JP2008022497A - Information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing system capable of easily receiving the provision of multimedium information such as a document and a video through a network and displaying the information on a video display device possessed by a user. <P>SOLUTION: The information providing system includes: a group 100 of devices of a user A who originates a telephone call to receive the provision of information displayable on a predetermined display device; a group 200 of devices of a user B who generates information to be provided to the user A and receives the telephone call from the user A; a communication carrier device 300 which controls telephone communication between the user A and the user B; and an information management device 400 which strings the information generated by the user B with a telephone number of the user B for management. The communication carrier device detects the telephone communication between the user A and the user , and notifies the information management device about call source information and call destination information. The information management device provides the information strung with the call destination information to the group of devices of the user A that is a call source of the telephone communication in accordance with a communication environment and an information class based on the call source information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system that provides information via a network. In particular, when a user makes a call, multimedia information such as an advertisement related to a destination is displayed on a video display device owned by the user. The present invention relates to an information providing system for automatically executing

  Conventionally, information obtained by a fixed telephone is only voice, and multimedia information such as documents and videos has to be displayed on another display device. For example, when a user calls a company call center, the information on the company's Internet web page must be displayed separately from the telephone using a personal computer (PC) or the like ( For example, see Patent Document 1.)

  FIG. 7 shows a conventional system configuration example. First, the information data 41 is registered in the server 40 existing on the network such as the Internet from the information input device 22 of the user B (incoming side) 20 (step S1). Then, when a telephone call is made from the telephone terminal 12 of the user A home (calling side) 10 (step S2), a call is started with the telephone terminal 21 of the user B (receiving side) 20 via the exchange 31 in the communication carrier 30. (Step S3). On the other hand, separately from the telephone call, an address for user B is acquired (step S4), and this address information is input to the information display unit 13. Based on this address information, the information display unit 13 accesses the server 40 and acquires information data 41 (step S5).

Patent No. 3056140

  By the way, a service (referred to as a triple play service) that can receive voice information, Internet information, and television information services from the same carrier is becoming common. However, there is still no service that functionally integrates each piece of information. In addition, in order to use such a service, the user often asks for a certain skill, and the current situation is that it is not an environment that anyone can easily use.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the above-described background art, and an object of the present invention is to easily provide multimedia information such as documents and videos via a network and allow the user to receive the information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved information providing system that can be displayed on an owned video display device.

  In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, a first user device (for example, reference numeral 100 in FIG. 1) that receives provision of information that can be displayed on a predetermined display device by making a telephone call, A second user device that generates information to be provided to one user device and receives a call from the first user device (for example, reference numeral 200 in FIG. 1), the first user device, and the second user device; A communication carrier device (for example, reference numeral 300 in FIG. 1) for controlling the telephone communication of the user and an information management device (for example, managing the information generated by the second user device in association with the telephone number of the second user device) , An information providing system is provided. In the information providing system of the present invention, the communication carrier device detects telephone communication between the first user device and the second user device, notifies the information management device of source information and destination information, The information management device provides the information associated with the destination information to the first user device that is the source of the telephone communication according to a communication environment and information type based on the source information. And

  According to such a system, information and content (such as advertisements) that the second user (the called party, specifically a company, etc.) wants to provide to the first user (sender, specifically, a consumer, etc.) are previously managed. Register in the device (server on the web etc.). When the first user makes a telephone call to the second user, the communication carrier device detects the source information and the destination information and notifies the information management device of this. Then, the information management apparatus is linked to the destination information by the communication environment (for example, optical line or DSL line) and the information type (for example, high image moving image streaming or moving image file) based on the transmission source information. It is possible to provide information. In this way, it is possible to automatically provide information and content suitable for the user's environment without modifying existing telephone equipment.

  In the above description, the reference numerals in parentheses attached to the constituent elements are merely shown as examples of the corresponding constituent elements in the following embodiments and drawings for easy understanding. It is not limited to this. The same applies to the following.

  Various applications are possible in the information providing system of the present invention. For example, the means for detecting the call information when making a call may be provided in the first user device (for example, reference numeral 100 in FIG. 1) or in the communication carrier apparatus (for example, reference numeral 300 in FIG. 1). You may prepare.

  As a device configuration example in the case where the first user device is provided with means for detecting call information at the time of calling the phone, the first user device, for example, the call information detecting unit (for example, detecting call information at the time of calling the phone) 1), a telephone terminal for making a call (for example, reference numeral 120 in FIG. 1), and a display device for displaying information provided from the information management apparatus (for example, in FIG. 1). Reference numeral 140) and an information display control unit (for example, reference numeral 130 in FIG. 1) for controlling the display device may be included.

  When the first user device has the above-described configuration, the call information detection unit, the telephone terminal, the display device, and the information display control unit may be mounted on the same hardware. By mounting all functions on the same hardware, it can be used in a mobile environment such as a mobile phone terminal.

  Moreover, you may make it provide the call information detection part which detects call information in the communication carrier apparatus (for example, reference number 300 of FIG. 1) side instead of a 1st user apparatus. That is, the communication carrier device can include a call information detection unit that detects call information by detecting telephone communication between the first user device and the second user device. In this case, the call information detection unit may be mounted in the vicinity of the exchange as communication carrier equipment, or may be installed in the exchange (for example, reference numeral 310 in FIG. 1) of the communication carrier equipment itself.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically provide information and contents suitable for the user's environment without modifying existing telephone equipment. Furthermore, since it is a telephone operation, even a user unfamiliar with the handling of a personal computer (PC) can easily receive multimedia information and content via a network. Other excellent effects of the present invention will be described in the following best mode for carrying out the invention.

  Exemplary embodiments of an information providing system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present specification and drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

(Configuration of this embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system according to the present embodiment includes a user A device group 100 installed in the home of a calling-side user (user A) and a receiving-side user (user B). User B device group 200 installed in a communication carrier device 300 installed in a communication carrier that controls communication between user A and user B, and through a network such as the Internet that manages predetermined information And an information management device 400 capable of exchanging information.

(User A device group 100)
The user A is assumed to be a consumer who makes a telephone call to the user B (for example, a company) and receives distribution of information from the user B. Although only one user A device group 100 is shown in FIG. 1, two or more user A device groups 100 may exist, and actually a very large number of user A device groups 100 exist in this system. As shown in FIG. 1, the user A device group 100 installed in the user A includes a call information detection unit 110, a telephone terminal 120, an information display control unit 130, and an information display device 140. Is done.

  The call information detecting unit 110 has a function of processing a signal from the telephone terminal 120, extracting a destination telephone number input by the user A, and transmitting the extracted destination telephone number to the information display control unit 330 in the communication carrier device 300. Details of the call information detection unit 110 will be described later with reference to FIG. The telephone terminal 120 is a terminal having a function of receiving and sending calls, and is, for example, a fixed telephone, a mobile phone, a soft phone, or the like. The information display control unit 130 controls connection of the information display device 140, control of access to information, transmission of information data to the information display device 140, and the like. Details of the information display control unit 130 will be described later with reference to FIG. The information display device 140 is a device for displaying information, and is, for example, a television receiver, a personal computer (PC), a game machine, a DVD recorder, or the like.

(User B device group 200)
User B is assumed to be a company that receives an incoming call from user A (for example, a consumer) and distributes information to user A. Although FIG. 1 shows only one user B device group 200, two or more user B device groups may exist. As shown in FIG. 1, the user B device group 200 installed in the user B includes a telephone terminal 210 and an information input device 220.

  The telephone terminal 210 is a terminal having a function of receiving and sending calls, and is, for example, a fixed phone, a mobile phone, a soft phone, or the like. The telephone terminal 210 may be in the same form or different form as long as it can communicate with the telephone terminal 120 of the user A. The information input device 220 is a device for inputting predetermined information data (characters, images, videos, etc.) and registering predetermined information in the communication carrier device 300 or the information management device 400. For example, the information input device 220 is a personal computer. (PC) and a dedicated terminal. User B registers the telephone number, the type of information, the address indicating the storage location, etc. in telephone number related information database 320 possessed by communication carrier apparatus 300 using information input apparatus 220. Furthermore, the user B registers information data (contents such as characters, images, and videos) in the information management device 400 using the information input device 220.

(Communication carrier device 300)
The communication carrier device 300 is a device installed in a communication carrier that controls communication between users in this system. Although FIG. 1 shows only one communication carrier device 300, two or more communication carrier devices 300 may exist. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication carrier device 300 includes an exchange 310, telephone number related information data 320, and an information display control unit 330.

  The exchange (telephone exchange) 310 has a function of switching telephone lines. The telephone number related information data 320 is a database in which user information (telephone number, information type, storage location address, designated information display device, providing method, etc.) is stored. The information display control unit 330 has functions for user authentication, checking the user information display environment, and selecting an optimum information type. Details of the information display control unit 330 will be described later with reference to FIG.

(Information management device 400)
The information management apparatus 400 is an apparatus that stores information data (contents such as characters, images, and video) 410 from the user B and provides the information data to the user A. For example, a web server, a streaming server, a file server Etc. Although FIG. 1 shows only one information management device 400, two or more information management devices 400 may exist.

  FIG. 2 is an internal block diagram showing the configuration of FIG. 1 in more detail. 2 shows details of the call information detection unit 110 and the information display control unit 130 in the user A device group 100 and the information display control unit 330 in the communication carrier device 300 among the components in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the call information detection unit 110 in the user A device group 100 includes an input / output control unit 112 that performs input / output control with an external device, and a signal conversion unit that processes a signal from the telephone terminal 120. 114, and a signal detection unit 116 that extracts the destination telephone number input by the user and transmits it to the information display control unit 330 in the communication carrier device 300.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the information display control unit 130 in the user A device group 100 includes an input / output control unit 132 that performs input / output control with an external device, and an information display device that controls the state of the information display device 140. Various types of information such as determining the type of information to be displayed on the control unit 134 and the information display device 140 and the method for acquiring the information, acquiring information, and transmitting the acquired information to the information display device 140 for display. And an information data management unit 136 that manages the above.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the information display control unit 330 in the communication carrier device 300 has an input / output control unit 332 that performs input / output control with an external device, and a data search function using telephone number related information data. An information control unit 334 that performs user authentication to determine whether or not the user has subscribed to the service, and an information display device selection unit 336 having a function of confirming the information display environment of the user and selecting an optimum information type And.

  The configuration of this embodiment has been described above. Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Operation of this embodiment)
(1) Registration of information (Fig. 3)
First, as shown in FIG. 3, the user B uses the information input device 220 to access information that the user A wants to display to the user A and information that the user A wants to notify the user A, such as the Internet, for the call access to the user B. It registers in the place (information management apparatus 400) where it can be done (step S10). The file registered here is, for example, multimedia information such as an HTML file, a moving image, and a photograph.

  Further, the user B uses the information input device 220 to register with the communication carrier device 300 in order to associate his / her telephone number (for example, 03-1234-1234) with the address of the information registered in step S10 (step S10). S20). Information registered here includes information type, address, information display device designation, information providing method, and the like. Specifically, the type of information is registered as, for example, “moving image file (wmv format)”. Similarly, the address is, for example, “http://www.abcd.jp”, the information display device is, for example, “wmv player”, and the information providing method is, for example, “streaming”, “download” " These pieces of information are registered in the telephone number related data 320 of the communication carrier device 300.

(2) Calling to user authentication (Figure 4)
Next, a specific information provision stage will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, a telephone call is made from user A to user B using telephone terminal 120 (step S30). A telephone call is received at the telephone terminal 210 of the user B via the exchange 310 of the communication carrier 300 and a call is started (step S40). The operation so far is the same as a normal telephone connection. Then, information related to the telephone call is transmitted from the signal conversion unit 114 to the signal detection unit 116 (step S50), and the signal detection unit 116 extracts the destination telephone number. Then, the destination telephone number and caller information extracted by the signal detection unit 116 are transmitted to the information control unit 334 of the communication carrier device 300 via the input / output control unit 112 (step S60).

  The information control unit 334 performs user authentication based on the sender information (step S70). If the caller is a registered user, the telephone number related information data 320 is searched to confirm whether the destination telephone number has related information data (step S80). In this way, the information control unit 334 acquires information such as the type of information, address, designated information display device, and possible method from the telephone number related information data 320 (step S90).

(3) Information display device confirmation to information type determination (FIG. 5)
Next, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the information display device selection unit 336 of the communication carrier device 300 determines whether or not the information display device of the user A is present and whether or not the information display device is currently in an operating state. The information display control unit 134 of the user A device group 100 is inquired (step S100). The information display device control unit 134 confirms the state of the information display device 140 (step S110), and reports the result to the information display device selection unit 336 (step S120).

  The information display device selection unit 336 determines an optimum information type in accordance with the information display device 140 of the user A and the contract content (step S130). For example, when the information display device 140 is a large-screen television and can be accessed through an optical line, the high-speed video streaming is determined. If the information display device 140 has a recording function and can be accessed via a DSL line, the information display device 140 is determined to be a moving image file.

(4) Information address notification to information display (FIG. 6)
After the determination of the information type, as shown in FIG. 6, the information display device selection unit 336 notifies the information data management unit 136 of the user A device group 100 of the information address, type, and provisionable method (step S140). .

  The information data management unit 136 determines the type of information to be acquired and the information acquisition method based on the information notified from the information display device selection unit 336 (step S150). Then, the information of the selected type is connected to an address and information is acquired (step S160). Then, the information data management unit 136 transmits the acquired information to the information display device 140, and causes the information display device 140 to display the information (step S170).

In addition, the following operations can be added.
That is, even if the telephone communication between the user A (calling side) and the user B (calling side) is detected and the information associated with the caller information of the user A is being provided to the user A, the instruction of the user B Thus, provision of information to the user A may be changeable. In this case, the information input device 220 of the user B device group 200 issues an information switching instruction to the information management device 400 (step S180). Specifically, an instruction to switch the information displayed on the information display device 140 in the user A device group 100 to another information is issued. Then, the information management apparatus 400 changes the content of information that the user B is showing to the user A while the user A and the user B are talking. The changed provision information is provided to the information display device 140 via the input / output control unit 112, the input / output control unit 132, and the information data management unit 136 in the user A device group 100. In this way, the provided information displayed on the information display device 140 is switched (step S190).

(Effect of this embodiment)
As described above, according to the present embodiment, a user can easily make various contents (moving images, still images, etc.) on an information display device in his / her home simply by making a call without being particularly conscious of the user. Can be displayed. In addition, since the user's display environment is automatically selected, it is possible to receive optimal content.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to browse the Internet by telephone, and even a user unfamiliar with the handling of a personal computer (PC) can easily receive multimedia information and content via the network.

  The preferred embodiments of the information providing system according to the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious for those skilled in the art that various modifications or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. It is understood that it belongs.

  For example, in the above embodiment, four functions are divided in the user A's home device (call information detection unit, telephone terminal, information display control unit, information display device), but all functions are on the same hardware. It is also possible to implement it. In this way, it can be used in a mobile environment such as a mobile phone terminal.

  In the above embodiment, the call information detection unit (call information detection function) is mounted in the user A's home (calling side). However, it can be mounted as a communication carrier facility in the vicinity of the exchange and provided as a communication carrier service. It is.

  In the above embodiment, the call information detection unit (call information detection function) is installed in the user A's home (calling side). However, it can be installed in the exchange of the communication carrier facility itself and provided as a communication carrier service. is there.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the information display control part (information display control function) and the telephone number related information data are mounted in the communication carrier, these functions and data are owned by a third party to provide services. Is possible.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as an information providing system, and particularly for automatically displaying multimedia information such as advertisements related to a call destination on a video display device owned by the user when the user makes a call. It can be used as an information provision system.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of 1 structure of an information provision system. It is explanatory drawing which shows the detailed structure of the information provision system of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement flow (1/4) of the information provision system of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement flow (2/4) of the information provision system of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement flow (3/4) of the information provision system of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement flow (4/4) of the information provision system of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the conventional information provision system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 User A apparatus group 110 Call information detection part 112 Input / output control part 114 Signal conversion part 116 Signal detection part 120 Telephone terminal 130 Information display control part 132 Input / output control part 134 Information display apparatus control part 136 Information data management part 140 Information display Device 200 User B device group 210 Telephone terminal 220 Information input device 300 Communication carrier 310 Exchanger 320 Telephone number related information data 330 Information display control unit 332 Input / output control unit 334 Information control unit 336 Information display device selection unit 400 Information management device 410 Information data

Claims (3)

A first user device that receives provision of information that can be displayed on a predetermined display device by making a phone call, and a first user device that generates information to be provided to the first user device and receives a call from the first user device. A two-user device, a communication carrier device that controls telephone communication between the first user device and the second user device, and information generated by the second user device linked to a telephone number of the second user device An information providing system including an information management device to be managed,
The communication carrier device detects telephone communication between the first user device and the second user device, and notifies the information management device of source information and destination information,
The information management device provides the information associated with the destination information to the first user device that is the transmission source of the telephone communication according to a communication environment and an information type based on the transmission source information. Characteristic information provision system. The first user device is
A call information detector that detects call information when making a call;
A phone terminal for making phone calls,
A display device for displaying information provided from the information management device;
An information display control unit for controlling the display device;
The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising:   2. The information provision according to claim 1, wherein the communication carrier device includes a call information detection unit that detects phone call information by detecting phone communication between the first user device and the second user device. system.

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