JP2009020915A - Information recording device and information distribution method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To browse data preserved in an information supply device from a portable communication terminal. <P>SOLUTION: An information distribution system 3 includes: a portable telephone set 70 owned by a user and having a display part for displaying image data and a communication function; an image data processor 11 having an image data processing function and a communication function; a server 12 for storing the image data transmitted from the image data processor 11; and a portable telephone base station 13 connected to the portable telephone set 15 mutually by a portable telephone communication network 14. In the system 3, the list of destination addresses generated in the past is displayed in the display means of the portable communication terminal 70. Sentence data are changed, which are included in the data to be referred to by the destination address selected from the destination addresses displayed by list. Then, the new destination address is added to the data after change. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information recording apparatus and an information distribution method, and more particularly, to an information recording apparatus used in an information distribution system that enables a portable communication terminal to change data stored in an information supply apparatus, and Information distribution method.

  Prepare an image processing server on the network, upload the image once to this image processing server, automatically convert the uploaded image into the data amount and the number of colors that can be processed by the portable information processing terminal, and convert the converted image to the portable type Services that are downloaded to an information processing terminal and used are provided.

  Patent documents 1-6 are known as a prior art.

JP-A-10-145421 JP 2001-109678 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-41276 JP-A-5-2539 JP 2000-236612 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-224588

  However, since the image data processing capability is limited in portable communication terminals, particularly portable phones, image data once uploaded is a personal computer capable of advanced image data processing in conventional services. There is a disadvantage that the change cannot be made unless it is a simple processing device.

  Further, in the conventional information distribution system, it is necessary to directly input the information distribution destination on the Web page downloaded from the image processing server, and this input operation is troublesome for the user.

  Therefore, the present invention has been proposed in view of such a conventional situation. The data stored in the information supply device is browsed from the portable communication terminal, the data is changed, and the data is transmitted again. An object of the present invention is to provide an information recording apparatus and an information distribution method used in an information distribution system that enables the information distribution system.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, an information recording apparatus according to the present invention includes a communication unit that communicates data with an external device that includes a communication unit, and an image data recording unit that records image data received from the external device. And a message indicating that the image data has been recorded and an item for enabling the mail-to function to be selected when the image data transmitted from the external device is received and recorded in the image data recording unit. The storage completion notification is transmitted to the external device.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, an information distribution method according to the present invention includes an image data recording process for recording image data received from an external device, a message indicating that the image data has been recorded, and a mail-to function. And a transmission step of transmitting a storage completion notification including an item to be selected to the external device.

  According to the present invention, the image data received from the external device is recorded, and a storage completion notification including a message indicating that the image data has been recorded and an item for selecting the mail-to function is transmitted to the external device. In a portable terminal or the like, it is possible to quickly send an email in which a new address is described when image data is changed.

  An information distribution system shown as a specific example of the present invention is a system that can distribute image data to a distribution partner desired by a registered user by using an image data distribution function that can be used by performing registration in advance. It is. Also, in the information distribution system shown as this specific example, data to be distributed is temporarily stored as data in a standard format, and when there is a transmission request from a communication terminal as a distribution destination, the image data format is optimized according to the communication terminal. It can be converted and sent. In addition, this information distribution system distributes optimum content information to the user and the information distribution partner desired by the user by using the user registration information when the user has registered in advance. You can also.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an information distribution system 1 shown as a specific example of the present invention stores an image data processing device 11 having an image data processing function and a communication function, and image data transmitted from the image data processing device 11. And the mobile phone base station 13 connected to the mobile phone 15 by the mobile phone communication network 14. The image data processing device 11, the server 12, and the mobile phone base station 13 are connected to each other by the wired network network 16. This is a system for distributing advertisement information using a connected image data distribution system.

  Here, the wired network 16 is a so-called Internet. The mobile phone 15 is a mobile phone that can be connected to the wired network 16 via the mobile phone base station 13.

  The image data processing device 11 is a personal computer that can perform various image processing on image data by, for example, software processing or hardware configuration. By using a general-purpose interface, the image data processing device 11 can be connected to a digital image capturing device 17 such as a digital video camera or a digital still camera, and can receive image data captured by the digital image capturing device 17. ing. In addition, the image data processing apparatus 11 includes a recording medium 18a such as an optical disk recording medium represented by a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), or a magnetic recording medium represented by an FD (Flexible Disk). Alternatively, a driver device corresponding to each of the semiconductor storage devices 18b represented by flash memory (registered trademark), memory stick (registered trademark), and the like is provided, and image data is read also from the recording medium 18a or the semiconductor storage device 18b. be able to.

  In the above configuration, the image data is once read into the image data processing device 11, but a system configuration that does not include the image data processing device 11 is also possible. In this case, a mobile phone, for example, is connected to the digital image pickup device 17 and the image data is directly transferred to the delivery destination mobile phone 15. The connection between the digital image pickup device 17 and the mobile phone is an example of a means for connecting the digital image pickup device 17 to the wired network 16, and a fixed telephone or the like may be used instead of the mobile phone. . Further, the digital image capturing device 17 itself may be provided with means for connecting to the wired network 16. Furthermore, the digital image capturing device 17 is not limited to a device such as a camera or a scanner, but may be a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera built-in PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a CCD camera built-in mobile phone.

  The image data processing device 11 reads image data from the digital image capturing device 17, the recording medium 18a, or the semiconductor storage device 18b, and converts it into standard format image data. Conversion to image data in a standard format can be performed by, for example, dedicated conversion software distributed by a provider who provides this information distribution system. The standard format image data refers to image data having an amount of data that can be processed by the mobile phone 15, an image data file format, and the like. The “standard format” here means “standard” in the image data distribution system which is the basis of the information distribution system shown as the specific example. In this specific example, in consideration of minimizing degradation of image data, data loss, etc., image data that applies a GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) file format that is lossless compression and has a data amount of 10 kB or less. It is said.

  As described above, in the information distribution system 1, since it is converted into standard image data of a predetermined format in advance and the data amount is limited and then transmitted to the server 12, the connection time is shortened when transmitting the image data to the server. Moreover, there is an advantage that the capacity of the server 12 is saved.

  However, the image data file format, image size, data amount, etc. adopted as the standard image data should be adapted to the standards established by the majority of telephone companies, for example, among a plurality of telephone companies providing mobile phone services. In addition, various selections are possible.

  The user uses the image data processing device 11 to convert desired image data into the above-described standard format image data and create text data to be attached to the image data. In the image data processing apparatus 11, image / text data including image data and text data is created by the conversion software. The image / text data is described as Web page data in a multipart / form-data format, for example. The image / text data is transmitted to the server 12.

  The server 12 includes an authentication ID and a password for authenticating whether the connection person who has accessed the server 12 via the wired network 16 is a registered user for using the image data distribution system. Is connected to a user information database 20 that stores user information that has been registered for use.

  As a user authentication method, for example, a method of authenticating at the time of access an authentication ID and password issued in advance to a user who has registered for service use by the service provider of the image data distribution system at the time of registration can be considered. .

  As a user registration method, for example, a method for filling in necessary items on a Web page sent from the server 12 to a personal computer or the like via the wired network 16 or an application form for user registration in the digital imaging device 17 is provided. There are systems that come with sales, and systems that apply by facsimile, telephone, or mailing application postcards. When a user registers, user information is acquired from the user who wants to register. When the use registration is performed, the authentication ID and password are delivered from the service provider to the user, for example, by mail or facsimile.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the server 12 receives a network interface unit (hereinafter referred to as a network I / F unit) 21 that receives image data, an authentication ID, a password, and the like transmitted via the wired network 16. A temporary memory 22 for temporarily storing each data, an authentication unit 23 for comparing the received authentication ID and password with the authentication data stored in the authentication server 19, and an image / text sent from the user An address adding unit 24 for attaching a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) as a destination address indicating a storage position in the data storage unit 25 to the data, a data storage unit 25 for storing image / text data, and the mobile phone 15 The image data is stored in the Web data management unit 26 that manages communication between the user and the distribution destination for which the user designates the image data distribution. Includes a communication unit 27 that transmits a URL indicating a by storage location, the Web data conversion processing unit 28 converts the transmission Web data in response to the distribution destination terminal. These are controlled by a control unit (not shown).

  In this specific example, the image / text data is converted into Web page data in the multipart / form-data format in the image data processing apparatus 11 and transmitted, received by the server 12, and then HTML. Converted to (Hyper Text Markup Language) format data.

  However, the data format when stored in the data storage unit 25 of the server 12 is not particularly limited. For example, the data may be stored in the multipart / form data format, or the image data and the text data are separated from the image / text data, and for the text data, for example, title data, text content data, etc. Can also be stored separately. When each data is stored separately, when the data is transmitted to the mobile phone 15 as a delivery destination, these data are reassembled and transmitted based on the data format such as the HTML format. If each data of the image / text data is separated and stored, there is an advantage that the efficiency of the conversion processing when the data is converted into a data format that is optimal for the mobile phone of the delivery destination and transmitted.

  Specifically, the Web data conversion processing unit 28 is a CGI (Common Gateway Interface) for using an external program in the server 12 and is used in the mobile phone 15 as a delivery destination as shown in FIG. A description language discriminating circuit 201 for discriminating the description language of Web data, an image data discriminating circuit 202 for discriminating the image data format of the mobile phone 15 as a delivery destination, and the terminal model and image data standards are stored as a table. Terminal data table 203, and an image processing circuit 204 that performs image processing corresponding to the determination results in the description language determination circuit 201 and the image data determination circuit 202.

When the description data discrimination circuit 201 receives the text data request signal C ₁ from the mobile phone 15, the description language discrimination circuit 201 discriminates the communication service provider and the terminal model from this signal, and the description language corresponding to the discrimination result is obtained from the terminal data table 203. extracted, send text data response signal C ₂ is converted to this format. Examples of the description language include an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format and an HDML (Handheld Device Markup Language) format.

When the image data determination circuit 202 receives the image data request signal C ₃ from the mobile phone 15, the image data determination circuit 202 determines the communication service provider and the terminal model from this signal, and the image data format corresponding to the determination result from the terminal data table 203. extracts were converted into the image data format, and transmits the image data response signal C _4. Here, the image data file format including the GIF format, the PNG format, and the like, the designation of the pixel size, and the like are referred to as an image data format.

  In this specific example, the image data from the user is already stored in the image data processing apparatus 11 so that the data amount is already 10 kB or less in the standard of the predetermined communication service provider A, that is, in the GIF format. The data is transmitted in a converted state and stored in the data storage unit 25.

  Here, the process of converting the image data and description language conversion included in the Web data of the Web data conversion processing unit 28 will be described with reference to FIG. In this specific example, there are three communication service providers A, B, and C, and the information distribution system 1 discriminates the difference between these three standards, and makes the image / text data optimal for each portable telephone. This is a case where it is converted and transmitted.

  When the server 12 receives an access command (text data request signal) from a mobile phone, the Web data conversion processing unit 28 determines the communication service provider in step S1 as processing in the server 12.

  The description language discriminating circuit 203 transmits Web data as HTML format data in step S2 if it is provider A and in step S3 if it is provider B. In the case of the provider C, in step S4, the description language determination circuit 203 transmits Web data as HDML format data.

  When text data is transmitted to the mobile phone in HTML or HDML format, an image data request signal is sent from the mobile phone in step S5.

  In the Web data conversion processing unit 28, the image data determination circuit 202 determines the communication service provider and the terminal model (step S6), and converts them into an image data format extracted from the correspondence table stored in the terminal data table 203. Is output (step S7).

  The series of processes described above in the Web data conversion processing unit 28 may be executed by software, or may be executed by the control unit of the server 12.

  Further, image data discrimination will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the terminal determination shown in step S1 of FIG. 4, if the mobile phone that has transmitted the access command to the server 12 is the provider B or the provider C, it is determined whether the provider B is the provider B in step S10 and step S11. Whether it is C or not is discriminated. If the provider is the provider B or the provider C, the process proceeds to step S12, in which the GIF format image data is decoded from the image / text data, and the resizing process is performed in step S13. Details of the resizing process will be described later.

  Subsequently, in step S14 and step S15, a color reduction process and a PNG file process are performed in order to make the file size equal to or less than the specified value. In step S16, it is determined whether or not the file size is equal to or less than the specified value. If the file size is not within the specified range, the processes in steps S14 and S15 are repeated. If the image / text data is below the specified range, it is output to the mobile phone.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S11 that the mobile phone is not a standard of any of providers A, B, and C, in step S17, the image data standard of the mobile phone is set to, for example, file size 4. It is determined whether the pixel size is 3 kB or less and the pixel size is 80 × 72 or less. If this size is met, in step S18, the image data stored in the data storage unit 25 is output as it is. Here, the standard of image data with a file size of 4.3 kB or less and a pixel size of 80 × 72 or less is a size that can be always displayed on a portable phone corresponding to the standard of provider A.

  If it is determined in step S17 that the file size is 4.3 kB or less and the pixel size is not 80 × 72 or less, in step S19 subsequent to FIG. 6, the size that can be displayed on the portable phone is 10 kB, and the image data file It is determined whether or not the size is 8.8 kB or less and the pixel size is 120 × 108 or less. If this condition is met, in step S20, the image data format stored in the data storage unit 25 is output as it is.

  If the size that can be displayed on the mobile phone is 10 kB, the file size of the image data is 8.8 kB or less, and the pixel size does not conform to 120 × 108 or less, then in step S21, decode from the GIF format, In step S22, a resizing process is performed so as to match the image data. In step S23, the resized image data is encoded in the GIF format and output.

  FIG. 7 shows the resizing process described above. In step S <b> 30, the image data determination circuit 202 extracts the image frame size of the resized image data from the terminal data table 203.

  Subsequently, in step S31, the aspect ratio of the image data is determined. When the ratio of the vertical and horizontal lengths is larger than 10: 9 (horizontal: vertical), resizing is performed so that the vertical length becomes the data size defined in the terminal data table 203 in step S32. When the ratio of the vertical and horizontal lengths is smaller than 10: 9 (horizontal: vertical), resizing is performed so that the horizontal length becomes the data size defined in the terminal data table 203. Here, the aspect ratio 10: 9 (horizontal: vertical) of the image data is the aspect ratio of the image data stored in the data storage unit 25.

  Also, the encoding process is shown in FIG. In the encoding process, first, in step S40, the number of colors is determined. If the number of colors is 2, the process proceeds to step S47 following b. If the number of colors is not 2, it is determined in step S41 whether or not the mobile phone is a monochrome display model. In the case of monochrome display, the process proceeds to step S46 described later.

  If the mobile phone is not a monochrome display terminal, color reduction processing of image data is executed in step S42, and the GIF format is changed in step S43.

  In step S44, it is determined whether or not the file size is equal to or smaller than a specified size. If the file size is less than or equal to the specified size, the process returns to the process shown in FIG. If it is equal to or larger than the specified size, it is determined in step S45 whether the number of colors is eight or less. If the number of colors is not eight or less, the process returns to step S42 to execute the color reduction process. If the number of colors is eight or less, the process proceeds to step S46, where black and white binarization is performed. Subsequently, conversion to the GIF format is performed in step S47, and the file size is confirmed in step S48. If the file size is less than or equal to the specified value, the process returns to the process shown in FIG. If the file size does not fall below the specified value after executing a series of processing, the process proceeds to error processing.

  In the information distribution system described above, the image data is automatically converted into an image data file format corresponding to the image display standard of the mobile phone to which the image data is distributed and output. Further, in this specific example, by adopting the standard of the image data format of the communication service provider A as the standard image data format stored in the data storage unit 25, the mobile phone receiving the communication service of the provider A can be used. On the other hand, there is an advantage that the processing is simplified because there is a case where the conversion processing of the image data may not be performed.

  Further, conventionally, since data compatibility for each communication service provider was poor, it was necessary to provide a source for each communication service provider according to the data distributed to the mobile phone. According to the realized information distribution system 1, since the data can be automatically converted into a data file format corresponding to the image display standard of the mobile phone to which the data is distributed and output, a single source is required, and the system is simple. As a result, the convenience in terms of cost for system design and system construction is improved.

  The information distribution system according to the present invention can provide a common content information distribution service to mobile phones with different communication service providers by applying terminal discrimination as described above.

  Next, a description will be given of a case where optimal content information is distributed to a registered user and a transmission partner desired by the user using the information distribution system 2 shown as a specific example of the present invention. In this specific example, a case where the content information is particularly advertisement information will be described. In this case, the advertisement information as the content information includes image information including moving images and still images, audio information, character information, and the like. That is, the specific example shown below is an advertisement information distribution system to which the information distribution system 1 is applied.

  Since the information distribution system 2 applies the information distribution system 1 shown in FIG. 1 and has the same configuration, components having the same functions and operations are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will not be given. Omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the feature points in the information distribution system 2 are an advertisement information storage unit 29 that stores advertisement information in the server 12, and an advertisement information addition unit 30 that selects advertisement information and attaches it to image / text data. It is a point equipped with. However, in the configuration of the server 12, the advertisement information storage unit 29 may not be configured as a part of the server 12. Further, the position of the advertisement information adding unit 30 is not particularly limited.

  That is, when creating a Web page including advertisement information, data is stored by adding an address indicating a storage location to the image / text data transmitted from the user's image data processing apparatus 11 with the advertisement information. The image / text data transmitted from the image data processing apparatus 11 may be stored in the data storage unit 25, and when the image / text data is distributed, the advertisement information is added and distributed. You may make it do.

  The flow of advertisement information distribution in the information distribution system 2 shown as a specific example of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The user first creates image / text data for distribution from desired image data and text data in the image data processing device 11. FIG. 11 shows an example of a GUI (Grephic User Interface) used as an image / text data creation screen in the image data processing apparatus 11 at this time.

  The GUI shown in FIG. 11 mainly includes a sender change button 31 for switching to an input screen for inputting and / or changing a sender, a display field 32 for displaying a destination of a distribution partner, and an input field for inputting a message attached to image data. 33, an image display field 34 for displaying an image and changing the image is displayed. In addition, a delivery reservation field 35 for designating delivery timing such as whether or not to deliver now, a check box 36 for selecting a desired sentence from choices of standard sentences prepared in advance, and the like are displayed. Is done. The user edits image / text data desired to be distributed on the GUI screen shown in FIG.

  When the user connects to the server 12 and transmits an authentication ID and password issued to the user in advance, the server 12 determines whether or not the user is registered and authenticates the user.

  When the server 12 confirms that the user has been registered, the server 12 receives the image / text data and confirms that the image / text data has been received (hereinafter referred to as “image / text data”). The advertisement information 90 based on the user information is attached and transmitted.

  FIG. 12 shows a Web screen transmitted as a transmission result. In the transmission result 40, a notification 41 that the image / text data has been deposited is displayed, and an advertisement image 42, an advertisement image 43 and an advertisement image 44, a text advertisement 45 with a check box, and a text advertisement 46 are attached. . The advertisement information attached here is based on user information. For example, the user's gender, age, advertisement of the digital image capturing device 17 owned by the user or a peripheral device of the personal computer, For example, an advertisement of a product based on a purchase record of a past product.

  In addition, here, the text advertisement 45 with a check box is a check box for designating “tell my friend”, and when this check box is selected, the image / text data distributed to the other party is displayed. On the other hand, a similar advertisement is attached. In the information distribution system 2, when a standard sentence prepared on the provider side such as the check box 36 and the text advertisement 45 with a check box is selected, the fixed sentence selected by the check box is linked to this item. Related advertisement information can be efficiently transmitted to the other party. In addition, by providing advertisement information that can be selected according to the party to whom the image / text data is to be distributed, such as the text advertisement 45 with a check box, information can be shared between the user and the distribution partner. it can.

  When the latest image / text data is transmitted from the user, the server 12 transmits an image storage notification including advertisement information 91 to the mobile phone 15 of the distribution partner as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 13 shows a custody notification screen transmitted to the counterpart mobile phone 15 at this time. On the deposit notification screen 50, a message 51 indicating that the image / text data is deposited from the user, a URL 52 for viewing the image / text data stored in the server 12, and a character advertisement 53 are displayed. It is attached. This URL is a URL indicating the recording position in the data storage unit 25 of the image / text data attached by the address adding unit 24 shown in FIGS.

  The character advertisement 53 can be further attached with a URL 54 indicating a Web page showing the details of the advertisement. The distribution partner can proceed to the Web page showing the details of the text advertisement by selecting the URL 54.

  The distribution partner operates the mobile phone 15 to select the URL 52, thereby acquiring the image / character data transmitted from the user by the mobile phone 15 as a Web page. As shown in FIG. 10, this Web page includes advertisement information 92.

  FIG. 14 shows the Web page displayed at this time. On the Web page 60, image data 61, text data 62, and advertisement information 63 from the user are displayed. Here, the advertisement information 63 displayed on the web page 60 is an advertisement for which the user has selected the “tell my friend” checkbox on the transmission result 40, but includes other advertisement information. May be.

  As described above, the information distribution system 2 can provide only the advertisement information necessary for the individual by attaching the advertisement information based on the user information. Therefore, the information distribution system 2 is more effective than distributing certain advertisement information to an unspecified number of users. The advertising effectiveness can be improved.

  As described above, the information distribution system according to the present invention allows the user of the image data distribution system to distribute the user and the distribution when the image data processed using, for example, a personal computer is distributed to the mobile phone of the other party. It distributes advertising information to the other party, but accesses, calls, and edits the history of image data transmitted by the user using the image data processing device 11 from the mobile phone owned by the user. It can also be applied as an image data distribution system that can be retransmitted.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the information distribution system 3 shown as another specific example of the present invention includes a user's mobile phone 70 in addition to the system configuration shown in FIG. It is characteristic that image / text data can be edited from the portable telephone 70 owned by the company. In the information distribution system 2 shown in FIG. 15, components having the same functions as those of the information distribution system 1 shown in FIG.

  The information distribution system 3 uses an image data distribution system that can be used by performing usage registration in advance, and based on the contents of the usage registration, the registered user and the user to whom the user wants to transmit image data. An information distribution system for distributing optimal advertisement information, the information distribution system 3 having a display unit for displaying image data and a communication function, a portable telephone 70 owned by the user, an image data processing function, An image data processing device 11 having a communication function, a server 12 for storing image data transmitted from the image data processing device 11, and a mobile phone base station 13 connected to the mobile phone 15 by a mobile phone communication network 14. With. Here, it is assumed that the mobile phone 70 owned by the user is connected to the wired network 16 by a mobile phone communication network, like the mobile phone 15. Here, the wired network 16 is a so-called Internet.

  The flow of information distribution in the information distribution system 3 described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The user connects to the server 12 using the mobile phone 70. First, the information distribution service providing page is connected, and the designated URL is selected to proceed to the information distribution service top page (step S51). An example of the Web page of the image data distribution service displayed at this time is shown in FIG. The mobile phone 70 acquires the page top 101 from the server 12.

  By selecting “history display” on the top page 101 (step S52), it is possible to proceed to the registration authentication input display 102 of the image data distribution service shown in FIG. In the registration authentication input display 102, a message 103 for inputting an authentication ID and a password, an authentication ID input field 104, and a password input field 105 are displayed. Further, the registration authentication input display 102 displays a “Next” button 106 for proceeding with processing and a button 107 for returning to the page top 101.

  Communication between the portable telephone 70 and the server 12 is concealed by a function for encrypting text transferred in a fixed format, for example, a security technology such as SSL (Security Sockets Layer). As a result, before the server 12 sends a document in a format corresponding to the distribution destination terminal, the communication of the other party (the portable telephone 70) is mutually confirmed with the signature, encryption, etc., thereby ensuring communication safety. Yes. Therefore, in this specific example, if the response is from a model that does not support SSL, an error message as shown in FIG. 20 is displayed.

  When the server 12 inputs the authentication ID input field 104 and the password input field 105 by the user (step S53) and confirms the authentication ID and password determined by the “next” button 106 (step S54), the user The stored image list display 108 is sent to the portable telephone 70 (step S55). It is not displayed if the user is not registered for this service. Further, the custody image list display 108 may not be displayed due to an incorrect input of the authentication ID and password. In this case, the error message shown in FIGS. 21 and 22 is displayed, and the process returns to step S53.

  An example of the custody list display is shown in FIG. The custody image list display 108 displays a list showing display contents such as titles of previously distributed image / text data, and a button 109 for returning to the page top 101. When the user selects from the list indicating the display contents of the image / text data (step S56), the image / text data corresponding to the selected display contents is displayed (step S57).

  FIG. 24 shows an example of the image / text data 110 selected by the user. In the image / text data 110, image data 111, text data 112, an edit button 113 for editing them, and a selection button 114 for returning to the page top 101 or the previous page are displayed. When the edit button 113 is selected (step S58), the process proceeds to the edit screen 115 shown in FIG. 25 (step S59).

  On the edit screen 115, image data 111, a message 116 indicating an operation explanation, a title input field 117 for changing the title of the image / text data, and a message input field 118 are displayed. The user can change the title and the message by inputting contents to be changed in the title input field 117 and the message input field 118 from the input unit of the mobile phone 70 and selecting the save button 119. In addition, on the editing screen 115, simple editing of image data can be performed.

  In addition, a plurality of standard sentences are prepared as check boxed sentences 120 on the edit screen 115. When the text with a check box is selected by the user, the advertisement information adding unit 30 in the server 12 attaches advertisement information corresponding to the text content. On the editing screen 115, a selection button 121 for returning to the page top 101 or the stored image list display 108 is further displayed.

  When the image transmission destination is selected from the selection buttons 114 in the image / text data 110 displayed in step S57, the process proceeds to step S60, and the transmission destination list shown in FIG. 26 is displayed. When the transmission destination is confirmed in step S61, the process returns to the image / text data 110. If the transmission destination is not registered, the process advances to step S62 to display the transmission destination confirmation message shown in FIG. 27 and return to the image / text data 110.

  When the editing of the image / text data selected from the stored image / text data is completed by the above operation, the server 12 sends an advertisement to the user's mobile phone 70 as shown in FIG. A storage completion notification indicating that the image has been deposited is sent with the information 93 attached (step S63).

  FIG. 28 shows an example of the storage completion notification 122. The save completion notification 122 displays a message 123 indicating that the image / text data has been stored, and an input field 124 for designating the distribution destination of the stored image / text data, and further extracts based on the user information. The advertisement information 125 is attached. The advertisement information 125 may be accompanied by a URL 126 indicating details of the advertisement information 125. The advertisement information 125 corresponds to the advertisement information 93 in FIG. The advertisement information 125 here is user information acquired at the time of registration from the user, that is, advertisement information extracted based on the user's authentication ID and password. For example, the user's gender, age, and user This is advertisement information extracted from the peripheral device of the mobile phone 70 that the user owns, information based on the purchase record history of past items, and the like.

  When selecting the delivery destination of the saved image / text data, the address of the delivery destination can be directly entered in the input field 124, or the so-called “e-mail” defined as a general portable telephone standard. You can also select "Mail to function".

  If the mail-to function is selected, the subsequent input operation is left to the control on the mobile phone side (step S64). The mobile phone's address storage function and e-mail text creation screen can be used. By selecting the mail-to function, a mail text creation screen as shown in FIG. 29 is displayed. That is, control is transferred to the mail function of the mobile phone 70. In this case, the URL 126 indicating the new storage location of the edited image / text data is delivered and displayed on the mail creation screen 125 shown in FIG. Thereafter, the URL of the image / text data stored in the server 12 is transmitted to the distribution partner by a normal mail function.

  On the other hand, when the address of the distribution destination is directly input in the input field 124, the page having the screen configuration shown in FIG. 13 is transmitted to the distribution partner. At this time, as shown in FIG. 16, advertisement information 94 can be attached.

  The distribution partner can view the image / text data from the user by selecting the transmitted URL. As shown in FIG. 16, advertisement information 95 is attached to the image / text data acquired by the distribution partner. At this time, the same image / text data as in FIG. 14 is sent to the distribution partner.

  In the case of an information processing terminal such as a personal computer, a user can view other displays at the same time while opening a web page by changing the display operation, for example, changing the size of the display window or changing the arrangement of the display window. However, in an information processing terminal with a narrow display screen such as a mobile phone or an information processing terminal with a poor display function, another display must be viewed by closing the display window.

  For a user who has registered a destination address such as an e-mail in the address function of the mobile phone, this operation becomes complicated when the address must be entered on the Web page.

  In the information distribution system 3, the URL indicating the storage location of the image / text data in the server 12 can be displayed on the normal mail creation screen 125 of the mobile phone by the mail-to function. The feature is that the address book can be used simultaneously. In addition to the mobile phone, the information distribution system according to the present invention is suitably used for an information processing terminal with a narrow display screen and an information processing terminal with a poor display function.

  In addition, according to the information distribution system 1, the image / text data stored in the server 12 is browsed using a mobile phone that does not have a function of editing image / text data such as a web page, Furthermore, it can be edited and transmitted again.

  From the top page 101 described above, in addition to “history display”, “function description”, “compatible model confirmation (SSL confirmation)”, and “registration cancellation” can be selected. Processing when these are selected will be described below.

  When “function description” is selected on the top page 101 shown in FIG. 18, the processing shown in FIG. 30 is executed. That is, when “function explanation” is selected (step S71), a function explanation screen is displayed (step S72), and the top page 101 can be returned by a return operation.

  When “supported model confirmation” is selected on the top page 101 shown in FIG. 18 (step S81), the model of the user's mobile phone 70 is compatible with SSL according to the process shown in FIG. Then, in step S82, a message indicating that it is compatible is displayed. If the model is not compatible, the error message shown in FIG. 20 is displayed in step S83.

  When “cancel registration” is selected, the processing shown in FIG. 32 is executed. When deregistration is selected (step S91), if registration has not been made in advance, a message shown in FIG. 21 is displayed in step S92. If registered, in step S93, the user is prompted to enter an authentication ID and password.

  When the authentication ID and password are input, the authentication ID and password are confirmed in step S94. If the input is incorrect, an error message shown in FIG. 22 is displayed in step S95. If it is not registered, in step S96, a message indicating that it is not registered is displayed as shown in FIG. If the authentication ID and password are confirmed, registration cancellation is confirmed in step S97, and registration cancellation is completed in step S98.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. The portable communication terminal according to the present invention is not limited to a portable phone as long as it has a data processing function, a communication function, and the like, such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable personal computer, and the like. The screen display used for the explanation is an example, and the display method is not limited.

  Further, even in the case of communication between general information processing terminals, when the web data once uploaded to the server is edited and the edited new web page is saved, the server stores the URL ( A command for starting up the mail-to function can be transmitted to the information processing terminal with the Uniform Resource Locator) as an argument.

  As described above, in the information distribution system 3 as well, by attaching the advertisement information based on the user information, the advertising effect is improved as compared with the distribution of unnecessary advertisement information to an unspecified number of users. be able to.

  In addition to the information based on the user information as described above, the advertisement information can be attached according to a keyword or the like extracted from information transmitted / received between the user and the distribution partner.

  As described above in detail, the information distribution system according to the present invention includes a portable communication terminal having a display unit that displays Web data including image data and text data, and a data transmission / reception unit that transmits and receives Web data. An information supply device having data storage means for storing Web data, information adding means for attaching a destination address for referring to the Web data from the outside, and data acquisition means for acquiring Web data; , An information distribution system comprising another portable communication terminal having a display means for displaying Web data, wherein list information of Web data created in the past is displayed on the display means of the portable communication terminal and displayed. Sentence data included in the Web data referenced by the Web data selected from the list information of the Web data that has been selected Owl, it adds a new destination address in the Web data after the change.

  Therefore, according to the information distribution system of the present invention, data once stored in the information supply device can be browsed from the portable communication terminal, and further, this data can be changed and transmitted again.

  In addition, an information distribution system according to the present invention includes a data storage unit that stores generated Web data in an information distribution system that distributes Web data from a first information processing terminal to a second information processing terminal, and Web data An information supply device having an information adding means for attaching a destination address for referring to the Web data from the outside, a data acquisition means for acquiring the Web data to which the destination address is added, and a display for displaying the Web data When the information processing terminal stores a Web page in the information processing terminal, the information supply apparatus sends a command for launching a mail creation screen with the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Web page as an argument. Send to processing terminal.

  Therefore, according to the information distribution system according to the present invention, data once stored in the information supply device can be browsed from the portable communication terminal, and the data can be changed and transmitted again.

  An information distribution method according to the present invention includes a first information processing step including a display step for displaying Web data having image data and text data, and a data transmission / reception step for transmitting and receiving Web data, and data storage for storing Web data. An information supplying process including a process and an information adding process for attaching a destination address for referring to the Web data from the outside, a data acquiring process for acquiring the Web data, and a display process for displaying the Web data And a second information processing step including: changing sentence data included in Web data referred to by Web data selected from a list of Web data created in the past. Then, a new destination address is added to the changed Web data.

  Therefore, according to the information distribution method of the present invention, data once stored in the information supply device can be browsed from the portable communication terminal, and further, the data can be changed and transmitted again.

  An information distribution method according to the present invention is an information distribution method for distributing Web data from a first information processing terminal to a second information processing terminal. An information supply step including an information addition step for attaching a destination address for referring to the Web data from the outside, a data acquisition step for acquiring the Web data to which the destination address is added, and a display step for displaying the Web data When the Web page is created in the information processing process, the information supply process generates a command for launching a mail creation screen with the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Web page as an argument.

  Therefore, according to the information distribution method according to the present invention, data once stored in the information supply device can be browsed from the portable communication terminal, the data can be changed, and transmitted again.

  Furthermore, according to the information distribution method according to the present invention, since the mail-to function provided as the function of the portable communication terminal can be used when selecting the distribution destination, the address input that is troublesome for the user is simplified. It becomes.

  An information supply device according to the present invention includes a data storage unit that stores Web data including image data and text data, and an information addition unit that attaches a destination address for referring to the data from the outside to the Web data. Transmitting means for transmitting list information of Web data created in the past to the portable communication terminal, and the information adding means adds a new destination address to the new data including the text data changed in the portable communication terminal. Is added.

  Therefore, according to the information supply apparatus according to the present invention, data once stored in the information supply apparatus can be browsed from the portable communication terminal, and the data can be changed.

  The information supply method according to the present invention includes a data storage step for storing Web data having image data and text data, and information for attaching a destination address for referring to the Web data from the outside. New data including sentence data changed in the portable communication terminal, including an adding process and a transmitting process of transmitting a list of Web data created in the past to the portable communication terminal. A new destination address is added to.

  Therefore, according to the information supply method of the present invention, data once stored in the information supply apparatus can be browsed from the portable communication terminal, and the data can be changed.

  An information processing terminal according to the present invention is an information processing terminal that has a function of creating a Web page using Web data having image data and text data, and a data transmission / reception unit that transmits and receives Web data. When a Web page is created, a mail creation screen is displayed in which the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Web page is inserted in the text.

  Therefore, according to the information processing terminal according to the present invention, data once stored in the information supply device can be browsed, and the data can be changed and transmitted again.

  Furthermore, according to the information processing terminal according to the present invention, since the mail-to function provided as the function of the portable communication terminal can be used when selecting the delivery destination, the address input which is troublesome for the user is simplified. It becomes.

  The information processing method according to the present invention is an information processing method including a step of creating a Web page using Web data having image data and text data, and a data transmission / reception step of transmitting / receiving the Web data. When a Web page is created, a mail creation screen is displayed in which the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Web page is inserted in the text.

  Therefore, according to the information processing method of the present invention, data once stored in the information supply device can be browsed, and the data can be changed and transmitted again.

  Furthermore, according to the information processing method of the present invention, the mail-to function provided as the function of the portable communication terminal can be used when selecting a delivery destination, so that it is easy to input an address that is troublesome for the user. It becomes.

It is a block diagram which shows the outline of a structure of the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of the server in the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of the web data conversion process part in the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. 7 is a flowchart for explaining processing for converting image data included in Web data and description language conversion in the information distribution system shown as a specific example of the present invention. It is a flowchart explaining the discrimination | determination process of the image data in the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the discrimination | determination process of the image data in the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the resizing process in the discrimination | determination process of the image data of the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the encoding process in the discrimination | determination process of the image data of the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the structure of the server of the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. In the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention, it is a schematic diagram explaining the process which adds advertisement information. It is a figure which shows the example of the image data processing GUI screen of the image data processing apparatus in the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the image data processing GUI screen of the image data processing apparatus in the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure transmitted to the portable wireless communication terminal of a delivery destination in the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure transmitted to the portable wireless communication terminal of a delivery destination in the information delivery system shown as a specific example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the outline of a structure of the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the process which adds advertisement information in the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention. 12 is a flowchart for explaining processing for editing image / text data stored in a server from a mobile phone in an information distribution system shown as another specific example of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the top page screen transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal in the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention. In the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention, it is a figure which shows the example of the authentication ID and password input screen transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of an error message screen structure transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal in the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of an error message screen structure transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal in the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of an error message screen structure transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal in the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the custody image list display screen transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal in the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention. In the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention, it is a figure which shows the example of the image / text data screen selected from the custody image list display transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the edit screen transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal in the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the transmission destination display screen transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal in the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the transmission destination unconfirmed display screen transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal in the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention. In the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention, it is a figure which shows the example of the completion notification screen of a transmission transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the mail preparation screen of a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal in the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention. In the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention, it is a flowchart explaining the flow of function description of an information delivery service. In the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention, it is a flowchart explaining the flow of the model confirmation of information delivery service. In the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention, it is a flowchart explaining the flow of registration cancellation | release of an information delivery service. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure transmitted to a user's portable radio | wireless communication terminal in the information delivery system shown as another specific example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  1, 2 advertising information distribution system, 11 image data processing device, 12 server, 13 mobile phone, 14 mobile phone communication network, 15 mobile phone base station, 16 wired network network, 17 digital image pickup device, 18a recording medium, 18b Semiconductor memory device, 19 identification server, 20 user information database, 21 network I / F unit, 22 temporary memory, 23 identification unit, 24 address addition unit, 25 data storage unit, 26 Web data management unit, 27 communication unit, 28 Web data conversion processing unit, 29 Advertising information storage unit, 30 Advertising information adding unit, 31 Sender change button, 32 Display column, 33 Input column, 34 Image display column, 35 Distribution reservation column, 36 Check box, 40 Transmission result, 41 Notification, 42, 43, 44 Advertising image, 45 With check box Text advertisement, 46 text advertisement, 50 custody notification screen, 51 message, 52 URL, 53 character advertisement, 54 URL, 60 Web page, 61 image data, 62 text data, 63 advertisement information, 70 mobile phone, 91, 92 , 93, 94, 95 Advertising information, 101 Page top, 102 Registration authentication input display, 103 Message, 104 Authentication ID input field, 105 Password input field, 106 Next button, 107 Back button, 108 Image list display, 110 Image / Text data, 111 Image data, 112 Text data, 113 Edit button, 114 Select button, 115 Edit screen, 116 Message, 117 Title input field, 118 Message input field, 119 Save button, 120 Text with check box, 121 Select button 122, 122 save completion notification, 123 message, 124 input field, 125 advertisement information, 126 URL

Claims (4)

A communication unit that performs data communication with an external device including a communication unit;
An image data recording unit for recording image data received from the external device,
When the image data transmitted from the external device is received and recorded in the image data recording unit, a message indicating that the image data has been recorded and a storage completion notification including an item for enabling a mail-to function to be selected An information recording device for transmitting the message to the external device.   The URL indicating the recording location of the image data is delivered to a mail creation screen displayed on the external device when the mail to function is selected in the external device that has received the storage completion notification. The information recording device described.   The information recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the storage completion notification further includes advertisement information. An image data recording process for recording image data received from an external device;
A transmission step of transmitting a storage completion notification including a message indicating that image data has been recorded and an item for selecting a mail-to function to the external device.

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