination mail addresses may be registered. If not registered, it is necessary to send a request from the portable terminal 10D when not registered.

  Next, the operation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, prior to the operation of the flowchart of FIG. 9, the user makes a contract with the administrator of the storage server 20D and registers the predetermined information already described in the mail control information holding unit 25, and enters the login ID and password. Keep it.

  Referring to FIG. 9, the portable control unit 11D accesses the image in the storage server 20D according to the user's operation (S91), and the storage control unit 21C returns the designated image together with the image designation information (S92). The portable control unit 11D displays the received image with low image quality (S93).

  Here, when the user wants to transfer a high-quality image by e-mail, the user operates to display a mail transfer control screen on the portable control unit 11D. By this operation, the portable control unit 11D displays a screen for inputting the login ID, password, and mail transmission destination. When the login ID, password, and mail transmission destination are input from the user, the mail transmission request is sent together with the image designation information. To the corresponding storage server 20D (S94).

  As for the input of the mail transmission destination, if the transmission destination mail address is registered in the mail control information holding unit 25, information for selecting the transmission destination mail address is input, and if not registered, the transmission destination mail address may be input. . The transmission destination e-mail address is an e-mail address that can be received by the user, and can be received by the user terminal 40.

  When the storage control unit 21D receives the mail transmission request, the storage control unit 21D reads out the password of the corresponding user from the mail control information holding unit 25 using the received login ID, verifies the user against the received password, and matches (the verification is successful). ) Then proceed (S95). If the collation result is inconsistent (verification is unsuccessful), the fact that the collation has failed is returned although not shown.

  If the verification is successful, the storage control unit 21D acquires the transmission destination email address from at least one of the transmission destination email address read from the email control information holding unit 25 with the login ID according to the input information, The mail processing unit 24 is instructed to generate and send an e-mail with the designated image information and the acquired destination e-mail address (S96).

  When the mail processing unit 24 receives the instruction from the storage control unit 21D, the mail processing unit 24 generates an e-mail with the specified destination information as the destination address incorporated in the e-mail and sends it to the network 49 (S97). ).

  The transmitted e-mail is sent to a destination mail server 45 via a router device included in the network 49 (not shown), and is stored in a mail box in the mail server 45 (not shown). The user later operates the user terminal 40 to pick up the e-mail from the mailbox of the mail server 45, takes out the image embedded in the e-mail, and displays it on the display screen of the user terminal 40 with high resolution. Can see.

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment, the user can operate to transfer the image to the storage server 20D by e-mail when viewing the image on the mobile terminal 10D. The image can be taken out later and viewed on the high-quality display means, and the favorite image is deleted from the Internet, and the image cannot be obtained even when accessed from the high-quality user terminal 40 later. Can be avoided.

  In the above description, image data has been described as an example of content data. However, content data such as moving images and videos can be obtained with high image quality as well, and thus has high-performance playback means compared to the portable terminal 10. It is possible to reproduce with high quality on the user terminal 40 or the like. Also, by obtaining the original high-quality data such as music data, the user terminal 40 or the like having a high sound quality and high output reproduction means compared to the portable terminal 10 can produce high quality and more powerful sound. Can be played.

It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the 1st form of this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the registration information of the user information holding | maintenance part 32 of the 1st form of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the operation | movement of the 1st form of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the 2nd form of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the 3rd form of this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the registration information of the transfer control information holding | maintenance part 23 of the 3rd form of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the operation | movement of the 3rd form of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the 4th form of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the operation | movement of the 4th form of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile terminal 11 Portable control part 12 Display part 13 Storage part 20 Storage server 21 Storage control part 22 Content holding part 23 Transfer control information holding part 24 Mail processing part 25 Mail control information holding part 30 Storage server 31 Storage control part 32 User Information holding unit 33 User storage area 40 User terminal 49 Network

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A content data transfer system in which a mobile terminal used by a user, a storage server that stores electronic content data, and a storage server that stores content data are connected via a network,
The portable terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce content data, and sends a transfer request including designation information of the reproduced content data, address information of the storage server, and user identification information to the storage server. ,
The storage server, upon receiving a transfer request from the mobile terminal, transfers the specified content data to the specified storage server together with the received user identification information,
When the content data is transferred from the storage server, the storage server stores the transferred content data in a storage area associated with user identification information. A content data transfer system in which a mobile terminal used by a user, a storage server that stores electronic content data, and a storage server that stores content data are connected via a network,
The portable terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce content data, and sends a transfer request including designation information of the reproduced content data, address information of the storage server, and user identification information to the storage server. ,
When the storage server receives the transfer request from the mobile terminal, the storage server transfers the specified content data to the specified storage server together with the received user identification information,
The storage server includes a user storage area that is a storage area provided for each user, and a user information holding unit that holds information that associates the user identification information with the user storage area for each user. And receiving content data and user identification information from the storage server, and storing the received content data in a user storage area corresponding to the user identification information received with reference to the user information holding unit And transfer system. The portable terminal has an address holding unit that holds the address of the storage server, and when the transfer request is made to the storage server, the address of the storage server is read from the address holding unit and transferred according to a user operation 3. The transfer system according to claim 1, wherein the transfer system is sent together with the request. A content data transfer system in which a mobile terminal used by a user, a storage server that stores electronic content data, and a storage server that stores content data are connected via a network,
The portable terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce content data, and sends a transfer request including the specified information of the reproduced content data and login identification information used for login to the storage server,
The storage server has a transfer control information holding unit that holds login identification information, storage server address information, and user identification information used in the storage server for each user, and receives a transfer request from the mobile terminal. Read the address information and user identification information of the storage server from the transfer control information holding unit by the requested login identification information and transfer the specified content data together with the user identification information,
The storage server includes a user storage area that is a storage area provided for each user, and a user information holding unit that holds information for associating the user identification information with the user storage area for each user And receiving the content data and the user identification information from the storage server, storing the received content data in the user storage area corresponding to the user identification information received with reference to the user information holding unit Feature transfer system. The content data stored in the user storage area is connectable to the network and can be read by a request accompanied by the user identification information from a user terminal different from the portable terminal. 3, or 4 transfer systems. 6. The transfer system according to claim 5, wherein the user terminal has higher image quality or reproduction performance for displaying or reproducing content data than the portable terminal. A content data transfer system in which a mobile terminal used by a user and a storage server that stores digitized content data are connected via a network,
The mobile terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce the content data, and sends a mail transmission request including designation information of the reproduced content data and a mail transmission destination address to the storage server,
When the storage server receives a mail transmission request from a mobile terminal, the storage server incorporates the designated content data into an electronic mail and transmits the content data to the requested transmission destination address. A content data transfer system in which a mobile terminal used by a user and a storage server that stores digitized content data are connected via a network,
The portable terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce the content data, and sends a mail transmission request including designation information of the reproduced content data, login identification information used for login, and designation information of the mail transmission destination To the storage server,
The storage server has a mail control information holding unit that holds login identification information and an e-mail transmission destination address for each user. Upon receiving a mail transmission request from a portable terminal, the specified content data is converted into an e-mail. A transfer system characterized by being transmitted to a destination address read out from a transfer control information holding unit using login identification information and mail destination designation information. A content holding unit for storing digitized content data, a storage server address information for storing login identification information used for login and content data in a user storage area provided for each user identification information, and a storage server A transfer control information holding unit for holding user identification information to be used for each user;
When a transfer request including content data designation information and login identification information is received from a mobile terminal connected via a network, the storage server address and user identification information are read from the transfer control information holding unit according to the received login identification information and received. A storage server that transfers the user identification information read together with the content data read from the content holding unit according to the specified information to the read destination storage server. A content holding unit that holds the digitized content data, and a mail control information holding unit that holds, for each user, login identification information used for login and an email destination address;
When a mobile device connected to the network receives an email transmission request that includes content data specification information, login identification information, and email destination specification information,
The content data read from the content holding unit according to the received designation information is incorporated into the e-mail, and the content data is incorporated into the destination address read from the transfer control information holding unit according to the received login identification information and the mail transmission destination designation information. A storage server characterized by sending e-mail. The mobile terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce the digitized content data, and sends the storage server address and user identification information to which the content data reproduced by the mobile terminal is transferred to the storage server for storage. The server transfers the content data reproduced on the mobile terminal and the transmitted user identification information to the destination storage server, and the storage server stores the transferred content data in a storage area previously provided for each user identification information. A transfer method characterized by storing. The mobile terminal used by the user accesses the storage server that stores the digitized content data, obtains and reproduces the content data, and also specifies the designation information of the reproduced content data, the address information of the storage server, and the user Send a transfer request containing the identification information to the storage server,
When the storage server receives the transfer request from the mobile terminal, the storage server sends the specified content data as a storage request to the specified storage server together with the received user identification information.
When the storage server receives a storage request from the storage server, the storage server stores the received content data in a user storage area provided for each corresponding user identification information. The mobile terminal used by the user accesses the storage server that stores the digitized content data to acquire and reproduce the content data, and also specifies the specified information of the reproduced content data and the login identification information used for login And send a login request containing
Upon receiving the login request, the storage server receives the login identification information received from the transfer control information holding unit that holds the login identification information, the address information of the storage server, and the user identification information used in the storage server for each user. Read and transfer the read user identification information together with the specified content data to the storage server read as a storage request,
When the storage server receives a storage request from the storage server, the storage server stores the received content data in a user storage area provided for each corresponding user identification information. The mobile terminal used by the user accesses the storage server that stores the digitized content data, obtains and reproduces the content data, and also includes the designated information of the reproduced content data and the mail destination address Send a send request to the storage server,
When the storage server receives a mail transmission request from a portable terminal, the storage server incorporates the designated content data into an e-mail and transmits it to the received destination address. The mobile terminal used by the user accesses the storage server that stores the digitized content data to acquire and reproduce the content data, and also specifies the specified information of the reproduced content data and the login identification information used for login And send a mail transmission request including the specified information of the mail destination to the storage server,
The storage server receives the mail transmission request, incorporates the designated content data into the email, reads out the mail control information holding unit that holds the login identification information and the destination address of the email for each user, and the content data A transmission method characterized by transmitting an e-mail incorporating a message. A procedure in which the portable terminal accesses the storage server to acquire and reproduce the digitized content data, and an address of the storage server to which the portable terminal reproduces the content data and user identification information are sent to the storage server. The procedure, the procedure of transferring the content data reproduced by the storage server and the transmitted user identification information to the destination storage server, and the content data transferred by the storage server are provided in advance for each user identification information A program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for storing in a storage area. When a transfer request including content data designation information and login identification information is received from a mobile terminal connected via a network, the storage server stores the login identification information and the content data in a user storage area provided for each user identification information. The procedure for reading the address information and the user identification information used in the storage server by the login identification information received by the transfer control information holding unit for each user, and the user identification by which the specified content data is read A program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for transferring to a storage server read together with information. Upon receiving an email transmission request including content data designation information, login identification information, and email destination designation information from a mobile terminal connected via a network, a procedure for incorporating the designated content data into an email, login identification information, Causing the computer to execute a procedure for sending an e-mail in which content data is incorporated to the destination address read by the login identification information received by the mail control information holding unit that holds the destination address of the e-mail for each user A program characterized by

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