JP3662834B2 - Wireless information terminal device and wireless communication method thereof - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a wireless information terminal, and more particularly, to a wireless information terminal in which overlapping charging is reduced to acquire again when the acquisition is interrupted.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, data communication such as e-mail and WWW browser browsing is possible with a wireless information terminal device. However, when acquiring WWW browser information, communication is cut off in the middle of browser data acquisition due to radio wave conditions because it is wireless, and again When the same WWW browser is read, the data before disconnection is acquired redundantly, and the communication fee is charged even when the data cannot be acquired.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, in the past, when acquiring WWW browser information with a wireless information terminal, if the same WWW browser is read again when the acquisition is interrupted, the data before disconnection is redundantly acquired, and the charge is higher compared to wired There was a problem that it became wireless communication and it was economically inconvenient.
[0004]
Accordingly, in order to solve the above-described problem, an object of the present invention is to obtain a wireless information terminal device in which, when obtaining the WWW browser information in the wireless information terminal device, when the acquisition is interrupted, a redundant charge is reduced to obtain again. Is to provide.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a wireless information terminal device of the present invention includes a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with a wireless base station that transmits WWW browser data, a control unit that performs various controls of the terminal device, In a wireless information terminal device including a memory unit that stores variables and parameters, a data storage unit that stores various information data, a display unit that displays data, and an operation unit for operating the terminal, the control unit is And means for adding a data interruption flag to the WWW browser data and storing it in the data storage unit when the data communication is disconnected while acquiring the WWW browser data to which the data end information is added; Means for detecting a data interruption flag from the data storage unit and returning a duplicate data signal to the radio base station at the time of acquisition, and being acquired by the radio base station It is characterized in that duplication of data until it is refused is eliminated.
[0006]
The duplicate data signal is preferably a signal for recognizing that the data until the data interruption flag is detected is duplicate data.
[0009]
Furthermore, the wireless communication method by the wireless information terminal device of the present invention includes a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with a wireless base station that transmits WWW browser data, a control unit that controls various controls of the terminal device, various variables, A wireless communication method using a wireless information terminal device comprising a memory unit for storing parameters, a data storage unit for storing various information data, a display unit for displaying data, and an operation unit for a user to operate the terminal And when the data communication is disconnected while acquiring the WWW browser data accompanied by the data end information, the control unit adds a data interruption flag to the WWW browser data and stores it in the data storage unit, and again When acquiring browser data, the control unit detects a data interruption flag from the data storage unit and returns a duplicate data signal to the radio base station. And a step of eliminating a duplicate charge of data until the radio base station is interrupted for acquisition.
[0010]
The duplicate data signal is preferably a signal that allows the control unit to read data stored in the data storage unit and recognize that the data until the data interruption flag is detected is duplicate data.
[0011]
Further, the control unit includes a step of determining whether a data end signal has been received before the data interruption before adding the data interruption flag, and adds the data interruption flag when the data end signal has not been received. Is preferred.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the wireless information terminal device of the present invention. This wireless information terminal device includes a wireless communication unit 1 that performs wireless communication with a wireless base station, a control unit 2 that handles various controls of the terminal device, a memory unit 3 that stores various variables and parameters, and various information data. The data storage part 4 which memorize | stores, the display part 5 which displays data, and the operation part 6 for a user to operate a terminal are comprised. The radio base station is connected to a server device that provides WWW browser information.
[0014]
Next, with reference to FIG. 1, operation | movement of 1st Embodiment of the radio | wireless information terminal device of this invention is demonstrated. When the user of the apparatus operates the operation unit 6 to acquire WWW browser information, the control unit 2 operates the wireless communication unit 1 to secure a communication line with the wireless base station and transmits data. The radio base station searches the server device for WWW browser information to be acquired based on data from the terminal, and transmits browser data to the terminal device. The browser data transmitted from the radio base station and received by the radio communication unit 1 is sent to the control unit 2, and the control unit 2 continues the operation of the radio communication unit 1 so as to continuously receive the browser data. The browser data input to the display unit 5 is sequentially displayed. End data for recognizing the end is attached to the browser data at the end, and the control unit 2 acquires the browser data until the end data is recognized, and waits for the next request from the user after the data is acquired. . On the other hand, if the wireless communication is interrupted due to a radio wave condition failure, etc., and the browser data is interrupted, the end data of the previous period cannot be recognized, so the control unit 2 interrupts at the end of the browser data acquired until the interruption. A flag is added and stored in the data storage unit 4. Thereafter, when the user operates the operation unit 6 and continues obtaining the same browser data again, the control unit 2 operates the wireless communication unit 1 and resumes wireless communication. The control unit 2 that has received the browser data reads and compares the data stored in the previous data storage unit 4. When the interruption flag is detected from the data storage unit 4, the control unit 2 sends a duplicate data signal to the wireless base station via the wireless communication unit 1 for recognizing that the interruption has been interrupted. Since the data is duplicated on the radio base station side, billing de-duplication processing is performed for data communication billing before the duplicate data signal. The control unit 2 continues the subsequent browser data acquisition until the end data recognition, and subsequently displays the received browser data on the display unit 5 sequentially.
[0015]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a format example of a URL sequence in the first embodiment of the wireless information terminal device of the present invention. A series of URL sections 11, followed by a header section 12 having general properties of URL contents, a data section 13, and finally a data end signal section 14.
[0016]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the basic operation of the wireless information terminal apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. First, the user operates the operation unit 6 to input acquisition of a WWW browser to the control unit 2 (step S1). The control unit 2 controls the radio communication unit 1, connects a radio line with the radio base station, and waits for a response from the radio base station (step S2). WWW browser data requested from the radio base station is acquired (step S3). Data acquisition is continued and data is interrupted (step S4). The control unit 2 determines whether or not the data end signal has been received before the data interruption (step S5). If the data end signal has been input, the received browser data is sequentially displayed on the display unit 5 (step S6). The next request from the user is awaited (step S7). On the other hand, when the data end signal is not received, a data interruption flag is added to the end of the received data (step S8), and the browser data with the data interruption flag added is stored in the data storage unit 4 (step S9). . When the user requests acquisition of the same browser data (step S10), the control unit 2 reconnects to the radio base station via the radio communication unit 1 and reads browser data (step S11). Here, the control unit 2 reads the data stored in the data storage unit 4 (step S12), compares it with the data with the data interruption flag added (step S13), and continues to acquire data if there is no data interruption flag. (Step S11). On the other hand, if there is a data interruption flag, a duplicate data signal is output (step S14), data after the interruption flag is input (step S15), and the operation after step S3 is continued. The radio base station that receives the duplicate data signal from the radio information terminal deletes the billing process for the previous data.
[0017]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0018]
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the wireless information terminal apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. This wireless information terminal device includes a comparison unit 7 that compares the data capacity of the data storage unit 4 and the received data capacity in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment of FIG. That is, a radio communication unit 1 that performs radio communication with a radio base station, a control unit 2 that controls various controls of a terminal device, a memory unit 3 that stores various variables and parameters, and a data storage that stores various information data Unit 4, display unit 5 for displaying data, operation unit 6 for a user to operate the terminal, and comparison unit 7 for comparing the data capacity of data storage unit 4 with the received data capacity. Composed. The radio base station is connected to a server device that provides WWW browser information, as in the first embodiment.
[0019]
Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the wireless information terminal apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. When the user of the apparatus operates the operation unit 6 to acquire WWW browser information, the control unit 2 operates the wireless communication unit 1 to secure a communication line with the wireless base station and transmits data. The radio base station searches the server device for browser information to be acquired based on data from the terminal, and transmits browser data to the terminal device. Browser data transmitted from the radio base station and received by the radio communication unit 1 is sent to the control unit 2. The comparison unit 7 compares the data amount information attached to the browser data with the storage capacity of the data storage unit 4, and determines whether or not all browser data can be received. If reception is possible, the control unit 2 controls to continue the operation of the wireless communication unit 1 so as to continuously receive the browser data, and sequentially displays the browser data input to the display unit 5. As a result of the comparison, when the storage capacity of the data storage unit 4 is exceeded, data up to the storage capacity is sequentially acquired, and an end data signal is added to the received data when the storage capacity is reached. If wireless communication is interrupted due to a radio wave condition failure or the like before the storage capacity compared by the comparison unit 7 is reached, the end data signal of the previous period is not added, so the control unit 2 does not end the browser data acquired until the interruption. Is added to the data storage unit 4.
[0020]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a format example of a URL sequence in the second embodiment of the wireless information terminal device of the present invention. A series of URL parts 11 and a data capacity information part 15 indicating the data size of the URL are provided, followed by a header part 12 having general properties of URL contents, and a data part 13.
[0021]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the basic operation of the second embodiment of the wireless information terminal device of the present invention. The same step number is used for the same operation as the basic operation of the first embodiment described in FIG. First, the user operates the operation unit 6 to input acquisition of a WWW browser to the control unit 2 (step S1). The control unit 2 controls the radio communication unit 1, connects a radio line with the radio base station, and waits for a response from the radio base station (step S2). Data amount information accompanying the requested WWW browser data is transmitted from the radio base station, and data is acquired (step S20). Here, the control unit 2 interrupts subsequent data acquisition (step S21), and acquires the storage capacity from the data storage unit 4 (step S22). The comparison unit 7 compares the amount of WWW browser data to be acquired with the storage capacity of the data storage unit 4, and determines whether it is within the allowable range (step S23). If it is within the allowable range, a request for retransmission of the interrupted data is sent to the radio base station via the radio communication unit 1 (step S24), and browser data after the interruption in step S21 is acquired (step S25). When the browser data is acquired, it is sequentially displayed on the display unit 5 according to the data (step S26). When all the browser data are acquired, an end data signal is generated and stored in the data storage unit 4 (step S27). On the other hand, if the allowable range is exceeded in step S23, browser data acquisition up to the storage capacity of the data storage unit 4 is continued (step S28), and when the storage capacity of the data storage unit 4 is reached, an end data signal is generated. And stored in the data storage unit 4 (step S29). When the browser data acquisition is interrupted before the end data signal is generated, the control unit 2 determines whether or not the end data signal is generated (step S30), and completes the communication when the end data signal is generated. On the other hand, when the end data signal is not generated, the wireless communication unit 1 and the wireless base station are reconnected, and a data unacquired signal is sent to the wireless base station via the wireless communication unit 1 (step S31). The wireless base station that has received the data non-acquisition signal from the wireless information terminal deletes the charging process for the previous data.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the wireless information terminal device of the present invention, when the WWW browser is read, if it is interrupted before completion of data acquisition due to a change in radio wave state, the data is added as a data interruption flag and stored. Duplicate charges when the same browser data is read again can be reduced, and the economy for the user is not impaired.
[0023]
In addition, even when communication is cut off in the middle when the amount of data is large, there is an effect that unnecessary charging is not performed by unacquired data processing.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a format of a URL sequence in the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a basic operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a format of a URL sequence according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the basic operation of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wireless communication part 2 Control part 3 Memory part 4 Data storage part 5 Display part 6 Operation part 7 Data comparison part 11 URL part 12 Header part 13 Data part 14 Data end signal part 15 Data capacity information part

Claims (5)

A wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with a wireless base station that transmits WWW browser data, a control unit that controls various controls of the terminal device, a memory unit that stores various variables and parameters, and data that stores various information data In a wireless information terminal device comprising a storage unit, a display unit for displaying data, and an operation unit for operating the terminal,
Means for adding a data interruption flag to the WWW browser data and storing it in the data storage unit when the data communication is interrupted while the control unit is acquiring WWW browser data to which data end information is added; A means for detecting a data interruption flag from the data storage unit when returning WWW browser data again, and returning a duplicate data signal to the radio base station, until acquisition is interrupted by the radio base station The wireless information terminal device is characterized in that duplication of data is eliminated.   The wireless information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the duplicate data signal is a signal for recognizing that the data until the data interruption flag is detected is duplicate data. A wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with a wireless base station that transmits WWW browser data, a control unit that controls various controls of the terminal device, a memory unit that stores various variables and parameters, and data that stores various information data In a wireless communication method by a wireless information terminal device including a storage unit, a display unit for displaying data, and an operation unit for a user to operate the terminal,
A step of adding a data interruption flag to the WWW browser data and storing it in the data storage unit when data communication is disconnected while acquiring WWW browser data accompanied by data end information;
When acquiring browser data again, the control unit detects a data interruption flag from the data storage unit, and returns a duplicate data signal to the radio base station;
A wireless communication method comprising: the wireless base station eliminating a duplicate charge of data until acquisition is interrupted.   The duplicate data signal is a signal that allows the control unit to read data stored in the data storage unit and recognize that the data until the data interruption flag is detected is duplicate data. The wireless communication method according to claim 3.   The control unit includes a step of determining whether a data end signal is received before data interruption before adding the data interruption flag, and when the data end signal is not received, the data interruption flag The wireless communication method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the wireless communication method is added.

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