JP2007299276A - Information supply method, server and mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information supply method, a server, and a mobile communication terminal capable of including an image in summary information of the web contents received and displayed by the mobile communication terminal. <P>SOLUTION: The web server 40 writes acquisition destination information, size information and type information on an attached media description part of the summary information (RSS feed) and transmits the summary information including the attached media description part to the mobile communication terminal 10. The mobile communication terminal 10 acquires the summary information including the attached media description part from the server and reads the acquisition destination information, the size information, and the type information from the attached media description part. The mobile communication terminal 10 acquires a file of the image specified by the size information and the type information based on the acquisition destination information, associates the acquired image file to the summary information and stores it. When displaying the summary information, the file is read and the image is displayed on part of a display screen of the summary information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing method for providing summary information of WEB contents from a server to a mobile communication terminal via a communication network, and a mobile communication terminal such as the server and a mobile phone.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of mobile phone (mobile communication terminal), a mobile phone that displays summary information (provided information) of WEB content provided from a server on the Internet (communication network) is known (for example, non-contained) Patent Document 1). This summary information data is transmitted from the server in a format called RSS in response to an acquisition request from the mobile phone, and is received and acquired at a preset timing by the mobile phone. This RSS is an XML (Extensible Markup Language) based format in which metadata such as headings, summaries, and update information of web contents provided by a web server (web site) is structured and described. There are several versions of RSS (RSS0.9X, RSS1.0, RSS2.0, Atom). Each version is called “Rich Site Summary”, “Really Simple Syndication”, and “RDF Site Summary”. It is. A document described in the RSS format is called “RSS feed”, and an application that receives and displays the RSS feed is called “RSS reader”. When the WEB content is updated, an RSS feed reflecting the updated summary information of the WEB content is transmitted to the mobile phone in response to an acquisition request from the mobile phone.

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  However, the RSS feed (summary information) received and displayed by the conventional mobile communication terminal cannot include an image.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing method, a server, and mobile communication capable of including an image in summary information of WEB content received and displayed by a mobile communication terminal. To provide a terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 is an information providing method for providing summary information of WEB contents from a server on a communication network to a mobile communication terminal, wherein the server includes the summary information. Writing the acquisition destination information of the image file that constitutes a part of the summary information, the size information of the file, and the type information of the file into the attached media description unit; Transmitting the summary information including the information to the mobile communication terminal; the mobile communication terminal acquires the summary information including the attached media description portion from the server; and the acquisition destination from the attached media description portion of the summary information. Reading the information, the size information, and the type information, and the mobile communication terminal is configured to receive the size information and the Acquiring the image file specified by the type information via a communication network, storing the acquired image file in association with the summary information, and displaying the summary information by the mobile communication terminal. Reading the file and displaying the image on a part of the summary information display screen.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information providing method according to the first aspect, the summary information includes a plurality of summary items in which the attached media description portion can be set.
Further, the invention of claim 3 is the information providing method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the attached media description part is configured using an enclosure element, and the acquisition destination information is a url attribute of the enclosure element. It is described as a value, the size information is described as a value of a length attribute of the enclosure element, and the type information is described as a value of a type attribute of the enclosure element.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a server for providing summary information of a WEB content to a mobile communication terminal via a communication network, wherein a part of the summary information is configured in an attached media description portion of the summary information. Writing means for writing the acquisition destination information of the file of the image to be performed, the size information of the file and the type information of the file, and transmission means for transmitting the summary information including the attached media description part to the mobile communication terminal. It is characterized by having.
The invention according to claim 5 is the information providing method according to claim 1, wherein the summary information includes a plurality of summary items in which the attached media description part can be set, and the information writing means includes the plurality of summary items. The acquisition source information, the size information, and the type information are written in at least one attached media description portion of the summary item.
The invention of claim 6 is a mobile communication terminal capable of receiving summary information of a WEB content from a server via a communication network, wherein the acquisition destination information of the image file, the size information of the file, and the file Summary information acquisition means for acquiring summary information including the attached media description portion in which type information is written from the server, and the acquisition destination information, the size information, and the type information from the attached media description portion of the summary information. Reading means for reading, image file acquisition means for acquiring the image file specified by the size information and the type information based on the acquisition destination information via a communication network, and the summary of the acquired image file Storage means for storing the information in association with the information, and when displaying the summary information, the file is read, Display means for displaying the image on a part of the display screen about information, it is characterized in that it comprises a.
Further, the invention of claim 7 is the mobile communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein the summary information includes a plurality of summary items in which the attached media description part can be set, An image file is stored in association with the summary item, and the display means displays the image on a part of the display portion of the summary item corresponding to the image.

  According to the present invention, the summary information in which the acquisition destination information of the image file, the file size information, and the file type information are written in the attached media description unit is transmitted from the server to the mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal that has received the summary information acquires the image file specified by the predetermined size information and type information based on the acquisition destination information read from the attached media description part of the summary information via the communication network. The acquired image file is stored in association with the summary information. The mobile communication terminal can read the stored image file and display the image on a part of the summary information display screen. As described above, there is an effect that an image can be included in the summary information of the WEB content received and displayed by the mobile communication terminal.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the entire communication system according to the present embodiment. This communication system is configured using a mobile phone 10 as a mobile communication terminal and a mobile phone communication network 20 as a communication network managed by a mobile communication operator. The cellular phone communication network 20 includes a base station 201, a switch (not shown) (circuit switch, packet switch), and the like, and is connected to another communication network such as the Internet 30 via a gateway server (not shown). The mobile phone communication network 20 is connected to a WEB server 40 that provides WEB contents and a mail server 50 that manages emails sent and received by the mobile phone 10. A WEB server 41 that provides WEB content is connected to the Internet 30. The WEB servers 40 and 41 provide various WEB contents and summary information of the WEB contents as provided information. For communication between these servers and the mobile phone 10, a predetermined communication protocol is used in each layer of the network. For example, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is used as a communication protocol in the application layer when downloading WEB content from a WEB server.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the WEB server 40. A similar configuration can be adopted for the mail server 5 and the WEB server 41 on the Internet 30. The server 40 includes a system bus 400, a CPU 401, an internal storage device, an external storage device 404, an input device 405, an output device 406, and an Internet communication device 407. The internal storage device includes a RAM 402, a ROM 403, and the like. The external storage device includes a hard disk drive (HDD), an optical disk drive, and the like. The input device 405 includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like. The output device 406 includes a display, a printer, and the like. The communication device 407 communicates with other mobile phones and other servers via the mobile phone communication network 20 and communicates with various client terminals and other servers on the Internet 30 using a predetermined communication protocol. It is a device.

  The components such as the CPU 401 and the RAM 402 exchange data and program instructions with each other via the system bus 400. A program for operating the WEB server 40 according to a predetermined procedure is stored in the ROM 403 or the external storage device 404, and is called up and executed in the work area on the CPU 401 or the RAM 402 as necessary.

  Each of the WEB servers 40 and 41 and the mail server 50 may be partially or entirely configured as a dedicated control device, or may be partially or entirely configured using a general-purpose computer system. Each of the servers 40, 41, and 50 may be configured by a single computer, or may be configured by connecting a plurality of computers each having a plurality of functions via a network.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing extracted main functions of the WEB server 40 provided in the mobile phone communication network 20. The WEB server 40 includes a storage unit 410, a reception unit 411, and a transmission unit 412. The WEB server 40 realizes the functions of the above means by executing predetermined programs on hardware such as a CPU. The storage unit 410 includes the internal storage device and the external storage device, and stores various WEB content data that can be received by the mobile phone 10 and summary information data of the WEB content. The receiving means 411 is composed of the CPU 401, the communication device 407, etc., and receives an acquisition request for requesting a plurality of types of WEB content stored in the storage means 415 and summary information of the WEB content. Is received from the mobile phone 10. The transmission unit 412 includes the CPU 401, the communication device 407, and the like, and transmits the web content data selected based on the acquisition request and the summary information data of the web content to the mobile communication terminal 10.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing extracted main functions of the WEB server 41 provided in the Internet 30. The WEB server 41 includes a storage unit 415, a reception unit 416, and a transmission unit 417. The WEB server 41 realizes the functions of the above means by executing predetermined programs on hardware such as a CPU. The storage unit 415 includes the internal storage device and the external storage device, and stores various WEB content data that can be received by the mobile phone 10 and summary information data of the WEB content. The receiving unit 416 includes the CPU 401, the communication device 407, and the like, and receives from the mobile phone 10 an acquisition request for requesting a plurality of types of WEB content stored in the storage unit 415 and summary information of the WEB content. . The transmission means 417 includes the CPU 401, the communication device 407, and the like, and transmits the web content data selected based on the acquisition request and the summary information data of the web content via the Internet 30 via mobile communication. Transmit to the terminal 10.

  When a part of the summary information is composed of an image, the WEB servers 40 and 41 can also be used as a download server for the image file. In this case, the storage means 410, 415 also stores the image file. The type of the image file is, for example, a JPEG format, a PNG format, or a GIF format. The transmission means 412 and 417 are also used as writing means for writing information about the image in the attached media description part of the summary information to be transmitted to the mobile phone 10. This writing means writes the file acquisition destination information, the file size information, and the file type information as information relating to the image. The receiving means 411 and 416 also function as means for receiving an acquisition request for requesting the image file from the cellular phone 10, and the transmitting means 412 and 417 carry the image file in response to the acquisition request. It also functions as a means for transmitting to the telephone 10.

  The data of the WEB content summary information can be transmitted / received in a format called RSS, for example. When the WEB content is updated, the updated information and summary information of the updated WEB content are transmitted to the mobile phone 10 as an RSS feed. The RSS feed includes summary information and update information of contents such as breaking news, general news, music information, weather forecast, sales ranking of CDs and movies, and the like. The RSS feed is an application for using community services (SNS: Social Network Service) established for the purpose of expanding new friendships by introducing service friends to each other. Summary information such as displayed blogs and personal WEB pages is also included.

  When the above summary information is provided as an RSS feed, an attached media description part in which information about an image displayed in the summary information is described is configured using an enclosure element (<enclosure>, </ enclosure>). . With this enclosure element, for example, as described below, information about the image is described for each item element (<item>, </ item>) corresponding to a plurality of summary items of the RSS feed.

<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<rdf: RDF ・ ・ ・ ・ ・>
<channel rdf: about = "・ ・ ・ ・ ・">
<title> ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ </ title>
<link> http: // ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ </ link>
<description> ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ </ description>
<items>
...
</ items>
</ channel>
<item rdf: about = "... (URI of RSS item 1) ...">
<title> ... (title of RSS item 1) ... </ title>
<link> ... (URI of the corresponding web content 1) ... </ link>
<description> ... (Contents of RSS item 1) ... </ description>
<enclosure
url = "(URI of image file 1)"
length = "5120"
type = "image / jpeg">
</ enclosure>
<dc: date> ... (Update date of RSS item 1) ... </ dc: date>
</ item>
<item rdf: about = "... (URI of RSS item 2) ...">
<title> ... (RSS item 2 title) ... </ title>
<link> ... (URI of the corresponding web content 2) ... </ link>
<description> ... (contents of RSS item 2) ... </ description>
<enclosure
url = "(URI of image file 2)"
length = "5120"
type = "image / png">
</ enclosure>
<dc: date> ... (Update date of RSS item 2) ... </ dc: date>
</ item>
</ rdf: RDF>

  The enclosure element has three attributes: a url attribute, a length attribute, and a type attribute. In the url attribute, a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) that is the acquisition destination information of the image file is described. As this acquisition destination information, a predetermined URI in the server that provides the RSS feed as in this embodiment can be described. In the length attribute, file data size information is described in units of bytes. The data size of this file may be defined below a predetermined size. For example, it is defined as 5120 bytes or less. The type attribute describes the MIME type of the image file. This file type may also be restricted so that only a predetermined type can be used. For example, “image / jpeg” that specifies a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) file, “image / png” that specifies a PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file, and “image / gif” that specifies a GIF (Graphic Interchange Format). It is restricted that only three types can be used. Note that the image size (number of vertical and horizontal pixels) that can be specified by the enclosure element may be defined to a predetermined size so that it can be appropriately displayed on the RSS item display portion of the screen of the mobile phone 10. For example, it is defined as 50 pixels × 50 pixels.

  FIG. 5 is an external view showing a configuration example of the mobile phone 10, and FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 10. The mobile phone 10 is a clamshell (folding) type mobile phone, and includes a system bus 100, a CPU 101, a storage device such as a RAM 102 and a ROM 103, an input device 104, an output device 105, and a communication device 106 for a mobile phone communication network. Yes. Components such as the CPU 101 and the RAM 102 exchange various data and program instructions with each other via the system bus 100.

  The CPU 101 can realize a voice call function and various functions by an application on the basic software OS of the native telephone platform by reading and executing a predetermined program from the storage device. Functions provided by this application include an RSS reader dedicated to providing and displaying the RSS feed, a standby function for displaying a standby image and waiting for receiving a call or mail notification, a WEB browser, a mailer, and an external device. Data transmission / reception, address book management, scheduler, memo pad, etc.

  The input device 104 includes a data input key (ten key, * key, # key) 11, a call start key 12, an end key 13, a scroll key 14, a multi-function key 15, a microphone 16, and the like. The numeric keypad 11, the call start key 12, the call end key 13, and the like of the input device 104 constitute an operation unit that can be operated by the user. By operating this operation unit, the user inputs data such as the URL of the content acquisition destination to the mobile phone 10, starts and ends a call when receiving a call, selects an application, It can be started and stopped.

  In addition, the user can switch the screen of one of the plurality of display modes displayed on the display of the mobile phone 10 to the screen of another display mode by operating the operation unit. . For example, the standby screen in the non-display mode that does not display the RSS feed can be switched to a display mode screen that displays the RSS feed on a part of the screen.

  Further, the user can switch the screen of one of a plurality of applications displayed on the display of the mobile phone 10 to the screen of another application by operating the operation unit. For example, when a standby screen is displayed by executing a standby application, the RSS reader can be automatically started to transition to the RSS item list screen by pressing a predetermined key on the operation unit.

  The output device 105 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) 17 as display means, a speaker 18 as sound output means, and the like. An output unit composed of an output device or the like including the liquid crystal display (LCD) 17 and the speaker 18 displays the WEB content received via the mobile phone communication network 20 on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 17 or a mobile phone. This is used when notifying the user that information has been received from the telephone communication network 20. Specifically, when the information is received, an incoming call notification image or pictogram is displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 17 of the output unit, or a ring tone is output from the speaker 18. The speaker 18 may be configured by separately providing a receiver speaker (receiver) for listening to a voice during a call and an external output speaker for outputting a ring tone or music. You may comprise by one speaker so that the speaker for receivers and the speaker for external outputs may be combined.

  The mobile phone communication network communication device 106 includes a modem, a synthesizer, a frequency converter, a high frequency amplifier, and the like, and communicates with other mobile phones and the servers 40, 41, 50, etc. via the mobile phone communication network 20. Used when The mobile phone communication network communication device 106 exchanges mails with other mobile phones via the mobile phone communication network 20, or external communication networks such as the Internet from the mobile phone communication network 20 via a gateway server. And is used as a communication means for exchanging electronic mail on the Internet. Further, the mobile phone communication network communication device 106 downloads various contents provided by the servers 40 and 41 via the mobile phone communication network 10 and receives distribution information including position information of the current position. Also used as information receiving means.

  FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing extracted main functions of the mobile phone 10 according to the present embodiment. The cellular phone 10 includes a communication unit 110, a display unit 111, a storage unit 112, a display control unit 113, and an application execution unit 114.

  The communication unit 110 includes the communication device 106 and the like, and performs communication via the mobile phone communication network 20 using a predetermined communication protocol such as HTTP. The communication unit 110 is used as an acquisition unit that acquires various web contents from the web servers 40 and 41. The communication means 110 is used as summary information acquisition means for accessing the WEB servers 40 and 41 and acquiring the RSS feed described above from the servers. The communication unit is used as an image file acquisition unit that accesses the WEB servers 40 and 41 and acquires an image file specified in the attached media description part in the RSS feed from the server.

  The display unit 111 includes the display and the like, and displays a predetermined screen according to the application being executed.

  The storage unit 112 includes a storage device such as the RAM 102 or the ROM 103, and stores the WEB content and RSS feed text and image data as summary information. The RSS feed data is stored in a predetermined storage area so that it can be used by a plurality of applications such as a standby application and an RSS reader.

  The display control unit 113 includes the CPU 101 and the like, and when a standby application is executed as an application other than the RSS reader dedicated to providing information display, for example, at least a standby screen on which an image is displayed by the standby application. Control is performed so that the RSS feed stored in a predetermined storage area of the storage unit 112 is partially read and displayed.

  Further, the display control means 113 receives information related to an image to be displayed as a part of summary information from the attached media description part in the RSS feed, that is, the acquisition destination information of the image file, the size information and the type information of the image file. It is also used as a reading means for reading out.

  The display control unit 112 has a plurality of display modes with different RSS feed display modes as display modes for displaying an image on the screen during execution of the standby application. You may control to switch based on the display mode selection instruction | command produced | generated by the key operation etc. of the part. The plurality of display modes include a non-display mode in which the RSS feed is not displayed on the standby screen, and a single-line display mode (one-line ticker mode) in which the RSS feed is continuously displayed on the screen display portion of the single-line text set in the standby screen. ) And a split display mode (news headline mode) in which a plurality of different RSS feeds are distributed and displayed in a plurality of screen split areas of the standby screen.

  The display control means 112 displays an RSS feed on at least a part of the screen when an application such as a standby application other than the RSS reader is being executed, and when the RSS feed display portion is selected, You may control so that it may change to a screen. Examples of the transition destination screen include an RSS feed item name list screen and an RSS feed detailed content display screen. The RSS feed item name list screen is a screen on which a list of item names of a plurality of RSS feeds including the RSS feed item name displayed in the RSS feed display portion of the standby screen is displayed. The detailed content display screen of the RSS feed is a screen on which the detailed content of the RSS feed displayed in the RSS feed display portion of the standby screen is displayed.

  The application execution unit 114 includes the CPU 101, a storage device, and the like. The application execution unit 114 reads a predetermined application program from the storage device and executes it, thereby executing the application directly on the native phone platform or the application on the phone platform. An application execution environment such as JAVA (registered trademark) or BREW (registered trademark) can be constructed. In the application execution environment, various applications such as an application preinstalled in the mobile phone 10 and an application downloaded and registered by the user can be executed.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of screen transition when an RSS feed periodically acquired and stored from the WEB servers 40 and 41 is displayed by an RSS reader. In this example, a case where “news info list” for displaying an RSS feed of news web content is selected as a menu using an RSS feed will be described. First, when a user activates an RSS reader application and selects “news infolist” on the RSS reader top menu screen 701, a “news infolist” top screen 702 is displayed. On the top screen 702 of the “news information list”, a list of RSS-compatible WEB sites that provide news contents registered in advance by the user is displayed. On the top screen 702 of this “news info list”, the user can select a WEB site of news content for which an RSS feed is to be displayed. For example, when a WEB site called “ZZZ mobile news” is selected as shown in the figure, an article title list screen 703 that displays a list of article titles of news included in the RSS feed acquired from the WEB site of “ZZZ mobile news” is displayed. Is done. When one of a plurality of article titles displayed on the article title list screen 703 is selected, an RSS feed display screen 704 showing the outline content of the news is displayed together with the selected article title.

  The WEB site title portion displayed on the article title list screen 703 in FIG. 8 is linked to the top page of the WEB site. When this WEB site title portion is selected, the browser is activated and a top page screen 801 of the WEB site providing the news content is displayed. The article title displayed on the RSS feed display screen 704 is linked to a WEB page that provides detailed contents of the article. When this article title portion is selected, the browser is activated, and the WEB page screen 802 of the article is displayed.

  Further, when “Previous” or “Next” is selected on the RSS feed display screen 704 in FIG. 8, the RSS of other news articles displayed in the list on the article title list screen 703 is displayed as shown in FIG. Feed display screens 705 and 706 can be displayed.

  FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of screen transition when a RSS-compatible WEB site is newly registered in the top screen 702 of the “news info list” of the RSS reader. When the “recommended news list” portion displayed on the top screen 702 of the “news infolist” is selected, a connected screen 707 is displayed on the RSS reader, and a predetermined WEB site set in advance is displayed. Connection processing is executed. When this connection process is completed, the browser is activated, and a “recommended news list” screen 803 that displays a list of RSS-compatible WEB sites that provide news content is displayed. On the “recommended news list” screen 803, the user can select an RSS-compatible WEB site to be newly registered in the “news infolist”. For example, as shown in the figure, when a WEB site having a site name of “NNN Money & Sports” is selected, a connection process to the WEB site is executed, predetermined information for new registration is acquired, and the registration process is completed. (See browser screens 804 and 805). When this registration process is completed, the WEB site name “NNN Money & Sports” is added to the top screen 708 of the “news info list” of the RSS reader.

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen transition when newly registering in a “news infolist” from an RSS-compatible WEB site page. In this example, an RSS-compatible WEB site titled “ZZZ Mobile News” is registered. The user displays the WEB page of the registration target WEB site (in this example, the top page of “ZZZ mobile news”) on the WEB page display screen 709 of the RSS reader. This WEB page has a text display “add to news info list”. When this text display portion is selected, a registration confirmation screen 710 is displayed. When “Yes” is selected on the registration confirmation screen 710, a registration screen 711 is displayed. Here, when a user wishes to designate a WEB site name for new registration in the “news infolist”, a desired title name can be input on the title input screen 712. When “registration” is selected on the registration screen 711, a registration completion screen 713 is displayed.

  When “OK” is selected on the registration completion screen 713, an RSS feed automatic update setting screen is displayed according to the type of news provided by the registered WEB site. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, when the news content is breaking news, the automatic update setting guide screen 714 is displayed, and then the automatic update setting screen 715 is displayed. In the example of the automatic update setting screen 715, 1 hour, 3 hours, or 6 hours can be set as the RSS feed update confirmation interval. When the desired update confirmation time is set on the automatic update setting screen 715 and “change” is selected, the registration confirmation screen 711 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed again. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 13, when the news content is general news, an automatic update setting guide screen 716 is displayed, and then an automatic update setting screen 717 is displayed. In the example of the automatic update setting screen 717, only automatic update confirmation ON / OFF can be set. The RSS feed update check interval when this automatic update check is turned on is a fixed value (for example, 6 hours) set in advance. If “change” is selected after “ON” is set on the automatic update setting screen 717, the screen returns to the registration confirmation screen 711 in FIG.

  FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of screen transition between a plurality of types of active standby screens displayed by the standby application according to the present embodiment. As described above, this active standby screen can be displayed by switching between three display modes having different RSS feed display modes. Specifically, a screen 901 in a normal standby mode (RSS non-display mode) that does not display an RSS feed, a standby screen 902 in an application start mode (one-line display mode), and a news headline mode (RSS split display mode) The standby screen 903 can be switched and displayed. This screen can be switched by selecting the “switch” soft key. The screen 901 in the normal standby mode (RSS non-display mode) is not displayed, the standby screen 902 in the application start mode (single line display mode), and the standby screen 903 in the news headline mode (RSS split display mode) You may make it switch between.

  The application activation mode (one-line display mode) is a standby screen display mode in which a user can select and start a plurality of applications that can be executed by the mobile phone 10 from the standby screen. On the standby screen 902 in the application activation mode, a plurality of activation icons for activating each of the plurality of applications are displayed in the application activation area 902A. In the selection item display area 902B above the application activation area 902A, an application name corresponding to the activated activation icon is displayed. Also, below the application activation area 902A, a one-line ticker display area 902C, which is a screen display portion of one line of text, is set. In this one-line ticker display area 902C, an article title of an RSS feed of news content that is periodically acquired and stored from an RSS-compatible WEB site registered in advance is displayed.

  The news headline mode (RSS split display mode) is an RSS that is periodically acquired from an RSS-compatible WEB site registered in advance and stored in each of a plurality of screen split areas obtained by splitting the screen into a plurality of screens. This is a standby screen display mode in which the content of the feed is displayed. For example, in the example of the standby screen 903 in FIG. 14, screen division regions 903A to 903C obtained by dividing the screen into three are set, and the RSS of the news content acquired from the RSS-compatible WEB site is set in each of the screen division regions 903A to 903C. Article content (item 1 to item 3) of the feed is displayed.

  FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of screen transition from the active standby screen to the RSS reader screen in the application start mode (one-line display mode) and news headline mode (RSS split display mode). When the user performs a predetermined operation, a display mode selection command is generated, and it is possible to easily transition from the active standby screen in the application start mode or news headline mode displaying the RSS feed to the RSS reader screen. For example, when the down key of the operation unit is pressed twice on the initial screen 902 of the application start mode, as shown in the screen 904 in the figure, a one-line ticker display area 904C in which the article title of the RSS feed of news content is displayed. The focus moves to. When the one-line ticker display area 904C is selected on this screen 904, the RSS reader is activated, and it is possible to transition to the article title list screen 703 that displays a list of news article titles shown in FIG. Further, when the upper key of the operation unit is pressed on the initial screen 903 in the news headline mode, as shown in a screen 905 in the figure, an article content of RSS feed of news content: a screen division area 905A in which item 1 is displayed. The focus moves to. In this screen 905, when the screen division area 905A in which the article content: item 1 is displayed is selected, the RSS reader is activated, and a transition is made to the RSS feed detailed content display screen 704 showing the content of the news shown in FIG. be able to. If the clear key is pressed on each of the screens 703 and 704 of the RSS reader, it is possible to return to the original application start mode screen 904 and the news headline mode screen 905.

  Note that a display mode selection command for performing screen transition between the active standby screen in the application start mode or the news headline mode and the RSS reader screen is generated by key operation of the user's operation unit. In addition, it may be automatically generated at a predetermined timing by an application program.

  FIG. 16 is a sequence diagram when the mobile phone 10 acquires an RSS feed with an image from the WEB server 40 on the mobile phone communication network 20. The same procedure is used when acquiring an RSS feed from the WEB server 41 on the Internet 30. When the preset RSS feed acquisition timing arrives (S1), the mobile phone 10 sends an acquisition request (HTTP request) for requesting an RSS feed, which is summary information of the WEB content provided by the WEB server 40, to the WEB server 40. Transmit (S2). In response to the acquisition request received from the mobile phone 10, the WEB server 40 creates RSS feed data in which the image file information is written with the enclose element, and sends an acquisition response (HTTP response) including this data to the mobile phone 10. Transmit (S3, S4). The mobile phone 10 stores the RSS feed data received from the WEB server 40 and reads out image file information such as image file acquisition destination information (URI) written in the enclose element of the RSS feed (S5). S6). In this example, since the WEB server 40 is designated as the acquisition destination of the image file, the mobile phone 10 obtains an acquisition request (HTTP request) for requesting an image file of a predetermined size and type specified by the enclose element. Is transmitted to the WEB server 40 (S7). In response to the image file acquisition request, the WEB server 40 searches for the specified image file, and transmits an acquisition response (HTTP response) including the specified image file to the mobile phone 10 (S8, S9). The cellular phone 10 stores the image file received from the WEB server 40 in association with the RSS feed data received in advance (S10). The RSS feed with an image acquired and stored in this manner can be read and displayed by a plurality of applications such as the standby application and the RSS reader.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the RSS feed in which the acquisition destination information (URI) of the image file, the size information of the file, and the type information of the file are written in the attached media description unit is transferred from the WEB server 40 to the mobile phone 10. Sent. The mobile phone 10 that has received this RSS feed sends an image file designated by the predetermined size information and type information from the WEB server 40 based on the acquisition source information (URI) read from the attached media description part of the RSS feed. The acquired image file is stored in association with the RSS feed. The mobile phone 10 can read the stored image file and display an image on a part of the display screen of the RSS feed. Thus, an image can be included in the RSS feed received and displayed by the mobile phone 10.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, by using the enclosure element defined in the RSS for the attached media description part of the RSS feed, the provider side of the RSS feed enables the summary item (item element included in the RSS feed). ) Can be designated for each display. Further, in the mobile phone 10, for each summary item included in the RSS feed, the designated image can be incorporated and displayed in the display area of the summary item.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications can be made to the disclosed embodiments within the scope of the technical matters described in the claims without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention. Can be added.

  The present invention is not limited to a mobile phone, and can be applied to various mobile communication terminals capable of executing a plurality of applications. That is, as the “mobile communication terminal” in the present invention, a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) system, a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) system, a TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) system mobile phone, an IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications) system, etc. -2000 standard mobile phone, TD-SCDMA (MC: Multi Carrier) mobile phone, one of TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), automobile phone And a telephone having a call function such as a fixed telephone. Examples of the “mobile communication terminal” include a communication terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) having a call function in addition to the above telephone.

  Further, the processing and control in the mobile communication terminal and the server can be realized by executing a predetermined program on a computer provided therein. Delivery of the program used in the computer may be performed using a recording medium such as an FD or CD-ROM in which the program is recorded as digital information, or may be performed using a communication network such as a computer network.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The block diagram of the hardware constitutions of a server. The functional block diagram of a server. The functional block diagram which shows the other structural example of a server. FIG. The block diagram of the hardware constitutions of a mobile telephone. The functional block diagram of a mobile telephone. Explanatory drawing which shows a screen transition when displaying the RSS feed periodically acquired and stored from the WEB server with an RSS reader. Explanatory drawing which shows the screen transition of an RSS reader. Explanatory drawing which shows a screen transition when registering a RSS-compatible WEB site on the top screen of the “news info list” of the RSS reader. Explanatory drawing which shows the screen transition at the time of newly registering to a "news infolist" from the page of RSS corresponding | compatible WEB site. Explanatory drawing which shows the screen transition at the time of the automatic update setting of the RSS feed of breaking news. Explanatory drawing which shows the screen transition at the time of the automatic update setting of the RSS feed of general news. Explanatory drawing which shows the screen transition between the multiple types of active standby screens displayed with a standby application. Explanatory drawing which shows the screen transition from the active standby screen to the screen of an RSS reader. The sequence diagram when acquiring the RSS feed with an image from a WEB server in a mobile telephone.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile phone 20 Mobile phone communication network 30 Internet 40, 41 WEB server 110 Communication means (acquisition means)
111 Display Unit 112 Storage Unit 113 Display Control Unit 114 Application Execution Unit

Claims (7)

An information providing method for providing summary information of WEB content from a server on a communication network to a mobile communication terminal,
The server writes the acquisition destination information of the image file that constitutes a part of the summary information, the size information of the file, and the type information of the file in the attached media description part of the summary information;
The server transmitting summary information including the attached media description part to the mobile communication terminal;
The mobile communication terminal acquires summary information including the attached media description part from the server, and reads the acquisition source information, the size information, and the type information from the attached media description part of the summary information;
The mobile communication terminal acquires a file of an image designated by the size information and the type information based on the acquisition destination information via a communication network, and the acquired image file is the summary information. Associating and storing, and
When the mobile communication terminal displays the summary information, reads the file and displays the image on a part of the summary information display screen;
An information providing method comprising: In the information provision method of Claim 1,
The summary information includes a plurality of summary items in which the attached media description part can be set. In the information provision method of Claim 1 or 2,
The attached media description part is configured using an enclosure element,
The acquisition source information is described as the value of the url attribute of the enclosure element,
The size information is described as the value of the length attribute of the enclosure element,
The information providing method, wherein the type information is described as a value of a type attribute of the enclosure element. A server for providing summary information of WEB content to a mobile communication terminal via a communication network,
Write means for writing the acquisition destination information of the image file that constitutes a part of the summary information, the size information of the file, and the type information of the file in the attached media description part of the summary information,
Transmitting means for transmitting summary information including the attached media description part to the mobile communication terminal;
A server characterized by comprising: In the information provision method of Claim 1,
The summary information has a plurality of summary items that can set the attached media description part,
The information providing method, wherein the information writing means writes the acquisition source information, the size information, and the type information in at least one attached media description part of the plurality of summary items. A mobile communication terminal capable of receiving summary information of WEB content from a server via a communication network,
Summary information acquisition means for acquiring summary information including the attached media description part in which the acquisition destination information of the image file, the size information of the file, and the type information of the file are written, from the server;
Reading means for reading the acquisition source information, the size information, and the type information from the attached media description part of the summary information;
Based on the acquisition destination information, an image file acquisition means for acquiring the image file specified by the size information and the type information via a communication network;
Storage means for storing the acquired image file in association with the summary information;
Display means for reading the file when displaying the summary information, and displaying the image on a part of the summary information display screen;
A mobile communication terminal comprising: The mobile communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein
The summary information has a plurality of summary items that can set the attached media description part,
The file storage means stores the image file in association with the summary item,
The mobile communication terminal, wherein the display means displays the image on a part of a display portion of a summary item corresponding to the image.

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