JP2006301929A - Display authentication program, display authentication terminal, display authentication server, display authentication system, and display authentication method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display authentication system which is capable of checking an application use state of a user and informing a server. <P>SOLUTION: A mobile terminal 10 includes; an authentication means which confirms that display of a prescribed advertisement screen during standby has been registered in a system, and records the registration together with time information; a means for periodically staring the authentication means; and an authentication communication means for transmitting information recorded by the authentication means to a server 13. The server 13 includes a means for downloading a standby application provided with an authenticating function and a communication function to transmit an authentication result to the server, to the terminal and a means for receiving and recording authentication result information from the standby application. It is possible that a display state of a standby screen on the terminal can be checked by the server, and the display state can be recognized with a high precision. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display authentication program, a display authentication terminal, a display authentication server, a display authentication system, and a display authentication method, and in particular, in a system that distributes information such as advertisements and news to a mobile terminal and displays it on a standby screen, etc. The present invention relates to a display authentication program capable of authenticating display, a display authentication terminal, a display authentication server, a display authentication system, and a display authentication method.

Conventionally, a technique for displaying an advertisement on a standby screen of a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone has been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 below discloses an idea for displaying an advertisement on a standby screen of a mobile phone as described above.
JP 2002-140624 A

  When implementing an idea as described above, for example, even if a standby application program that displays advertisements is downloaded, it is unclear whether the user uses the program and the advertisement is displayed on the standby screen. There was a point.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and in particular, a display authentication program, a display authentication terminal, a display authentication server, a display capable of checking a user's application usage state and reporting to a server To provide an authentication system and a display authentication method.

  The display authentication program of the present invention confirms that the terminal computer displays the display data consisting of images or characters when the terminal is in standby mode, and that the own program is registered in the system as a standby application program. Authentication means for recording together, activation setting means for performing setting for starting the own program every first predetermined period, and authentication communication means for transmitting the information recorded by the authentication means to the server every second predetermined period The main feature is functioning.

  In the display authentication program described above, the authentication communication unit is also characterized in that it includes a receiving unit that receives the display data from a server. The display authentication program is characterized in that the display means switches and displays a plurality of the display data and records the display data identification information at the time of authentication. Further, the display authentication program described above is characterized in that the activation setting means performs setting for starting the own program every predetermined period using a callback function of a system that starts the program after a predetermined time. .

  The display authentication terminal according to the present invention confirms that the display means for displaying an image or a character at the time of standby and that the predetermined image or character is registered in the system so that it is displayed by the display means at the time of standby. An authentication unit for recording, an activation unit for starting the authentication unit every first predetermined period, and an authentication communication unit for transmitting information recorded by the authentication unit to the server every second predetermined period Is the main feature.

  The display authentication server of the present invention downloads a standby application program having a function of authenticating that its own program is registered as a standby application program and a communication function of transmitting an authentication result to the server based on a request from the terminal. The main feature of the present invention is that there is provided a download means for receiving and an authentication result receiving means for receiving and recording authentication result information based on access from the standby application program.

  The main feature of the display authentication system of the present invention is that it includes the above-described display authentication terminal, the above-described display authentication server, and a communication network that connects the display authentication server and the display authentication terminal.

  In the display authentication method of the present invention, a step of starting a program for displaying display data consisting of images or characters at the time of waiting for a terminal every first predetermined period, the program being registered in the system as a standby application program And recording the time information together with the time information, and transmitting the information recorded by the program to the server every second predetermined period.

  In the display authentication system of the present invention, the application program that displays the standby screen on the terminal checks the application registration status and reports it to the server, so that the server can check the display status of the standby screen on the terminal. There is an effect that the display state can be grasped with high accuracy. In addition, since the user can acquire points and acquire the latest news, there is an effect that the use of the application of the present invention is promoted.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

  The display authentication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the display authentication system of the present invention. The mobile terminal 10 may be a known mobile phone, for example, or may be a PDA, a mobile PC, or other mobile terminal. The mobile communication network 11 may be, for example, a well-known mobile phone network or PHS network, or a wireless LAN network.

  The well-known Internet 12 is connected to the mobile communication network 11 via a gateway device, and the mobile terminal 10 accesses the Web server 13 via the mobile communication network 11 and the Internet 12 using, for example, a Web browser. It is configured to be possible. Such a configuration and apparatus are well known. As an example, an example in which a mobile phone is used as the mobile terminal 10 will be described.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a system configuration in the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal 10 such as a mobile phone is roughly divided into three components. The hardware 20 controls a radio communication circuit that communicates with a base station, a voice input / output circuit, a display circuit using a liquid crystal display, a key switch circuit, a clock circuit, the entire apparatus, And a control circuit (CPU, memory, etc.) that executes an application).

  The system program (OS) 21 includes connection / call processing, application activation / termination management, application request processing, a driver that directly controls hardware, and the like, and controls the entire mobile terminal 10. The above configuration is well known.

  The application program 22 is a program executed on the system program 21. Examples of the application program 22 include an application such as a Web browser or a mailer that is pre-installed in the mobile terminal 10 in advance, and an application that is downloaded from a server, stored, and executed. The standby application related to the present invention is also downloaded from the server 13 and installed in the mobile terminal 10.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the process until the standby application of the present invention is installed in the mobile terminal 10. First, the user activates a web browser provided as a standard in the mobile terminal 10, and in T10, accesses the web server 13 that provides the service of the present invention and requests user registration.

  In U10, the Web server 13 performs user registration processing by inputting a user ID, a password, and the like. At this time, attribute information such as the user's age, sex, hobbies, and preferences may be input, and advertisements and news to be distributed may be selected based on these information.

  In T11, the Web browser requests download of a standby application based on a user operation. In U11, the Web server 13 downloads data such as a standby application and an advertisement screen displayed by the application. Note that this application stores user ID information. Also, advertisement ID information is added to the advertisement screen.

  The standby application is a program that displays a screen that is displayed, for example, when the folded cellular phone is opened or when the call ends, for example, the time, battery, etc. on any wallpaper (advertisement) image registered in the program. It is a program that displays the remaining amount, radio wave status, information for transitioning to the main menu, and the like. Then, by registering this standby application as a standby application of the system, this application is started up by the system, for example, when the folded mobile phone is opened.

  At T12, the Web browser receives the application and requests storage. In S10, the terminal system (OS) stores the application in, for example, a flash memory in the system based on the request. Further, at T13, the Web browser requests that the saved application based on the user's operation is registered as a standby application of the system, and starts the application to end the browser process.

  In S11, the terminal system registers the saved application in the standby application of the system and activates the application. A user ID, an authentication cycle (for example, every hour), an authentication communication time (for example, once a day), a server URL, and the like are set in advance in the application.

  The standby application requests callback registration in V10. Callback is a function for starting a specified application after a time set in a parameter (for example, one hour). The terminal system (OS) accepts a callback request in S12. The standby application acquires current time information from the terminal system in V11, calculates the next activation time, stores it, and ends the process.

  FIG. 5 is a time chart showing the operation of the standby application of the present invention. When an application is downloaded from the server 13, registered as a standby application, and executed, a callback that is activated after a predetermined authentication cycle (for example, 1 hour) is set, and the process ends.

  Thereafter, when the standby application is activated every predetermined authentication cycle (indicated by a black dot 31 in FIG. 5), the activation time and the like are recorded. The standby application also determines whether or not the authentication communication time has passed, and if the authentication communication time has passed, it connects to the server and the authentication information (authentication time, etc.) recorded since the previous communication. Is transmitted to the server (32).

  If the call is in progress (33) when the authentication period arrives, the standby application is not activated. However, when the call ends, the stand-by application is activated. At this time, it is determined whether or not the callback time has passed. If it has passed, authentication is performed at that time and the callback is set again. To do.

  Therefore, if the time at which authentication communication is to be performed is during a call, the authentication communication is executed at the time of activation by a callback set at the end of the call. There is no problem because there is no need to do it. For example, if the authentication communication time is set to 5 am and the authentication cycle is set to 2 hours, and a call is in progress at 5 am, a callback that starts at 7 am is set at the end of the call, Authentication communication is executed at startup at 7 am.

  The reason for the above is that communication is likely to be performed immediately after a call by another call, e-mail, web access, etc., so that the authentication communication does not interfere with other communication, and the application Access to the server is refrained so as not to give the user the impression that they are communicating without permission. Note that the standby application may perform authentication communication upon activation at the end of the call.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the standby application of the present invention. In S20, the terminal system (OS) detects whether the callback time has come, the mobile phone is opened, or the end of the call, and activates the standby application. In V20, the standby application determines whether the mobile phone has been opened or the call is ended based on the activation type information acquired from the system. If the determination result is negative, the process proceeds to V24. To V21.

  In V21, for example, a standby screen including an advertisement is displayed. Note that the user can connect and talk from this state, and in the call state, the standby application is temporarily terminated, but is activated again at the end of the conversation. In V22, it is determined whether or not the mobile phone is closed. If the determination result is negative, the process proceeds to V21, but if the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to V23.

  In V23, time information is acquired from the terminal system, and it is determined whether or not the activation time by the callback stored in the standby application has been exceeded. If the determination result is negative, the process ends. If yes, the process goes to V28.

  In V24, it is determined whether or not the time for performing the authentication communication has passed. If the determination result is negative, the process shifts to V28, but if the determination result is positive, the process shifts to V25. In V25, connection is made to the server 13 having a predetermined URL. In V26, time information and advertisement ID, which are authentication information recorded together with the user ID, are transmitted. The authentication information that has been sent is deleted.

  In the Web server 13, the received data is stored in association with the user ID in U20. The stored data is analyzed, and for example, the total display time of the advertisement on the terminal is calculated and used for calculating the advertising cost. The standby application records / updates the authentication communication completion time in V27. The next authentication communication time is a time obtained by adding a preset authentication communication cycle to the latest authentication communication completion time.

  When only authentication is performed, the current time and the advertisement ID are recorded after confirming that the application is registered as a standby application based on the activation type information acquired from the system in V28. In V29, a callback registration in which a time until the next activation time is set is requested, and the process is terminated. The terminal system (OS) accepts a callback request in S21.

  Through the processing as described above, the standby application is started almost at a predetermined authentication cycle, confirms that the application is registered in the system as the standby application, and transmits this information to the server 13. Therefore, in the server 13, when the mobile terminal 10 is authenticated at a substantially predetermined cycle, the application is continuously registered in the system as a standby application, and when the user uses the mobile phone, It can be assumed that a standby screen including an advertisement is displayed. Furthermore, the number of times the mobile phone is opened and closed can be recorded and collected as authentication information.

  In the system of the present invention, it is possible to confirm that an advertisement is displayed reliably by displaying a predetermined advertisement as a standby screen for a predetermined period and checking that the standby application is registered at a predetermined cycle. Then, when an advertisement is displayed for a predetermined period of time, the user is invited to use the standby application, for example, by giving a point that can be used as a price for goods or services on the Internet or by incorporating a game function into the standby application. .

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the standby application according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the first embodiment, the first downloaded advertisement screen is displayed during standby. In the second embodiment, information such as the latest news is transmitted from the server to the mobile terminal during authentication communication, and the latest news is displayed on the standby screen. Is displayed.

  Since the processing different from that of the first embodiment is the processing of the server U21 and the processing of the standby application V30, these processing will be described. In U21, the Web server reads update data such as news and new advertisements from the DB and transmits it to the standby application. In V30, the standby application updates data such as an initial screen, advertisements, and news. As a result of these processes, in V21, a standby screen on which the latest news and the like are written by the standby application is displayed.

  In order to display the latest news, etc., it is necessary to access the server frequently, but if the mobile phone data communication shifts to the flat rate system, the number of accesses will increase or large data such as image data will be frequently There is no problem because downloading does not impose an economic burden on the user. In this method, it is also possible to change the advertisement to be displayed according to the time zone or day of the week without occupying the memory of the terminal. For the user, since the latest news is always displayed on the mobile phone, the use of this standby application is promoted.

  Although the embodiments have been described above, the following modifications may be considered in the present invention. In the embodiment, the standby application accesses the server and transmits the authentication information. However, the standby application may transmit a mail storing the authentication information to the server. In addition, update information such as news may be transmitted to the standby application by e-mail from the server.

  When interested in the contents of the advertisement screen displayed by the standby application, the browser may be activated and connected to the Web server of the company that performed the advertisement by a predetermined operation.

  Update display information downloaded from the server includes general news, disasters such as earthquakes, emergency information, traffic information, weather forecasts, fortune-telling information, news about specific sports and hobbies selected by the user, and brands selected by the user Stock price, personal message exchange information, video information, TV program information, etc. can be distributed. Depending on the content, you may be charged.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the display authentication system of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the system configuration | structure in a portable terminal. 4 is a flowchart showing a process until a standby application of the present invention is installed in the mobile terminal 10. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the stand-by application of this invention. It is a time chart which shows operation | movement of the stand-by application of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the standby application of Example 2 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile terminal 11 Mobile communication network 12 Internet 13 Web server

Claims (8)

Terminal computer,
Display means for displaying display data consisting of images or characters when the terminal is on standby;
Authentication means for confirming that its own program is registered in the system as a standby application program and recording it together with time information,
Start setting means for setting to start the own program every first predetermined period;
A display authentication program that causes an information communication unit that transmits information recorded by the authentication unit to a server every second predetermined period.   The display authentication program according to claim 1, wherein the authentication communication unit further includes a reception unit that receives the display data from a server.   The display authentication program according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a plurality of the display data by switching, and records the display data identification information at the time of authentication.   The display authentication program according to claim 1, wherein the activation setting unit performs a setting to activate the own program every predetermined period using a callback function of a system that activates the program after a predetermined time. Display means for displaying images or characters when waiting,
An authentication unit for confirming that the predetermined image or character is registered in the system so that the image is displayed by the display unit at the time of standby, and recording the time image together with time information;
Activating means for activating the authenticating means every first predetermined period;
A display authentication terminal, comprising: an authentication communication unit configured to transmit information recorded by the authentication unit to a server every second predetermined period. Based on a request from the terminal, a download unit that downloads a standby application program having a function of authenticating that its own program is registered as a standby application program, and a communication function of transmitting an authentication result to the server;
A display authentication server, comprising: authentication result receiving means for receiving and recording authentication result information based on access from the standby application program. A display authentication terminal according to claim 5;
A display authentication server according to claim 6;
A display authentication system comprising a communication network connecting the display authentication server and the display authentication terminal. Starting a program for displaying display data consisting of images or characters at the time of waiting for the terminal for each first predetermined period;
Confirming that the program is registered in the system as a standby application program, and recording it together with time information;
A display authentication method comprising a step of transmitting information recorded by the program to a server every second predetermined period.

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