JP2006004190A - Chat service system for cellular phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute a service for streaming an animation content on a cellular phone terminal and making an operator entertain a cellular phone terminal user as a chat partner while sharing the animation content by the user and the operator in a large scale. <P>SOLUTION: This system comprises a delivery server 32 forming, to a number of cellular phone terminals 11 and operator Web terminals 21 communicable connected through the Internet 20, an animation display area 13 and a character display area 14 on a browser display screen 12 of each of the terminals 11 and 21, and delivering animation data to be streamed to the animation display area 13; and a chat server 33 supporting chat between the cellular phone terminals 11 and the operator Web terminals 21, and displaying chat data composed of character data on the character display area 14. The chat server 22 makes each operator Web terminal 21 form cellular phone terminal-based independent chat channels to the plurality of cellular phone terminals 11. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone chat service system, and more particularly, to a service system in which a plurality of mobile phone terminal users advance chat while sharing video content with an operator.

  In recent years, mobile phone terminals have an Internet connection and browser function in addition to a voice call function, and the browser also supports streaming display of moving image data such as TV broadcasts. In other words, a function as a web terminal has been installed in a mobile phone terminal.

  For such users of mobile phone terminals, chat (character data interactive communication, hereinafter referred to as chat) and live video distribution services are provided. Furthermore, new forms of services such as distance learning and encounter services have become possible using these services.

  A distance learning system using the Internet, for example, as described in Patent Literature 1, transmits a video generated on the transmission side and a slide selectively displayed on the transmission side to transmit to a plurality of information reception devices. On the receiving side, there has been proposed an information distribution system that performs dynamic navigation so that a transmitted video is reproduced and a slide is displayed in synchronization with the reproduced video.

  This information distribution system is intended for use of a personal computer as an information receiving device, but the mobile phone terminal also has a function that can serve as the information receiving device. Therefore, the technology of Patent Document 1 is based on the mobile phone. It may be applicable even in an environment where terminals are used.

JP2000-115736

  The present inventors use the function of the mobile phone terminal to stream the video content to the mobile phone terminal and share the video content between the mobile phone terminal user and the staff on the sponsor side, We examined a service system for chatting. This system can be applied to, for example, services such as distance education, pseudo-dating service, or paid consulting. A system that performs such a service can be a conventional system disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1 described above.

  When trying to perform the above services on a scale of a certain level or more, in order to simultaneously provide a chat partner service to a large number of mobile phone terminal users, a large number of staff (hereinafter referred to as operators) who serve as the chat partner participate, Furthermore, it is efficient and commercially effective for one operator to serve as a chat partner for a plurality of mobile phone terminal users (customers). However, a system for performing such a service, including the one disclosed in Patent Document 1, has not been provided conventionally.

  The present invention has been made in view of the technical background as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide an operator who serves as a chat partner to simultaneously provide a service of a chat partner to a large number of mobile phone terminal users. It is to provide a chat service system for mobile phones in which a large number of mobile phone terminals can be participated and one operator can serve as a chat partner for a plurality of mobile phone terminal users (customers).

  The solution according to the present invention includes a distribution server for streaming video data to a large number of mobile phone terminals and operator web terminals that are communicatively connected via the Internet, and between the mobile phone terminal and the operator web terminal. And a chat server that supports interactive communication using character data (hereinafter referred to as chat). Each of the operator web terminals forms an independent chat channel for each mobile phone terminal with respect to a plurality of mobile phone terminals. A chat service system for mobile phones, characterized by being configured to allow

Further, in the above means, the following embodiments are particularly effective or preferable.
A main server for forming a moving image display area and a character display area in the display screen of the terminal for a large number of mobile phone terminals and a plurality of operator web terminals connected via the Internet, and streaming to the moving image display area A chat server for delivering video data to be displayed; a chat server for supporting chat between the mobile phone terminal and the operator web terminal and displaying the chat data in the character display area; The server is configured such that each operator web terminal is configured to form an independent chat channel for each mobile phone terminal with respect to a plurality of mobile phone terminals, respectively.

  The main server transmits, to the operator web terminal, page data for forming a plurality of chat display areas on the browser display screen of the terminal, and each chat display area is hyperlinked to an independent chat channel. A chat service system for mobile phones, characterized by displaying the chat data of the link destination.

  A chat service system for mobile phones, wherein the distribution server is configured to perform data compression processing and / or data conversion processing according to individual display functions of a mobile phone terminal as a delivery destination.

  In order to provide services for a number of mobile phone terminal users at the same time, a large number of operators serving as chat partners can participate, and one operator can be assigned to each of a plurality of mobile phone terminal users (customers). A chat service system for mobile phones that can serve as a chat partner can be provided.

  As a result, the mobile phone terminal can stream the moving image content, and the mobile phone terminal user and the operator can share the moving image content, and the operator can carry out a service on the user's chat partner on a large scale. .

  FIG. 1 shows an outline of a chat service system for mobile phones according to the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an extracted part of the system shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of page display data. FIG. 4 shows the correspondence between the mobile phone terminal and the operator web terminal.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the system of the present invention is configured using a main server 31, a distribution server (distribution server for visual data such as moving images) 32, and a chat server 33. Each of the servers 31, 32, and 33 is communicatively connected to a large number of mobile phone terminals 11 and a plurality of operator web terminals 21 via the mobile communication network 10 and the Internet 20.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the main server 31 transmits page data forming the moving image display area 13 and the character display area 14 to the browser display screen 12 of the terminals 11 and 21. This page data is configured in a web page description language such as HTML or cgi for a mobile phone terminal with a built-in browser function.

  For a mobile phone terminal equipped with a Java (registered trademark) function, the Java (registered trademark) function can display an image such as a moving image and character data consisting of a character code string on the same screen. Therefore, it is not necessary to form the moving image display area 13 and the character display area 14 by the page data. In this case, the distribution server 32 converts and generates moving image data having a display size such that the moving image display area 13 and the character display area 14 are simultaneously displayed on the same screen.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the distribution server 32 distributes moving image data that is displayed in a streaming manner in the moving image display area 13 by hyperlinking to the page data. For example, in the case of providing a pseudo chat service, the moving image data is obtained by shooting a model actor who plays the image of the chat partner, and using this shooting data in real time with the number of pixels and the number of moving images corresponding to the image display function of the mobile phone terminal 11. The real-time moving image data is distributed to the terminals 11 and 21 in a streaming format (see FIG. 1). This distribution is performed by a hyperlink based on the tag description of the page data, and the moving image data called by this link is stream-displayed in the moving image display area 13.

  The photographing data is transmitted from the content server (content transmission server) 34 different from the distribution server 32 to the distribution server 32 via the Internet 20. For example, the content server 34 photographs a model actor who plays the image of the chat partner, and transmits the photographed data to the distribution server 32 in real time. The distribution server 32 distributes the photographed data transmitted from the content server 34 to the moving image data having a format corresponding to the function of the mobile phone terminal in real time while performing data conversion processing and / or data compression processing.

  The chat server 33 hyperlinks to the page data to support chat (character data dialogue communication) between the mobile phone terminal 11 and the operator web terminal 21, and also converts chat data consisting of character data into the character data. It is displayed on the display area 14 (see FIG. 3).

  Further, the chat server 33 is configured so that each operator web terminal 21 can form an independent chat channel for each mobile phone terminal with respect to one or a plurality of mobile phone terminals 11. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, each operator web terminal 21 can simultaneously form independent chat channels for a plurality of mobile phone terminals 11.

  The main server 31 transmits page data forming a plurality of chat display areas to the browser display screen of the terminal 21 to the operator web terminal 21. Each chat display area hyperlinks to an independent chat channel and displays the chat data of the link destination.

  As a result, the operator can efficiently and independently manage independent chats simultaneously to a plurality of mobile phone terminal users without being bothered by operations such as screen switching.

  Since the operator web terminal 21 only needs to be connected to the chat server 33 or the like via the Internet 20, an operator who operates the operator terminal 21 can participate from any remote location as long as there is an Internet usage environment. You can manage the above chat.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the server group 20 (31 to 33) is attached with a communication management server 41 that manages and records chats for each mobile phone terminal 11. The communication management server 41 creates a usage record 42 for each mobile phone terminal 11 and, if necessary, performs billing management, billing issuance processing, and the like based on the usage record 42.

  According to the system configured as described above, a large number of operators serving as chatting partners can be allowed to participate in order to simultaneously provide services to a large number of mobile phone terminal users. It is possible to provide a mobile phone chat service system that can serve as a chat partner for a plurality of mobile phone terminal users (customers).

  As a result, the mobile phone terminal can stream the moving image content, and the mobile phone terminal user and the operator can share the moving image content, and the operator can carry out a service on the user's chat partner on a large scale. .

  As described above, the present invention has been described based on the typical embodiments. However, the present invention can have various modes other than those described above. For example, in the present invention, as moving image data, pseudo moving image data or slide image data in an image format such as JPEG can be handled in addition to moving image data in a moving image format such as MPEG.

In order to provide services for a number of mobile phone terminal users at the same time, a large number of operators serving as chat partners can participate, and one operator can be assigned to each of a plurality of mobile phone terminal users (customers). A chat service system for mobile phones that can serve as a chat partner can be provided.
As a result, the mobile phone terminal can stream the moving image content, and the mobile phone terminal user and the operator can share the moving image content, and the operator can carry out a service on the user's chat partner on a large scale. .

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the chat service system for mobile phones based on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which extracts and shows a part of system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of page display data. It is a figure which shows the correspondence of a mobile telephone terminal and an operator web terminal.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile communication network 11 Mobile phone terminal 12 Browser display screen 13 Movie display area 14 Character display area 20 Internet 21 Web terminal for operator 30 Server group 31 Main server 32 Distribution server 33 Chat server 24 Content server 41 Communication management server 42 Usage record

Claims (4)

  A distribution server for streaming distribution of moving image data to a large number of mobile phone terminals and operator web terminals connected through the Internet, and interactive communication using character data between the mobile phone terminal and the operator web terminal The chat server is configured such that each operator web terminal forms a separate chat channel for each mobile phone terminal with respect to each of the mobile phone terminals. A chat service system for mobile phones.   In claim 1, for a large number of mobile phone terminals and a plurality of operator web terminals that are communicatively connected via the Internet, a main server that forms a moving image display area and a character display area in a display screen of the terminal, and A distribution server that distributes video data that is stream-displayed in the video display area; a chat server that supports chat between the mobile phone terminal and the operator web terminal and displays the chat data in the character display area; The chat server is configured to allow each operator web terminal to form an independent chat channel for each mobile phone terminal with respect to each of the mobile phone terminals. Service system.   3. The main server according to claim 1, wherein the main server transmits page data for forming a plurality of chat display areas on the browser display screen of the terminal to the operator web terminal, and the chat display areas are independent of each other. A chat service system for mobile phones, wherein the chat data is hyperlinked to a chat channel and displays the chat data of the link destination.   3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the distribution server is configured to perform a data compression process and / or a data conversion process in accordance with each display function of a mobile phone terminal as a distribution destination. A chat service system for telephones.

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