JP2007188189A - Portable terminal and its control method, data repeating device and its control method, data providing system, portable terminal control program and recording medium with its program recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily disclose information by using a portable terminal, and to easily browse information to be disclosed by the portable terminal. <P>SOLUTION: A client terminal 3 transmits a data transmission request to a repeating device 2. The request destination of this request is the telephone number of the user of a portable telephone terminal 1. The repeating device 2 converts the request destination of a data transmission request to the IP address of the portable telephone terminal 1, and transmits it. The portable telephone terminal 1 receives the data transmission request, and converts the requested data into the data of a Web page, and transmits it to the repeating device 2. The repeating device 2 which has received the data of the Web page totals the number of times of transmission and the quantity of transmission of the data of the Web page which have been transmitted from the portable telephone terminal 1, and transmits the data of the Web page to a client terminal 3 of the request source. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance and a control method thereof, a data relay apparatus communicably connected to a plurality of information terminals including the mobile terminal via a communication network, and a control method thereof, The present invention relates to a data providing system including the information terminal and the data relay device, a portable terminal control program, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded. Specifically, the present invention relates to information disclosure using a mobile terminal.

  Conventionally, in a system that discloses information and shares information on a web page or the like using a mobile terminal, an information publisher transmits data from the mobile terminal to a web server. The information viewer browses the information by accessing the Web server.

Patent Document 1 proposes a system in which information can be easily input by a user of a portable terminal in an information sharing system using a portable terminal, and the information can be safely and reliably reflected on a Web server to share the information. ing.
JP2003-242080A (released on August 29, 2003)

  However, in such a conventional method, an extra work of transmitting data from the portable terminal to the Web server occurs in order to disclose the acquired information.

  Further, when accessing a Web page on the Internet, it is necessary to input an address. However, the operation of inputting an address is time consuming and may be inaccessible due to an incorrect input of the address or may not be able to access a desired website due to an incorrect storage of the address. In particular, it takes time to input a website address from a mobile phone.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems. A first object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal that allows a user of the portable terminal to make information disclosure more easily. A second object of the present invention is to provide a viewer of information as described above. It is an object of the present invention to provide a data relay device that makes it easier to access information published by a mobile terminal.

  In order to solve the above problem, a mobile terminal according to the present invention is a mobile terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance, and stores communication means for performing data communication with the outside via a communication network and data for disclosure Storage means, and control means for controlling the operation of the terminal itself. The control means obtains a data transmission request for the terminal ID via the communication means, and the data transmission. It comprises data sending means for reading public data corresponding to a request from the storage means and sending data based on the read public data to the request source via the communication means. An example of the terminal ID is an IP address.

  With the above configuration, the mobile terminal receives a data request for the terminal ID of the mobile terminal and transmits the requested data to the request source.

  By the way, conventionally, when information is disclosed on a portable terminal, it is necessary to have an area for information disclosure on an arbitrary Web server, and further, it is necessary to transmit data to be disclosed to the Web server. .

  However, since the mobile terminal receives the data request and transmits the requested data to the request source, the user of the mobile terminal does not need to have an area for information disclosure on the Web server. Also, there is no need to transmit data to be disclosed to the Web server.

  That is, information can be easily disclosed by using the portable terminal.

  Conventionally, there has been a problem that a fee structure is charged according to the amount of information to be transmitted, so that there is a problem that the amount of data to be disclosed increases and the burden of the fee also increases.

  Therefore, it is possible to adopt a fee structure that does not impose a transmission fee on the data transmitted by the mobile terminal in response to the data transmission request. By applying the fee system, it is possible to reduce the cost burden on the user of the mobile terminal.

  The portable terminal further includes an input unit that receives data input and a display unit that displays the data, and the control unit includes a data acquisition unit that acquires the public data from the input unit; It is preferable to further include display control means for displaying the public data on display means, and editing means for editing the public data.

  According to the above configuration, the mobile terminal can acquire information and store the acquired information, and the information stored in the mobile terminal can be browsed and edited. Specifically, the input means accepts input of image data, audio data, character data, and the like.

  That is, since the user can acquire and edit arbitrary data with the portable terminal, the desired data can be disclosed.

  In the portable terminal, the storage unit stores a disclosure permission flag indicating that the disclosure of the disclosure data is permitted, in association with the disclosure data, and the data transmission unit includes: Preferably, the disclosure permission flag corresponding to the data for publication corresponding to the data transmission request is read from the storage means, and the data based on the data for publication is sent based on the read permission flag for reading. .

  According to the above configuration, the user can easily publish only the information desired to be disclosed.

  The portable terminal further stores, as the storage unit, a transmission-permitted terminal list indicating one or a plurality of information terminals that are permitted to transmit data based on the public data. The data transmission unit includes: Preferably, when the requesting information terminal corresponds to the information terminal indicated by the transmission-permitted terminal list, data based on the public data is transmitted. When a user discloses information, it may be that the user does not want to disclose information to an unspecified number of people. Therefore, according to the above-described configuration, it is possible to specify a party to whom information is disclosed, so that convenience for the user improves.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the portable terminal further includes an authentication unit that authenticates the request source. By using the authentication means, it is possible to limit the persons to whom information is disclosed, and it is possible to disclose information only to a specific partner.

  The mobile terminal is preferably a mobile phone terminal. That is, by using a mobile phone terminal currently used by a large number of people as the mobile terminal, an easy information disclosure means can be provided to many people.

  In order to solve the above problem, a data relay device according to the present invention includes a communication unit that performs data communication via a communication network with a plurality of information terminals including a mobile terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance, A storage unit that stores a correspondence table in which a user ID for identifying a user and a terminal ID are associated with each other; and a control unit that controls the operation of the device itself. The control unit includes the user ID When the data transmission request is acquired via the communication means, the data transmission request for the user ID is converted into a data transmission request for the terminal ID corresponding to the user ID with reference to the correspondence table, The converted data transmission request is transmitted to the communication network via the communication means. Here, examples of the user ID include a telephone number, a name, and a nickname that are subscriber IDs of the telephone service.

  According to the above configuration, the data relay apparatus receives a data transmission request for the user ID. And a data relay apparatus transmits a data transmission request to terminal ID matched with user ID by the said table.

  Therefore, a viewer who wants to browse the information published by the mobile terminal accesses the information published by the mobile terminal by sending a data transmission request to the data relay device with the user ID as the data request destination. can do. As a result, the viewer can obtain the desired user ID by using any user ID that is assigned to the mobile terminal mobile terminal in advance, such as a telephone number or the name or nickname of the owner of the mobile terminal. It becomes possible to access the information.

  Thus, the viewer can easily access desired information.

  In addition, the data relay device further includes a counting unit that counts the number of data transmission requests to the mobile terminal to which the terminal ID is assigned in advance and / or the amount of data transmitted in response to the data transmission request. It is preferable.

  According to the above configuration, the data relay device counts the number of data transmission requests to the mobile terminal and / or the amount of data transmitted in response to the data transmission request.

  Therefore, the data relay apparatus can grasp the mobile terminals that are frequently requested for data transmission, that is, the popular mobile terminals.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the data relay device according to the present invention performs communication with a plurality of information terminals including a mobile terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance via a communication network, and the operation of the device itself. And when the data transmission request for the terminal ID is acquired via the communication means, the control means transmits the data transmission request to the portable terminal via the communication means. On the other hand, when data corresponding to the data transmission request is acquired from the portable terminal via the communication means, a relay means for sending the data to a request source via the communication means and a counting means are provided. It is characterized by being.

  According to the above configuration, the data relay device relays a data transmission request for the terminal ID of the portable terminal and data transmitted from the portable terminal in response to the data transmission request. Then, the number of times data is transmitted from the portable terminal and / or the amount of data transmitted are totalized.

  Therefore, the data relay device can accept a data transmission request for the terminal ID, and can grasp a popular portable terminal with many data transmission requests.

  Here, for example, when a viewer of data published by the mobile terminal browses from a PC (Personal Computer), there is no charge, but when browsing from a mobile phone, data is transmitted from the data relay device. It may be a fee structure charged when receiving.

  According to the above configuration, access from a mobile phone increases at the same time that access from a PC increases in a popular mobile terminal. An increase in access from the mobile phone leads to an increase in fee income.

  Here, a part of the increased fee income can be given to a user of a popular mobile terminal.

  In other words, the user of the portable terminal of the present invention can obtain financial feedback by enriching the information to be disclosed and acquiring the access of many people.

  Therefore, the user of the portable terminal of the present invention intends to release more interesting information. And by releasing a lot of interesting information, it can be expected to increase the number of new visitors and increase revenues.

  Moreover, if it is a data provision system characterized by including the several information terminal containing the said portable terminal, and the said data relay apparatus connected with the said information terminal via the communication network, it is the same as the above The effect of can be produced.

  The portable terminal control method of the present invention is a portable terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance, and includes a communication unit that performs data communication with the outside via a communication network, and a storage unit that stores public data. A method for controlling a portable terminal, wherein a request acquisition step for acquiring a data transmission request for the terminal ID via the communication unit, and public data corresponding to the data transmission request are read from the storage unit and read. A data transmission step of transmitting data based on the public data to the request source via the communication means.

  According to the above method, the mobile terminal can receive a data transmission request via the communication network and transmit data corresponding to the data transmission request to the request source. Therefore, information can be easily disclosed by using the portable terminal.

  According to the data relay device control method of the present invention, communication means for performing data communication with a plurality of information terminals including a mobile terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance via a communication network, and a user of the mobile terminal are identified. A data transmission request to the user ID, comprising: a storage unit that stores a correspondence table that associates a user ID with a terminal ID; and a control unit that controls the operation of the device itself. Acquiring via the communication means, referring to the correspondence table, converting a data transmission request for the user ID into a data transmission request for the terminal ID corresponding to the user ID, Transmitting the converted data transmission request to the communication network via the communication means.

  According to the above method, the data relay apparatus receives a data transmission request for the user ID. Then, the data relay device transmits the data transmission request to the terminal ID associated with the user ID by the table. Thus, by sending a data transmission request to the data relay device with the user ID as the data request destination, it is possible to access information published by the portable terminal. Thus, the viewer can easily access desired information.

  The method for controlling a data relay apparatus according to the present invention includes a communication unit that performs data communication with a plurality of information terminals including a mobile terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance via a communication network, and a control unit that controls the operation of the own apparatus. And acquiring the data transmission request for the terminal ID via the communication means, and sending the data transmission request to the portable terminal via the communication means, A step of acquiring corresponding data from the portable terminal via the communication means, a step of sending the data to a request source via the communication means, and a data transmission request to a portable terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance. And / or aggregating the amount of data transmitted in response to the data transmission request. .

  According to the above method, the data relay device relays a data transmission request for the terminal ID of the portable terminal and data transmitted from the portable terminal in response to the data transmission request. Then, the number of times data is transmitted from the portable terminal and / or the amount of data transmitted are totalized. As a result, the data relay device can grasp the portable terminal where data requests are concentrated.

  In addition, each means in the said portable terminal can be functioned by a computer by a portable terminal control program.

  Further, each means in the data relay apparatus can be caused to function in a computer by a data relay apparatus control program.

  Furthermore, the portable terminal control program and / or the data relay device control program can be made to function on an arbitrary computer by recording the portable terminal control program and / or the data relay device control program on a computer-readable recording medium. it can.

  As described above, the portable terminal according to the present invention can publish the data simply by designating the data. Therefore, unlike the prior art, there is no need to upload data to be disclosed to the Web server. That is, the portable terminal has an effect of making it possible to easily disclose information.

  In addition, as described above, the data relay device according to the present invention receives a data transmission request for a user ID and transmits the data transmission request to a terminal ID corresponding to the user ID. That is, the data of the portable terminal can be accessed with the user ID. Therefore, the user ID can be easily accessed by setting the user ID to be easily remembered by the information viewer, for example, the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 1. Play.

  In addition, as described above, the data relay device according to the present invention relays the data transmission request for the terminal ID of the mobile terminal and the information transmitted from the mobile terminal in response to the data transmission request, and the data The number of transmission requests and / or the amount of information transmitted in response to the data transmission request is aggregated. Therefore, the data relay device can relay a data transmission request for the terminal ID of the mobile terminal, and can grasp the mobile terminal where data requests are concentrated.

  An outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 shows a schematic configuration of an information disclosure system (data providing system) 6 realized by the mobile phone terminal 1 and the relay device 2 of the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the information disclosure system 6 of this embodiment includes a mobile phone terminal 1 (mobile terminal), a relay device (data relay device) 2, a client terminal 3 (request source), a mobile phone network (communication network) 4, And an Internet communication network (communication network) 5.

  The mobile phone terminal 1 is connected to the mobile phone network 4 to perform a call and data transmission / reception. In the present embodiment, the mobile phone terminal 1 is assigned an IP address (terminal ID) in advance, and can receive a data transmission request, create Web page data, and transmit Web page data.

  The relay device 2 relays data transmission / reception between the mobile phone terminal 1 and the client terminal 3. Specifically, the relay device 2 transmits data disclosed by the mobile phone terminal 1 to the client terminal 3 via the mobile phone network 4 and the Internet communication network 5 in response to a request from the client terminal 3. The relay device 2 also determines the number of times web page data sent from the mobile phone terminal 1 to the client terminal 3 is sent from the mobile phone terminal 1 and the amount of data on the web page sent from the mobile phone terminal 1. The total is also performed. Specifically, the relay device 2 is realized by operating a program on a computer such as a PC.

  The client terminal 3 is a terminal connected to the Internet communication network 5, specifically a PC. In the present embodiment, the client terminal 3 is configured as a PC. However, the client terminal 3 is not limited to a PC as long as it is connected to the Internet communication network 5 and transmits and receives information. Arbitrary communication terminals such as PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and mobile phones can be applied.

  Since the mobile phone network 4 and the Internet communication network 5 are well known, the description thereof is omitted.

  The cellular phone terminal 1 that has received the data transmission request transmits the requested data to the relay device 2 via the cellular phone network 4. When receiving the data from the mobile phone terminal 1, the relay device 2 transmits the data to the requesting client terminal 3 via the Internet communication network 5.

  In addition, the processing that must be performed by the user of the mobile phone terminal 1 in disclosing information specifies data to be disclosed in advance in the data stored in the storage unit of the mobile phone terminal 1. Only processing.

  Therefore, the information disclosure system 6 facilitates information disclosure as compared with the conventional information disclosure system, and further allows the published data to be easily browsed.

  Next, details of processing performed by the mobile phone terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4 as follows.

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a mobile phone terminal 1 of the present embodiment. As shown, the mobile phone terminal 1 includes an information input unit (input unit) 11, a control unit (control unit) 15, an operation input unit 20, a storage unit (storage unit) 21, a communication unit (communication unit) 24, and A display unit (display means) 24 is provided. Although not shown, the mobile phone terminal 1 includes various means for making a call through the mobile phone network 4.

  The information input unit 11 captures various data in the mobile phone terminal 1. The information input unit 11 transmits the captured data to the control unit 15.

  More specifically, the information input unit 11 includes an image input unit 12, a voice input unit 13, and a character input unit 14.

  The image input unit 12 captures image data using, for example, a camera or a scanner. The voice input unit 13 takes in voice data together with the above image or independently using, for example, a microphone. The character input unit 14 receives character data input using, for example, a keyboard, a button, a touch panel, or the like.

  The control unit 15 comprehensively controls various components in the mobile phone terminal 1. The function of the control unit 15 is realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executing a program stored in a storage device such as a RAM or a flash memory. The control unit 15 includes a file creation unit (data acquisition unit, display control unit, editing unit) 16, a request acquisition unit (request acquisition unit) 17, a data conversion unit (data transmission unit) 18, and an authentication unit 19 (authentication unit). Is provided.

  The file creation unit 16 gives additional information to the data input from the information input unit 11. More specifically, the additional information includes a public flag (public permission flag), a comment, a password, and the like as shown in FIG. The disclosure flag indicates that disclosure of data associated with the disclosure flag is permitted. The comment is published together with the data when the data is published. The password indicates that a password is requested from the data requester when data associated with the password is disclosed. Further, the file creation unit 16 reads the data file 22 in the storage unit 21 in accordance with the input from the operation input unit 20. Then, the data file 22 can be edited and the data file 22 can be displayed on the display unit 25. Further, the file creation unit 16 can pass the created file to the storage unit 21 and store it as a data file 22.

  The request acquisition unit 17 acquires a data transmission request via the communication unit 24, and selects data to be transmitted according to the acquired data transmission request. When the public flag is included in the additional information of the selected data, the request acquisition unit 17 confirms whether or not the data transmission request source is registered in the data transmission permitted terminal list in the storage unit 21. If registered, the data is transmitted to the data converter 18. Further, when a password is added to the data as additional information together with a public flag, a password authentication request is sent to the authentication unit 19 after confirming whether or not it is registered in the data transmission permission terminal list. If the authentication unit 19 succeeds in authentication, the data is transferred to the data conversion unit 18.

  The data conversion unit 18 converts the data file 22 received from the request acquisition unit 17 into a Web page in HTML (Hyper-Text Mark-up Language) format. The Web page is transmitted to the requesting client terminal 3 via the communication unit 24 and the Internet communication network 5.

  Upon receiving a password authentication request from the request acquisition unit 17, the authentication unit 19 transmits information requesting a password from the communication unit 24 to the data request source. The authentication unit 19 authenticates the password returned by the data requester in response to the password request, and transmits the authentication result to the request acquisition unit 17.

  The operation input unit 20 creates operation data and transmits it to the control unit 15 when a user operates an input device such as a button group (not shown) provided on the surface of the mobile phone terminal 1. is there. Examples of the input device include a touch panel in addition to the button switch. In addition, the operation input unit 20 creates operation data instructing a change of data for information disclosure when a user operates a predetermined operation button, and transmits the operation data to the file creation unit 16.

  The storage unit 21 stores various data and programs. Examples of the storage unit 21 include a ROM (Read Only Memory) that is a read-only semiconductor memory that stores fixed data such as a program and communication control data required when the control unit 15 operates, data related to communication, and computation. And a RAM (Random Access Memory) as a so-called working memory for temporarily storing data used for the operation and calculation results.

  In the present embodiment, the storage unit 21 stores the data file 22 created by the file creation unit 16 and the transmission-permitted terminal list 23. FIG. 4 shows an example of the data file 22 and the transmission permitted terminal list 23. As shown in the figure, the data file 22 includes a file with additional information such as a public flag, a comment, and a password, and a file with no additional information. Further, as shown in the figure, the IP address of the counterpart terminal capable of transmitting data is registered in the transmission permitted terminal list 23. The user can register the IP address of the other party whose data is to be disclosed in the transmission permitted terminal list 23 via the operation input unit 20. In the present embodiment, the partner terminal that can transmit data is registered in the transmission-permitted terminal list 23, but the partner terminal that does not perform data transmission may be registered.

  The communication unit 24 performs data communication with the relay device 2 via the mobile phone network 4. Specifically, the communication unit 24 transmits a Web page data and password request to the relay device 2 and receives a data transmission request and password sent from the relay device 2.

  The display unit 25 receives image data from the control unit 15 and displays an image based on the received image data. Specifically, the display unit 25 includes a display element such as an LCD, a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), and an EL display, and a driver circuit that drives the display element based on received image data.

  Details of the processing operation in the cellular phone terminal 1 having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 4, 6, and 7. FIG. FIG. 6 shows processing operations controlled by the control unit 15 in the data file creation processing performed by the mobile phone terminal 1.

  As shown in FIG. 6, first, sound, a still image, and a moving image are input from the information input unit 11. (Step S10 (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as “S10”. The same applies to other steps).) Next, the control unit 15 causes the user to select whether or not to store the input data in the storage unit 21 (S11).

  If the user's selection is “do not save” (NO in S11), the process ends.

  On the other hand, if the user's selection is “save” (YES in S11), the data file is stored in storage unit (memory) 21 (S12).

  Next, for example, an image as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 25, and the user is allowed to select whether or not to publish the data on a Web page (S13).

  If the user's selection is “not open” (NO in S13), the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the user's selection is “public” (YES in S13), a public flag as shown in FIG. 4 is added to the data. Thereafter, the user is prompted to input a comment for the data. The user inputs a comment according to the instruction displayed on the display unit 25 (S14). This comment is also added to the data, like the public flag.

  Next, when there is a data transmission request for the data, the user is made to select whether or not to request a password from the data transmission request source (S15). When requesting a password, the password entered by the user here is added as well as the public flag and comment. When there is a transmission request for data to which a password is added, the password is requested from the request source.

  Finally, date data is added to the data with the public flag, comment, and / or password information added, and stored in the storage unit 21 (S16).

  As described above, the cellular phone terminal 1 can designate data to be disclosed.

  Next, another processing operation in the mobile phone terminal 1 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 shows a processing operation controlled by the control unit 15 in the process in which the mobile phone terminal 1 transmits data in response to the data transmission request.

  As shown in FIG. 8, first, there is access to information in the mobile phone terminal 1, that is, the request acquisition unit 16 acquires a data transmission request (S20). At this time, the request acquisition unit 17 checks whether or not the requested data is stored in the data file 22 in the storage unit 21. When the data is stored, the request acquisition unit 17 determines whether or not a public flag is given to the data, and whether or not the transmission request source of the data is registered in the transmission permitted terminal list 23. (S21). Thereby, it is determined whether there is data that may be disclosed in the terminal.

  When the data is not stored in the storage unit 21, when the data is stored but the public flag is not added, or when the request source is not registered in the transmission-permitted terminal list 23 (NO in S21), The process ends.

  On the other hand, when the data is stored in the storage unit 21 with the disclosure flag added and the request source is registered in the transmission permitted terminal list 23 (YES in S21), a password is stored in the data. It is checked whether it has been added (S22). Thereby, it is determined whether or not the request source is requested to input a password.

  If no password is added (NO in S22), the process proceeds to S25 described later.

  On the other hand, when a password is added (YES in S22), the authentication unit 19 transmits information requesting the password to the data transmission request source via the communication unit 24 (S23).

  When the password is returned from the request source, the authentication unit 19 determines whether or not the password is correct (S24). If the password is not correct (NO in S24), the process is terminated. At this time, an error message may be transmitted to the request source. On the other hand, if the password is correct (YES in S24), the process proceeds to S25.

  In S <b> 25, the data is converted into an HTML web page by the data conversion unit 18 and transmitted to the request source via the communication unit 24. Thereafter, the process ends.

  As described above, the cellular phone terminal 1 can transmit data to the request source.

  Next, details of the relay device 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 5 as follows.

  FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of the relay device 2 of the present embodiment. As illustrated, the relay device 2 includes a communication unit (communication unit) 31, a communication unit (communication unit) 32, a control unit (control unit) 33, and a storage unit (storage unit) 34.

  The communication unit 31 performs data communication with the mobile phone terminal 1 via the mobile phone network 4. The communication unit 32 performs data communication with the client terminal 3 via the Internet communication network 5. In the present embodiment, the communication unit 31 and the communication unit 32 are separately configured. However, the communication unit 31 and the communication unit 32 may be configured integrally.

  The control unit 33 comprehensively controls various configurations in the relay device 2. The function of the control unit 33 is realized by the CPU executing a program stored in a storage device such as a RAM or a flash memory. The control unit 33 includes an address conversion unit (relay unit) 35 and a counter unit 36 (aggregation unit).

  The address conversion unit 35 converts the transmission destination of the data transmission request sent from the client terminal 3 into the IP address of the mobile phone terminal 1 with reference to a table (correspondence table) 37.

  The counter unit 36 counts the number of times the Web page data is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 1 and the amount of transmitted data, and reflects the count result in the table 37.

  The storage unit 34 stores various data and programs. As an example of the storage unit 34, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that is a read-only semiconductor memory that stores fixed data such as programs and communication control data required when the control unit 33 operates, and data aggregation and communication RAM (Random Access Memory) as a so-called working memory for temporarily storing data related to data, data used for calculation, calculation results, and the like.

  In the present embodiment, the storage unit 34 stores a table 37. As shown in FIG. 5, the table 37 associates an IP address, a telephone number (user ID), the number of data transmissions, and the amount of data transmitted. The address conversion unit 35 refers to the table 37 and converts the telephone number and the IP address. Further, the number of data transmissions counted by the counter unit and the amount of transmitted data are reflected in the table 37.

  Processing operations performed by the relay device 2 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the details of the process of relaying the data transmission request transmitted by the client terminal 3 to the mobile phone terminal 1 will be described. The communication unit 32 receives the data transmission request transmitted from the client terminal 3, and receives the address conversion unit 35. To pass. The address conversion unit 35 refers to the table 37 stored in the storage unit 34 and converts the destination of the data transmission request into the IP address of the mobile phone terminal 1. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, since the IP address and the telephone number are associated with each other in the table 37, the address conversion unit 35 determines the data transmission request according to the correspondence relationship shown in the table 37. The destination is converted from a telephone number to an IP address. The data transmission request whose destination is converted into the IP address is transmitted to the mobile phone terminal 1 via the communication unit 31.

  As described above, the relay device 2 converts the destination of the data transmission request and then transmits the data transmission request to the mobile phone terminal 1.

  Next, details of processing for transmitting data transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 1 to the client terminal 3 in response to the data transmission request will be described.

  The data sent from the cellular phone terminal 1 to the relay device 2 is either Web page data or a password request. Data sent from the cellular phone terminal 1 is passed to the address conversion unit 35 via the communication unit 31. The address conversion unit 35 determines whether the received data is Web page data or a password request.

  If the received information is Web page data, the data is transferred to the counter unit 36. The counter unit 36 aggregates the data amount of the received data and the number of times information is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 1 in the table 37 stored in the storage unit 34, and updates the table 37. When the counting process ends, the data is transmitted to the client terminal 3 that is the information request source via the communication unit 32. Note that the data may be transmitted to the client terminal 3 during the aggregation process.

  On the other hand, if the received data is a password request, the address conversion unit 35 does not pass the data to the counter unit 36 and transmits the password request to the client terminal 3 via the communication unit 32 as it is.

  As described above, the relay device 2 transmits the data transmitted by the mobile phone terminal 1 to the client terminal 3.

  With the above-described configuration, the client terminal 3 can access data published by the mobile phone terminal 1 by setting the request destination of the data transmission request to the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 1.

  Further, the number of transmissions and the amount of transmitted data of the Web page data transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 1 are aggregated by the counter unit 36 and reflected in the table 37, so that the relay device 2 is connected to the mobile phone terminal 1. It is possible to grasp the number of accesses to the data to be disclosed and the amount of data transmitted. Therefore, the relay device 2 can grasp the mobile phone terminals that are concentrated in access, that is, popular.

  Here, for example, a viewer of data published by the mobile terminal is not charged when browsing from a PC, but when browsing from a mobile phone, when receiving data from the data relay device It can also be a fee structure that is charged.

  According to the above configuration, access from a mobile phone increases at the same time that access from a PC increases in a popular mobile terminal. An increase in access from the mobile phone leads to an increase in fee income.

  Here, a part of the increased fee income can be given to a user of a popular mobile terminal. In that case, the counter unit 36 may have a function of calculating the amount to be given to the user from the result of the aggregation.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately changed within the scope of the claims are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the mobile phone terminal 1 is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to any portable terminal such as a PHS, a PDA, or a mobile PC as long as it is a portable communication terminal.

  In the above embodiment, the table 37 associates the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 1 with the IP address, but the user ID associated with the IP address is arbitrarily determined by the user of the mobile phone terminal 1. It may be a thing. That is, in the information disclosure system of the present invention, it is possible to set a user ID that is easy to access and accessible to both the information publishing side and the viewing side of the information such as handle names and nicknames on the Internet. it can. The client terminal 3 may transmit an IP address as a data transmission request destination. In this case, it is not necessary to change the user ID to the IP address.

  Finally, each block of the mobile phone terminal 1 and the relay device 2, in particular, the control unit 15 and the control unit 33 may be configured by hardware logic, or realized by software using a CPU as follows. Also good.

  That is, the mobile phone terminal 1 and the relay device 2 include a CPU that executes instructions of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM that stores the program, a RAM that expands the program, a memory that stores the program and various data, and the like Storage device (recording medium). An object of the present invention is a recording medium on which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program for the mobile phone terminal 1 which is software for realizing the functions described above is recorded so as to be readable by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the mobile phone 1 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Further, the mobile phone terminal 1 and the relay device 2 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Also, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention enables easy information disclosure not only on mobile phone terminals but also on various mobile terminals such as PHS, PDA, and mobile PC.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the principal part of the mobile telephone terminal in the information disclosure system which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the principal part of the relay apparatus in the said information disclosure system. It is the schematic of the said information disclosure system. It is a figure which shows an example of the data file memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the said mobile telephone terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the table memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the said relay apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the file creation process performed in the control part of the said mobile telephone terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the image which is displayed on the display part of the said mobile phone terminal, and asks whether data disclosure is possible. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the data transmission process performed in the control part of the said mobile telephone terminal.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mobile phone terminal (mobile terminal)
2 Relay device (data relay device)
3 Client terminal (request source)
4 Mobile phone network (communication network)
5 Internet communication network (communication network)
6 Information disclosure system (data provision system)
11 Information input section (input means)
12 Image input unit 13 Voice input unit 14 Character input unit 15 Control unit (control means)
16 File creation unit (data acquisition means, display control means, editing means)
17 Request acquisition unit (request acquisition means)
18 Data converter (data sending means)
19 Authentication section (authentication means)
20 Operation Input Unit 21 Storage Unit (Storage Unit)
22 Data file 23 Sending permitted terminal list 24 Communication unit (communication means)
25 Display section (display means)
31 Communication unit (communication means)
32 Communication unit (communication means)
33 Control unit (control means)
34 Storage section (storage means)
35 Address converter (relay means)
36 Counter part (counting means)
37 tables (correspondence table)

Claims (15)

A mobile terminal with a pre-assigned terminal ID,
A communication means for performing data communication with the outside via a communication network;
Storage means for storing public data;
Control means for controlling the operation of the terminal itself,
The control means includes
Request acquisition means for acquiring a data transmission request for the terminal ID via the communication means;
And a data sending means for reading public data corresponding to the data transmission request from the storage means and sending data based on the read public data to the request source via the communication means. Terminal. Input means for accepting data input;
And a display means for displaying data,
The control means includes
Data acquisition means for acquiring the public data from the input means;
Display control means for displaying the public data on the display means;
The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising editing means for editing the public data. The storage means stores a release permission flag indicating that the release of the release data is permitted in association with the release data,
The data sending means reads out a public permission flag corresponding to the public data corresponding to the data transmission request from the storage means, and sends data based on the public data based on the read public permission flag. The portable terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that: The storage means further stores a transmission-permitted terminal list including information of one or more information terminals that are permitted to transmit data based on the public data,
2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein, when the requesting information terminal corresponds to an information terminal indicated by the transmission-permitted terminal list, the data transmission unit transmits data based on the public data. Terminal.   The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising authentication means for authenticating the request source.   The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile phone terminal. A communication means for performing data communication with a plurality of information terminals including a mobile terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance via a communication network;
Storage means for storing a correspondence table in which a user ID for identifying a user of the mobile terminal is associated with a terminal ID;
Control means for controlling the operation of the device itself,
The control means includes
When the data transmission request for the user ID is acquired via the communication means, the data transmission request for the user ID is referred to the correspondence table, and the data transmission request for the terminal ID corresponding to the user ID is referred to. A data relay apparatus, wherein the data transmission request is transmitted to the communication network via the communication means.   8. The data processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a counting unit that counts the number of data transmission requests to the mobile terminal to which the terminal ID is assigned in advance and / or the amount of data transmitted in response to the data transmission request. The data relay device described in 1. A communication means for performing data communication with a plurality of information terminals including a mobile terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance via a communication network;
Control means for controlling the operation of the device itself,
The control means includes
When a data transmission request for the terminal ID is acquired via the communication means, the data transmission request is sent to the portable terminal via the communication means, while data corresponding to the data transmission request is transmitted from the portable terminal. When acquired via the communication means, the relay means for sending the data to the request source via the communication means;
A data relay apparatus comprising: a counting unit that counts the number of data transmission requests for the terminal ID and / or the amount of data transmitted in response to the data transmission request.   A plurality of information terminals including the mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 6, and the information terminals connected to the information terminal via a communication network so as to be communicable with each other. A data providing system comprising: a data relay device. It is a mobile terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance, and includes a communication unit that performs data communication with the outside via a communication network, and a storage unit that stores data for disclosure.
A request acquisition step of acquiring a data transmission request for the terminal ID via the communication means;
A data transmission step of reading public data corresponding to the data transmission request from the storage unit and transmitting data based on the read public data to the request source via the communication unit. Terminal control method. A communication means for performing data communication with a plurality of information terminals including a mobile terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance via a communication network, a user ID for identifying a user of the mobile terminal, and a terminal ID are associated with each other. A data relay apparatus control method comprising: a storage means for storing the correspondence table; and a control means for controlling the operation of the own apparatus, wherein a data transmission request for the user ID is acquired via the communication means; ,
Referring to the correspondence table, converting a data transmission request for the user ID into a data transmission request for the terminal ID corresponding to the user ID;
And a step of transmitting the converted data transmission request to the communication network via the communication means. A control method for a data relay apparatus comprising a communication means for performing data communication with a plurality of information terminals including a mobile terminal to which a terminal ID is assigned in advance via a communication network
When a data transmission request for the terminal ID is acquired via the communication means, the data transmission request is sent to the portable terminal via the communication means, while data corresponding to the data transmission request is transmitted from the portable terminal. Obtaining the data via the communication means, sending the data to the requester via the communication means;
A method for controlling a data relay device, comprising: counting the number of data transmission requests for the terminal ID and / or aggregating the amount of data transmitted in response to the data transmission request.   A portable terminal control program that causes a computer to function as each means in the portable terminal control means according to any one of claims 1 to 6.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the portable terminal control program according to claim 14 is recorded.

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