JP2007295208A - Communication server apparatus, content distribution method and content distribution program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication server apparatus capable of providing excellent service for smoothing communication between users who can meet each other in a near distance by utilizing portable terminals, and to provide a content distribution method and a content distribution program. <P>SOLUTION: A portable terminal 401 for covering a service chance is registered in the communication server apparatus 100 and set to a standby state. When a portable terminal 402 is registered, the portable terminal 402 is registered in the same group as the portable terminal 401 and the communication server apparatus 100 executes contents link to the portable terminals in the same group on the basis of a service schedule and successively distributes digital contents. When the portable terminals in the same groups exist in a distance near to each other, the communication server apparatus 100 determines the distribution destination and order of the digital content and the digital content link in response to an interactive access based on the action of an optional portable terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication server apparatus and a content distribution method for providing a service for facilitating near field communication by a mobile terminal.

  Mobile phones that are most popular among mobile terminals will be faster in the communication infrastructure environment due to advances in wireless technology, covering a wide range by reducing the size of base station devices and using IP, so that they can be used anywhere. became. Furthermore, we can expect higher speeds such as the start of demonstration experiments for the 4th generation mobile communication system (IMT-Advanced) in 2010, enabling the simultaneous delivery of large-capacity digital content such as videos, and the realization of excellent services. It becomes possible. Also in mobile phones, the evolution and miniaturization of hardware, high performance and high functionality achieved by the software of millions of lines embedded in mobile phones, and download of digital content and mobile phone programs This makes it easier to play video and music comfortably. A mobile phone program that is downloaded and executed by a mobile phone can express digital content in a rich variety by disclosing middleware interfaces that can use part of the mobile phone hardware.

  In addition, when the mobile phone communicates with other terminals, etc., the barcode reading function using the conventional infrared method or high-definition camera must be visible with the distance between them close. However, a short-distance wireless communication means is installed, the communication distance can be up to several tens of meters, and the mutual devices do not have to be visible.

  In a communication server device that distributes digital contents and provides services, the browser function of a mobile phone is installed to the same level as a personal computer (full browser). As a result, the markup language used to describe the Web page can be a high-level HTML or XML-compliant XHTML. The script language is Java (registered trademark) Script, Perl, PHP, or the vector image description language SVG. (Scalable Vector Graphics) and others can embed include descriptions or source code in the description line of a markup language so that documents, images, videos, and music in various formats can be linked and expressed in a browser.

  Furthermore, in the past, moving images such as videos had to be downloaded, but it was not possible to download them with a mobile phone having a relatively small storage capacity. However, with the ASF (Advanced Streaming Format: integrated content) method, etc., it is possible to play the video data distributed from the communication server while receiving the video data in the streaming format without downloading it to the mobile phone (for example, patents). Reference 1). This can also be linked to a document by embedding an include description or source code in a markup language. Also, depending on the link information, it is possible to cross sites, and the contents described in these languages can be shown only by indicating the link destination.

On the other hand, the evolution process of mobile phones does not release all hardware assets from the beginning. For example, SD card (trademark), which is an external storage device, is restricted by software and can be carried according to content type and copyrighted content. Guards are provided such that the data cannot be transferred to another device (for example, a personal computer or a DVD) between telephones. Even if short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (trademark) is installed, transfer restrictions between mobile phones and other devices are performed.
JP 2004-208250 A

  As described above, the communication infrastructure environment is increasing in speed and capacity, and high-performance and high-performance mobile phones are becoming widespread, but there are limitations, so the service form is the communication server device and individual mobile phones. There is a problem that a communication server device mechanism that can make use of a mobile phone between things that can be face-to-face at a short distance, fixed things (for example, stores), and people who move is not realized .

  An object of the present invention is to provide a communication server device, a content distribution method, and a content distribution program that provide an excellent service for communicating with a mobile terminal located at a short distance according to the above background art and problems.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a communication server device according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a mobile terminal program and digital data for a mobile terminal having a screen display function, an audio playback function, and a browser function. Server device that provides services by distributing digital content, which is a set of sentences, music, images, videos, databases, or a combination of these, to a plurality of mobile terminals, and can respond to interactive access from the mobile terminals In order for a plurality of mobile terminals to receive services provided by digital contents, first, a mobile terminal that takes an opportunity to receive service provision (hereinafter, a terminal that takes an opportunity to receive service provision is abbreviated as “leader terminal”). Reader registration means to register, reader terminal and Member registration means for registering another mobile terminal (hereinafter, another mobile terminal belonging to the same group as the leader terminal) in order to become a mobile terminal belonging to one group and start a service; When mobile terminals of the same group are close to each other, an interactive access from the mobile terminal is received by an action to any mobile terminal among the mobile terminals of the same group, and a service schedule is sent to the mobile terminals of the same group Service schedule means for managing and advancing content, content link means for setting a link of digital content based on the service schedule means, and content distribution means for distributing the digital content with the link set to the mobile terminals of the same group It is provided with.

  According to a second aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, session identification information for identifying a group, leader identification information for identifying a leader terminal, and member identification information for identifying a member terminal are stored in association with each other, and When a terminal is newly registered as a leader terminal, a service request is made with the session identification information or leader identification information not registered being added, and if the session identification information is not registered, it becomes the leader terminal of the new session. However, the unregistered one may be provided with a leader registration means having means for making the session identification information an existing new leader terminal.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, session identification information for identifying a group, leader identification information for identifying a leader terminal, member identification information for identifying a member terminal, and registration by the member registration means In the case of an existing member terminal, the member registration means stores the session identification information in association with the group relation information to be updated for each member. And requesting a service by adding leader identification information and member identification information, and updating the group relation information associated with the member identification information, or in a new member terminal, the member registration means A service request is made by adding identification information and reader identification information, and the session identification information and reader Set the new member identification information associated with the identification information may comprise means for providing the member identification information associated with the session identification information and the reader identification information.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when the existing member terminal performs member registration with a plurality of leader terminals according to the third aspect of the invention, the member registration means is configured such that the member terminal stores the existing session identification information and member identification information. In addition, as a same group of leader terminals in which the session identification information and the member identification information match, the session identification information, the leader identification information, and the member identification information are all associated with each other and associated with the member identification information. When the member information is updated, or when a new member terminal registers with a plurality of leader terminals, the member registration means adds the session identification information to the member terminal to request a service, New member identification information is set in association with all leader identification information in the identification information. And it may be provided with a means for providing the member identification information associated with the session identification information and the reader identification information.

  The invention of claim 5 is the invention of claim 3 or claim 4, wherein each time the existing member terminal registers with member registration means, the group relation information associated with the member identification information is updated, There may be further provided means for evaluating the group relation information, and means for providing session identification information and leader identification information for becoming a leader terminal according to the evaluation result.

  The invention of claim 6 is the invention of claim 1, wherein each of the mobile terminals of the same group comprises digital content or digital content having a story structure that is layered, and the plurality of mobile terminals are identified as a group Managing each set of session identification information, leader identification information for identifying a leader terminal, member identification information for identifying a member terminal, and digital contents for each portable terminal or digital contents having hierarchical stories Content management information is stored in association with each other, and the content linking means associates content management information for identifying each digital content, and sends text, music, images, video to each of the mobile terminals in the same group. Digital data composed by linking different digital contents such as It may comprise means for the content.

  A seventh aspect of the present invention is the session identification information according to the first aspect of the present invention, comprising: digital content having a story property hierarchized for each portable terminal of the same group, wherein the plurality of portable terminals are identified as a group. , Leader identification information for identifying a leader terminal, member identification information for identifying a member terminal, digital content distributed for each mobile terminal, link information, and service scenario information describing processing according to interactive access The service schedule means associates the digital content with service scenario information defining service content for each mobile terminal of the same group, and develops a service based on the service scenario information; From any mobile device in the same group In response to interactive access, any mobile terminal in the same group of mobile terminals is set as a delivery destination, and for each mobile terminal, the digital content by the content link means is synchronized with the mobile terminal of the same group, Means may be provided for scheduling in order, reverse order, and skipping.

  The invention of claim 8 is directed to the invention of claim 1, wherein the portable terminal is provided with means for transmitting via short-range communication means such as infrared, Bluetooth, Zigbee, etc., to other portable terminals of the same group In order to cause an action, the content link means may comprise means for linking a protocol, a command, or the like to the short-range communication means with digital content.

  The invention of claim 9 is the invention of claim 6, wherein in the invention of claim 6, session identification information for identifying the plurality of portable terminals as a group, leader identification information for identifying the leader terminal, member identification information for identifying the member terminal, , Storing content identification information in association with impression information for transmitting the digital content and recording the usage frequency or impression level by interactive access from the mobile terminal, and interactive access from the mobile terminal is the digital content reference count, It may further comprise means for updating impression information with information such as impressions on digital content and evaluating the impression information, and means for providing session identification information and leader identification information for becoming a leader terminal based on the evaluation result .

  A tenth aspect of the invention is characterized in that, in any of the first to ninth aspects of the invention, the mobile terminal may be a mobile phone.

  The content distribution method according to the invention of claim 11 is directed to a portable terminal having a screen display function, a sound reproduction function, and a browser function, and a sentence, music, image, video, A content distribution method using a communication server device that provides a service by distributing digital content, which is a set of databases or a combination of these, to a plurality of portable terminals and is capable of handling interactive access from the portable terminal. In order for a plurality of mobile terminals to receive provision, first a leader registration step to register to become a leader terminal, and a member registration to register the mobile terminal to receive services and start services in the same group as the leader terminals Step and same A service schedule step of receiving interactive access from the mobile terminal by an action to an arbitrary mobile terminal when the mobile terminals of the group are close to each other, and managing and advancing the service schedule to the mobile terminals of the same group; A content linking step for setting a link of digital content based on the service schedule step and a content distribution step for distributing the digital content to which the link is set to the mobile terminals of the same group are provided.

  A content distribution program according to the invention of claim 12 is provided for a portable terminal having a screen display function, a voice reproduction function, and a browser function, and a sentence, music, image, video, A computer program that provides a service by distributing digital content that is a database or a combination of these to a plurality of mobile terminals and functions as a communication server device that can respond to interactive access from mobile terminals, In order for multiple mobile terminals to receive the service provided by the first, the leader registration means to register first to become the leader terminal, and the mobile terminal to receive the service in the same group as the leader terminal and register the mobile terminal to start the service Member climb Service and a mobile terminal of the same group that receives an interactive access from the mobile terminal by an action to the mobile terminal and manages and schedules the service schedule to the mobile terminal of the same group Content for causing a computer to function scheduling means, content linking means for setting a link of digital content based on the service scheduling means, and means for distributing the digital content with the link set to the mobile terminals of the same group It is a distribution program.

  The present invention can be realized not only as a communication server device, a content distribution method and a content distribution program as described above, but also as a cooperative communication system including a leader terminal and a member terminal in addition to the communication server device, It can also be realized as a cooperative communication method comprising communication procedures in such a cooperative communication system, or as a recording medium such as a computer-readable DVD on which the content distribution program is recorded.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the more outstanding service provision for aiming at communication using the characteristic of a portable terminal fully can be implement | achieved.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the overall configuration will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a communication server device according to the present embodiment. A mobile phone 400 is used as a mobile terminal, and is connected to the communication server 100 via a mobile communication network 200 of a telecommunications carrier. The communication server 100 and the mobile phone 400 are connected via the Internet 300.

  The communication server 100 provides a service for distributing a mobile terminal program and digital content that is a set of text, music, images, video, database, or a combination of these expressed in digital data to a plurality of mobile terminals. It has a function that can handle interactive access from a terminal.

  This communication server 100 is a portable terminal having a surface display function, a voice reproduction function, and a browser function, and a sentence for a portable terminal and a sentence, music, image, video, database expressed in digital data, or a combination thereof. It is a communication server device that provides services by distributing digital content that is a set to a plurality of portable terminals, and can handle interactive access from portable terminals. As shown in FIG. 3, terminal input processing 101, reader registration Processing 102, member registration processing 103, interactive control processing 104, interactive response processing 105, terminal management table 106, service management table 108, service scenario deployment processing 109, service schedule processing 110 and content Comprising a processing unit for executing link processing 111. Among these components, the main functions are as follows.

  The reader registration process 102 is a processing unit that registers a mobile terminal that takes an opportunity to receive service provision when a plurality of mobile terminals receive service provision by digital content.

  The member registration process 103 is a processing unit that registers another mobile terminal in order to start the service as a mobile terminal belonging to the same group as the mobile terminal registered by the leader registration process 102.

  In the service schedule processing 110, when the mobile terminals of the same group registered by the leader registration processing 102 and the member registration processing 103 are close to each other, the mobile schedule is processed by an action to any mobile terminal of the mobile terminals of the same group. A processing unit that receives interactive access from a terminal and manages and advances a service provision schedule to mobile terminals of the same group. Note that “when the mobile terminal is at a short distance” means a state in which a plurality of mobile terminals are close enough to be used simultaneously by a single user. A state where communication is possible, and a state where a plurality of portable terminals are within the visible range.

  The content link processing 111 is a processing unit that sets a digital content link based on the schedule.

  The content distribution processing 113 is a processing unit that distributes digital content to which a link is set to mobile terminals in the same group.

  The mobile phone 400 has a screen display function, a voice playback function, and a browser function, and has a function of inputting characters by a minimum button or the like, for example, a determination button, and the like on the Web without separately preparing mobile phone software. Digital content can be browsed.

  Next, the communication server 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the communication server 100 according to the present embodiment, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the communication server 100 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an example of an overall sequence diagram according to the present embodiment. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of a terminal management table according to this embodiment, FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a terminal management table and a service management table according to this embodiment, and FIG. 7 is according to this embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of a mobile phone screen, FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining another example of the cellular phone according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an example of the installation location of the cellular phone according to the present embodiment. is there.

  Since the communication server 100 is premised on being connected with a browser function as shown in FIG. 2, for example, the request from the mobile phone 400 is sorted by the terminal input processing 101 (see FIG. 3: S101), the reader The registration process 102 (S102), the member registration process 103 (S103), and the interactive control process 104 (S104) for processing the interactive access by the action 403 of the mobile phone are delivered. Further, when the interactive control process 104 responds only to a message with a conditional statement such as XHTML language on the Web, the interactive response process 105 (S105) responds to the mobile phone 400. The cellular phone information registered by the leader registration process 102 and the member registration process 103 is temporarily stored in the terminal management table 106 and managed by the management table DB 107 (S106).

  The communication server 100 is managed by, for example, the service management table 108 in order to provide a service, and passes a condition to the content link process 111 by the service scenario development process 109 and the service schedule process 110 (S107) (S108). The content information is obtained from the content information DB 112 based on the content information DB 112 and distributed to the mobile phone 400 by the content distribution processing 113 (S110).

  Further, for example, when interactive access from the mobile phone 400 needs to switch digital contents by the interactive control process 104, parameters can be transferred to the service schedule process 110.

  More specifically, in the terminal input process 101, as shown in FIG. 3A, when the request from the mobile phone 400 is leader registration, the leader registration process 102 is started. The member registration process 103 is activated, and in the case of interactive access, the interactive control process 104 is activated.

  In the leader registration process 102, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), it is determined whether the session number is new or existing. If the session number is existing, it is determined whether the leader number is new or existing. When the leader number already exists, the first content for starting the service is delivered by the content delivery processing 113, while when the leader number is new, the session number is stored in association with the new leader number. If the session number is new, it is subsequently determined whether the leader number is new or existing. If the leader number already exists, a storage area for the new session number is secured and associated with the leader number. If the number is new, the process ends.

  In the member registration process 103, as shown in FIG. 3C, it is determined whether or not the new member is an existing member. If the new member is an existing member, the session number, leader number, and member number are associated. If the new member is not an existing member (a new member), a new member number corresponding to the session number and leader number is set.

  In the interactive control process 104, as shown in FIG. 3D, it is determined whether the accepted interactive access is a content processing event or a normal event, and if it is a normal event, it is carried by the procedure of the Web description language. On the other hand, when the event is a content processing event, the impression flag of the service management table 108 is updated when the information is the impression information, and the interactive terminal information and the event content are processed by the service schedule processing. 110, and in service schedule processing 110, the service schedule is instructed to be distributed for each terminal based on the service scenario. Then, in the service scenario development process 109, a service scenario development process corresponding to the interruption from the service schedule is performed based on the service management table 108, the content link process is performed in the content link process 111, and the content distribution process 113 performs the content link process. Is distributed to the mobile phone 400.

  The entire sequence in which the communication server 100 and the mobile phone 400 communicate with each other and represents a key input to the mobile phone 400, for example, abbreviate the mobile phone 400 that performs reader registration as shown in FIG. A mobile phone 400 registered as a member of the same group as 401 is abbreviated as a member terminal 402. When the leader terminal completes leader registration, standby content 404 is distributed, and waiting for member registration in member registration wait 405. The service is started after the member terminal 402 is registered as a member. The digital content 406 distributed to the leader terminal and the digital content 407 distributed to the member terminal are related to each other but may not be the same digital content. However, since whether or not to respond to the mobile phone as an action 403 depends on the contents of the digital contents, in this example, the action is first performed on the member terminal, then the action 409 is performed on the leader terminal, and interactive access to the communication server is performed. 410 is transmitted.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the terminal management table 106 of the communication server 100 stores a member number 501 for identifying the member terminal 402 and a relation flag 502 that is increased by repeating member registration many times. is doing. For example, when it is desired to give the authority to register a leader as an incentive by evaluating the value of the relation flag, the relation flag 502 stored in the terminal management table 106 is evaluated by the relation evaluation process 114. Information may be given.

  As shown in FIG. 6, for example, the relationship between the terminal management table 106 and the service management table 108 of the communication server 100 is divided into a table FIG. 6A for managing terminals and a table FIG. 6B for digital contents. ing. In this example, as shown in FIG. 6A, the member number 501 of the terminal management table 106 is stored in association with a plurality of digital contents in the service management table 108 as shown in FIG. 6B. is doing. Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, the member number 501 stores that the same digital content has been distributed many times, and the number of times corresponds to the impression flag 503. If it is desired to evaluate the numerical value of the impression flag 503 and give the authority to register a leader as an incentive, for example, the information obtained by the interactive control processing 104 is stored in the service management table 108 as shown in FIG. It is also possible to give the information of the leader authority grant 116 by evaluating with.

  As a service provision that is related to the reader terminal 401 and the member terminal 402 but is not the same digital content, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, a child who owns the leader terminal 401 is a “moving character”. If the child who has the member terminal 402 wants the same “moving character” is downloaded, the leader registration is first performed on the leader registration screen 601, and the service waiting screen 602 is displayed. Next, the member terminal 402 views the service waiting screen 602 and inputs a URL on the member Web page 603. A function of converting a URL by photographing a barcode with a camera may be used. Next, a member registration screen 604 is displayed, and member registration is performed by inputting a member ID. When member registration is completed, the list is changed to the member digital content 605 and a list of “moving characters” is displayed. Here, the user wants to select what he wants after previewing the “moving character”. However, since the screen is small, it is inconvenient and time-consuming to change the screen every time the moving image is previewed. Therefore, a service may be provided in which the reader terminal 401 is caused to perform preview playback using the reader digital content 606. Since the digital content is previewed while looking at the leader terminal 401, there is a possibility that the member terminal 402 can select and decide at an early stage.

  When the leader terminal 401 and the member terminal 402 have high performance and are linked, as shown in FIG. 8, in the streaming method in which the substance of the moving image is in the communication server, the moving image playback unit is displayed on the display screen 607 of the mobile phone. An operation guidance unit 609 such as “play”, “stop”, and “pause” is provided for streaming playback in 608. In some cases, an explanation unit 610 such as a banner is linked. In an example according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide only the video playback unit 608 in the leader terminal 401 and provide the explanatory text, the operation guidance unit 609, and the description unit 610 in the member terminal 402. Since the entity of the video is in the communication server, “play” and “stop” of the video streaming are performed by the buttons 611 of the member terminal 402, thereby reducing the burden on the leader terminal 401 and making full use of the screen to “ You can “play” and “stop”. Also, as shown in FIG. 4, if the service is provided to enable the action 409 to the leader terminal 401, the button operation on the leader terminal 401 is assigned the same button 611 as that of the member terminal 402, and “play” or “stop” is performed. Is possible.

  When the reader terminal 401 does not need to be carried by a person, as shown in FIG. 9, a mobile phone 400 having a relatively large screen size is attached to the stuffed toy 701 for providing a service that does not require an action such as button input. It may be compared with an ornament or an advertisement that attracts interest in the state, and this may be used as the leader terminal 401, and a person who has an unspecified interest may become the member terminal 402 and receive service provision.

  When an action is performed on the leader terminal 401, it is of course possible to directly operate a button. For example, if the leader terminal 401 and the member terminal 402 have a short-range wireless communication function 801 such as Bluetooth, the leader terminal shown in FIG. The action 409 to 401 can also be performed by Bluetooth.

  Next, the case where the communication server 100 handles a plurality of member terminals 402 and a plurality of leader terminals 401 and its digital content distribution method will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. To do. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example of a management table for a plurality of sessions according to the present embodiment, FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an example of a sequence diagram for a plurality of member terminals according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 12 is a service according to the present embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining an example of a management table considering a scenario, FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining an example of a sequence diagram of a plurality of reader terminals according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining an example of a service scenario according to the present embodiment. FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining an example of using multiple reader terminals according to this embodiment.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 10A, the communication server 100 stores a plurality of leader numbers 505 corresponding to the sensation number 504 and a plurality of member numbers 501 corresponding to the leader number 505 in the terminal management table 106. Yes. Also, as shown in FIG. 10B, the service management table 108 may store a plurality of content numbers 506 corresponding to the member numbers 501.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the communication server 100 can deliver digital content to a plurality of member terminals 402 by an action 409 to the leader of the leader terminal 401.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the communication server 100 can prepare a service scenario by linking the terminal management table 106 (FIG. 12A) and the service management table 108 (FIG. 12B). It becomes possible. For example, as shown in FIG. 12B, content identification information 509 is stored in the terminal number 508 of the service scenario table 507 in correspondence with the leader number 505 and member number 501 shown in FIG. Each digital content 510 of the identification information 509 is stored in order.

  The communication server 100 is a sequence example in which a plurality of leader terminals 401 are associated with each other as shown in FIG. 13, for example. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, a service scenario is set, and the assumed part of the action 403 may be a scenario for setting a content attribute 511 as shown in FIG. In this example, the content link 512 that links the L001 404 of the leader terminal 401 and the L002 405 of the leader terminal 401 is linked so that the member terminal 402 can be in the same group sequentially with a plurality of leader terminals 401. Is also possible.

  As an example of using a plurality of leader terminals, as shown in FIG. 15, a user 901 carries a member terminal 402, obtains a discount ticket by looking at a CM at the L001 404 of the leader terminal 401, and separates it. It is also possible to receive a discount service by checking with the L002 405 of the leader terminal 401 installed at the location.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 401 responsible for service is registered in the communication server 100 to be in a standby state, and when the mobile terminal 402 is registered, the mobile server 401 becomes the same group as the communication server 100. Links content to mobile terminals of the same group based on the service schedule and sequentially distributes digital content. Then, when the mobile terminals of the same group are close to each other, the communication server 100 determines the digital content distribution destination and order and the digital content link in response to interactive access by an action of an arbitrary mobile terminal. Thereby, since related content is distributed to a plurality of mobile terminals belonging to the same group, the user can use the plurality of mobile terminals in cooperation with each other and communicate with the mobile terminals at a short distance. An excellent service is realized.

  The present invention is used in industries that manufacture communication server devices, content distribution methods, and content distribution programs.

It is a whole block diagram of the communication server apparatus by this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structural example of the communication server 100 by this Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the communication server 100 by this Embodiment. It is an example of the whole sequence diagram by this Embodiment. It is an example of the terminal management table by this Embodiment. It is an example of the terminal management table and service management table by this Embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the mobile phone by this Embodiment. It is another example of the mobile phone by this Embodiment. It is an example of the installation place of the mobile phone by this Embodiment. It is an example of the management table of several sessions by this Embodiment. It is an example of the sequence diagram of the multiple member terminal by this Embodiment. It is an example of the management table which considered the service scenario by this Embodiment. It is an example of the sequence diagram of the multiple reader terminal by this Embodiment. It is an example of the service scenario by this Embodiment. It is an example of using multiple reader terminals according to the present embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Communication server 101 Terminal input process 102 Leader registration process 103 Member registration process 104 Interactive control process 105 Interactive response process 106 Terminal management table 107 Management table DB
108 Service Management Table 109 Service Scenario Deployment Processing 110 Service Schedule Processing 111 Content Link Processing 112 Content Information DB
113 Content distribution processing 114 Relationship evaluation processing 115 Impression evaluation processing 116 Reader authority grant 200 Mobile communication network 300 Internet 400 Mobile phone 401 Leader terminal 402 Member terminal 403 Mobile phone action 404 Standby content 405 Waiting for member registration 406 Delivered to leader terminal Digital content 407 Digital content distributed to member terminals 408 Actions to member terminals 409 Actions to leader terminals 410 Interactive access 501 Member number 502 Relation flag 503 Impression flag 601 Leader registration screen 602 Waiting for service screen 603 Member web page 604 Member Registration screen 605 Member digital content 606 Reader data Tal content 607 mobile phone display screen 608 video reproduction unit 609 operation guidance section 610 described 701 Plush 801 short-range wireless communication function 901 users

Claims (12)

  For mobile terminals with screen display functions, audio playback functions, and browser functions, programs for mobile terminals and digital contents that are text, music, images, videos, databases, or a combination of these expressed in digital data A communication server device that provides services by distributing to a plurality of mobile terminals and is capable of responding to interactive access from the mobile terminals. When a plurality of mobile terminals receive a service provided by digital contents, the service is provided first. Leader registration means for registering a portable terminal that takes the opportunity, member registration means for registering another mobile terminal to start the service as a mobile terminal belonging to the same group as the mobile terminal registered by the leader registration means, and a leader Registration means and member registration When the mobile terminals of the same group registered by the step are close to each other, the mobile terminal of the same group receives interactive access from the mobile terminal by an action to any mobile terminal of the mobile terminals of the same group Service scheduling means for managing and advancing service provision schedules, content linking means for setting links of digital contents based on the service schedule means, and distributing the digital contents with the links set to the mobile terminals of the same group A communication server apparatus comprising: a digital content distribution means for performing   Session identification information for identifying the plurality of portable terminals as a group, leader identification information for identifying the portable terminals registered by the leader registration means, and identification of the portable terminals registered by the member registration means Storage means for associating and storing member identification information for recording, and the leader registration means includes session identification information or session identification information for which leader identification information is not registered and a portable terminal to which leader identification information is added. 2. The communication server device according to claim 1, wherein when the service request is received, session identification information and reader identification information of the portable terminal are stored in the storage means.   Session identification information for identifying the plurality of portable terminals as a group, leader identification information for identifying the portable terminals registered by the leader registration means, and identification of the portable terminals registered by the member registration means Storage means for associating and storing member identification information for updating and group relation information that is updated each time registration is performed by the member registration means, wherein the member registration means is a session that has been registered from a portable terminal. When receiving a service request to which identification information, leader identification information, and member identification information are added, update the group relation information corresponding to the session identification information, leader identification information, and member identification information, and store them in the storage means. Alternatively, registered session identification information and reader from the mobile device When a service request with additional information added is received, the session identification information, leader identification information, and unregistered member identification information are stored in the storage means in association with each other, and the session identification information and leader identification information are stored in the portable terminal. 2. The communication server device according to claim 1, further comprising means for providing member identification information associated with the.   When the member registration means receives a service request to which the registered session identification information and member identification information are added from the mobile terminal, the member registration means updates the group relation information corresponding to the session identification information and the member identification information, and When the service request is stored in the storage means or the registered session identification information is added from the portable terminal, the reader identification information corresponding to the session identification information and the unregistered member identification information are associated with each other. 4. The communication server device according to claim 3, further comprising means for storing member identification information stored in storage means and associated with session identification information to the portable terminal.   The system further comprises means for updating the group relation information each time the mobile terminals belong to the same group, and evaluating the group relation information. The means for evaluating the group relation information provides session identification information and leader identification information to the mobile terminal. 5. The communication server device according to claim 3, further comprising a giving unit.   Session identification information for identifying the plurality of portable terminals as a group, and digital contents for each portable terminal in the same group or digital contents having a hierarchical story, and the portable information registered by the reader registration means The reader identification information for identifying the terminal, the member identification information for identifying the mobile terminal registered by the member registration means, and the digital content for each of the mobile terminals or the digital content having hierarchical stories Storage means for associating and storing content management information for managing each set is further provided, and the content link means has different text, music, images, videos, etc. to each of the mobile terminals of the same group Content synthesized by linking digital content Communication server apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that a.   Digital content having a story characteristic hierarchized for each mobile terminal of the same group, and identifying the mobile terminals registered by the reader registration means and session identification information for identifying the plurality of mobile terminals as a group Service that describes the reader identification information for the user, the member identification information for identifying the mobile terminal registered by the member registration means, and the digital content distributed to each mobile terminal, the link information, and the process according to the interactive access Storage means for storing scenario information in association with each other, further comprising means for developing a service based on the service scenario information, wherein the service schedule means is one of the mobile terminals of the same group of mobile terminals In response to interactive access from Any mobile terminal in the same group of mobile terminals is a delivery destination, and for each mobile terminal, the digital content by the content link means is synchronized with the mobile terminal of the same group in order, in reverse, in reverse order, and scheduled The communication server device according to claim 1, wherein:   The content link means is a means for the portable terminal to transmit via the short-range communication means, and in order to cause an action to another portable terminal in the same group, the instruction content to the short-range communication means is digital content The communication server device according to claim 1, wherein the communication server device is linked to the communication server device.   Session identification information for identifying the plurality of portable terminals as a group, leader identification information for identifying the portable terminals registered by the leader registration means, and identification of the portable terminals registered by the member registration means Storage means for associating and storing member identification information, content management information, and impression information for transmitting digital content and recording usage frequency, impression degree, and the like by interactive access from a mobile terminal The apparatus further comprises means for updating impression information by interactive access from the portable terminal, evaluating the impression information, and means for providing session identification information and reader identification information to the portable terminal. The listed communication service Server equipment.   The communication server device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile phone.   For mobile terminals with screen display functions, audio playback functions, and browser functions, programs for mobile terminals and digital contents that are text, music, images, videos, databases, or a combination of these expressed in digital data A content distribution method in a communication server device that provides a service by distributing to a plurality of portable terminals and is capable of responding to interactive access from the portable terminals. A leader registration step for registering a portable terminal that takes the opportunity to receive service provision, and another portable terminal is registered to start the service as a portable terminal belonging to the same group as the portable terminal registered by the leader registration step Member registration When the mobile terminal of the same group registered by the step and the leader registration step and the member registration step is at a short distance from each other, interactive action from the mobile terminal by an action to any mobile terminal of the mobile terminals of the same group A service schedule step for receiving and managing a schedule of providing services to mobile terminals of the same group, a content link step for setting a link of digital content based on the service schedule step, and a digital content with the link set A content distribution method comprising: a digital content distribution step for distributing the content to mobile terminals of the same group.   For mobile terminals with screen display functions, audio playback functions, and browser functions, programs for mobile terminals and digital contents that are text, music, images, videos, databases, or a combination of these expressed in digital data A computer program that provides a service by distributing to a plurality of portable terminals and functions as a communication server device capable of responding to interactive access from the portable terminal, when the plurality of portable terminals receive a service provided by digital contents First, a leader registration means for registering a portable terminal that takes an opportunity to receive service provision, and another portable terminal to start the service as a portable terminal belonging to the same group as the portable terminal registered by the leader registration means Member to register When the mobile terminal of the same group registered by the recording means, the leader registration means and the member registration means is at a short distance from each other, the action from the mobile terminal by any mobile terminal among the mobile terminals of the same group Service schedule means for receiving interactive access and managing and advancing a service provision schedule to mobile terminals of the same group, content link means for setting a link of digital contents based on the service schedule means, and digital with the link set A content distribution program for causing a computer to function as digital content distribution means for distributing content to portable terminals of the same group.

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