JP3944332B2 - Information communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information communication terminal apparatus, and more particularly to an information communication terminal apparatus that has improved the way of displaying information received via a wireless communication line or the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, with the advancement of technology in the information communication field, not only a voice call via a public telephone line network but also a user who communicates, for example, text and image information has increased rapidly. In addition, as the number of users who use wireless communication such as mobile phones increases, there is a sign of a change in applications in which voice calls account for the majority of wireless communication. In particular, even in a mobile wireless communication environment, there is a demand for receiving the same service as a fixed personal computer used indoors. Various services corresponding to this have been proposed. For example, the simplest text-based mail function and the location information service utilizing the characteristic of moving are examples.
[0003]
In these services, generally, a protocol group called TCP / IP / HTTP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol / Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) is used for the exchange of information. That is, information is transmitted and received by transmitting a script as an application description language on this protocol. HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is widely used as the application description language.
[0004]
The contents of this HTML are as shown in FIG. 8, and as can be seen from the name of transcending text, link destination information using a hypertext structure can be used in addition to the information itself. The information (file) itself may be referred to as a link destination. Therefore, the information source is not fixed to one server.
[0005]
A user who wants such information may access the server using the protocol. Normally, a user performs an operation for obtaining information using an application called a browser. An HTML script is transmitted from the server. Generally, a browser interprets this HTML script, opens information on the browser, and displays it on the display. Such a server is generally called a web server, a www server, or the like, and the entire service is generically called a web service, a www service, or the like.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The web service as described above has a mechanism in which a user requests information he / she wants to receive and is provided with the information. For example, information that is always being broadcast (broadcast), such as broadcasting, can be obtained. It lacks a mechanism that allows it to be acquired. As described above, the web service specifies the information that the user wants, sends the request to the server, and takes the procedure that the server sends back the information requested by the user.
[0007]
On the other hand, there is a push service in which provision of necessary information on a regular basis is reserved in advance and the provision of necessary information is periodically received. However, this push service requires a process in which a user makes a request once and registers a periodic provision of the service in the server in advance. In other words, information is transmitted only when there is some action from the user.
[0008]
In this way, there is now a mechanism in which information providers such as telecommunications carriers, content producers and server installers send information to an unspecified number of users, and a mechanism in which users receive and display the information. However, it does not exist. An HTML script has one screen (one browser) per script. Although it is possible to display a single screen as if it were virtually divided into a plurality of windows using the frame technique, this is also in accordance with instructions written on one script.
[0009]
That is, a mechanism for displaying information not intended by the user and information intended by the user as described above, that is, two or more HTML scripts that are independent of each other (cannot be easily searched by following a link) on one screen. There is no. Therefore, in order to display two pieces of information on one screen at the same time, start two browsers and then divide the screen in half, and arrange multiple browser windows on one screen. There was a problem of requiring user work.
[0010]
It is also normal to exchange information between upper layers such as the session layer and application layer and lower layers such as the physical layer and data link layer, and to perform control in each layer based on that information. Is not done very much. For example, it is performed only in a very simple case, such as when a line (physical layer) is physically disconnected. If the information can be exchanged between the upper layer and the lower layer in this way, the user can receive more convenient and diverse services. There is no exchange of information.
[0011]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and even when a plurality of pieces of information are provided by different information providers, a plurality of display areas are provided on one screen on the terminal side. By setting and displaying a plurality of pieces of information provided for each area, a plurality of pieces of information can be displayed on one screen at the same time without depending on the instructions on the script. An object of the present invention is to provide an information communication terminal device that can exchange information between lower layers.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, an information communication terminal device according to the basic configuration of the present invention transmits a request for providing information to a plurality of information servers via a communication line, and receives a plurality of types of information from the plurality of information servers. A transmission / reception means for receiving information, an information identification means for identifying the types of the plurality of information received by the transmission / reception means, a display mode for analyzing the information and including at least one markup language included in the information An analysis unit for extracting a command; and an information display unit for displaying the information based on the display mode command extracted by the analysis unit, wherein there is a plurality of pieces of information received via the communication line, and the analysis When the display mode instruction of each information extracted by the means instructs to display one information on one whole display screen, the information display means includes one information display means. Assigning to each of the divided display screen into a plurality of regions divided individual information region, and displays the plurality of information on a single screen, the analyzing means is configured to analyze the information, this information And a function for detecting a server specific identifier predetermined for specifying the information server, and the server specific identifier extracted by the analyzing means is an identifier of a predetermined information server, Information on a predetermined slot determined in advance from the communication line is received by the transmission / reception means, and the server identification identifier further includes information designating a display area of the information on the predetermined slot, and the information display The means displays the information of the predetermined slot received by the transmission / reception means based on information designating the display area .
[0013]
Further, in the information communication terminal apparatus according to the above Kimoto this configuration, the information display means, a plurality of information said transmitting and receiving means is to be displayed on the information display means when it receives simultaneously from the plurality of information Regardless of the extracted display mode command, the plurality of pieces of information may be assigned to divided areas in one display screen, and the plurality of pieces of information may be displayed on one screen.
[0014]
Further, in the information communication terminal apparatus according to the above Kimoto this configuration, the information identification means may be configured to distinguish using the header information of the communication protocol to identify the type of the information.
[0015]
Furthermore, in the information communication terminal apparatus according to the above basic structure, further comprising a screen division instruction table having information for dividing one display screen by the information display means displays a plurality of regions, through said communication line If there is a plurality of pieces of information received, and the display mode instruction of each information extracted by the analysis means instructs to display one information on one whole display screen, the information display means Dividing one display screen into a plurality of areas and assigning each piece of information to each of the divided areas to display a plurality of information on one screen, or any one of the plurality of information whether to display only, determined on the basis of information of the screen division instruction table, it may be displayed.
[0018]
Furthermore, in the information communication terminal device according to the basic configuration, the information display means transmits the information provision request by itself and does not receive information based on the request. receives the information of the predetermined slot of the communication line, shows a table information received in the slot, the information based on the request along with the information communication terminal apparatus transmits its own request of providing the information If you are received, the information itself may to display so.
[0019]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of an information communication terminal device according to the invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 3 are a block diagram and a schematic front view respectively showing a system configuration and a system operation example of the information communication terminal device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
[0020]
The information communication terminal device according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a portable wireless terminal 1 as a terminal device, a communication path 6 such as a wireless line, and the portable wireless terminal 1 via the communication path 6. First and second information servers 7 and 8 that provide information are provided. The portable wireless terminal 1 transmits / receives a request for providing desired information to the first and second information servers 7 and 8 via the communication path 6 and receives information from the servers 7 and 8. As an information identification unit 3 as information identification means for identifying the type of information received by the transmission / reception unit 2, and information for translating a display mode command of information added to the information from the information A translation unit 4 and an information display unit 5 as information display means for displaying the information in accordance with the display mode command translated by the information translation unit 4 are provided. The information translation unit 4 functions as an analysis unit that analyzes the information and extracts a display mode instruction included in the information.
[0021]
When there is a plurality of pieces of information received via the communication path 6, the information translation unit 4 instructs each information display mode instruction to display one piece of information on one whole display screen. However, the information display unit 5 is controlled so that one display screen is divided into a plurality of areas, and individual information is allocated to each of the divided areas, and a plurality of information is displayed on one screen. .
[0022]
Next, the operation of the information communication terminal according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, the wireless terminal 1 is receiving information A from the first information server 7 in accordance with a user request. On the other hand, the transmitter / receiver 2 can also receive the information B from the second information server 8, and the transmitter / receiver 2 is informed that the information identification unit 3 can receive the information B. When the information identifying unit 3 decides to display both the information A and the information B on the information display unit 5, the information identifying unit 3 receives the information B in addition to the information A so far, and the information translating unit 4 Is instructed to simultaneously display the information A and the information B on the screen. At this time, the information identification unit 3 may use the header information of the communication protocol for the identification method of the information A and the information B. The information translation unit 4 interprets the contents of the information A and the information B received by the transmission / reception unit 2.
[0023]
And the information translation part 4 confirms the size of the display areas 41 and 42 of the information A and the information B. In this case, the information A in FIG. 3A uses almost all the horizontal direction of the screen, and the vertical direction uses about 1/3, and the information B in FIG. 3B has a large amount of information. Understand that the vertical direction is not enough on one screen, but contains text that requires all the horizontal direction of the screen. Therefore, the information translating unit 4 normally divides one screen vertically into three equal parts, and determines that the information A is used for the upper one area and the information B is used for the lower two areas. Both pieces of information are displayed on the screen as shown in FIG.
[0024]
With the above operation, it is possible to eliminate the conventional troublesome work that the user has to perform, such as dividing one display screen into several areas using a window, and automatically. Therefore, it is possible to display on the same screen, and the convenience for the user is enhanced. In addition, since the information identification unit 3 uses the header information of the communication protocol as the information identification method, it is not necessary to add additional information, which leads to the efficiency of the communication path.
[0025]
Next, an information communication terminal apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The information communication terminal device according to the second embodiment is different from the device of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that a screen division instruction table 9 is provided inside the wireless portable terminal 1. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the wireless portable terminal 1 includes a screen division instruction table 9 that outputs a screen division instruction to the information identification unit 3 as information identification means.
[0026]
The transmission / reception unit 2 as the transmission / reception means of the wireless terminal 1 is receiving information A from the first information server 7 in accordance with a user request. On the other hand, the transmission / reception unit 2 informs the transmission / reception unit 2 that the transmission / reception unit 2 can simultaneously receive the information B from the second information server 8. The information identification unit 3 refers to the screen division instruction table 9. The screen division instruction table 9 includes screen division instruction information on whether or not to receive and display information B from the second information server based on a contract between the user and the communication carrier.
[0027]
The screen division instruction information in the screen division instruction table 9 may be input to the screen division instruction table in advance depending on the contract form. If necessary, the screen division instruction information may be instructed to the screen division instruction server in the network. Information may be requested.
[0028]
When the information identification unit 5 is instructed to display the information B from the second information server 8 by understanding the screen division instruction information in the screen division instruction table 9, the information identification unit 5 receives two pieces of information. It is decided to display on one screen, and when the information from the information B is not necessarily shown to be displayed, it is decided to display any one of the information.
[0029]
Instructions for instructing the transmitter / receiver 2 to receive the information B in addition to the information A so far and to display the information A and the information B on the screen at the same time to the information translator 4 as the analyzing means Tell. When displaying either the information A or the information B on the screen, the information translation unit 4 that has received the information A and the information B via the transmission / reception unit 2 analyzes the contents of the information A and the information B, and Information that should be individually displayed on one screen as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B is displayed on one screen in a state where both pieces of information are arranged as shown in FIG.
[0030]
When displaying either the information A or the information B on the screen, for example, when displaying only the information A on the screen, the information translating unit 4 that has received the information A via the transmitting / receiving unit 2 The screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 on one screen as before. With the above operation, the contract form of the user and the communication carrier and the user's request can be incorporated, so that it is possible to provide and enjoy services with finer grain.
[0031]
Next, an information communication terminal device according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 5, the information communication terminal device according to the third embodiment provides a portable wireless terminal 11, a communication path 16 as a wireless communication line, a first information server 17 that provides information A, and information B. A second information server 18. The portable wireless terminal 11 analyzes the received information, and the transmission / reception unit 12 as a transmission / reception means for communicating with the first and second information servers 17 and 18 via the communication path 16 to transmit / receive information. An information translation unit 14 as an analysis unit that detects a server specific identifier included in this information, and an information display unit 15 as an information display unit that displays information translated and extracted by the information translation unit 14 on one screen. And.
[0032]
FIG. 6 shows a radio frame for explaining an operation example of the system corresponding to the information communication terminal apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention. One frame in the wireless section is composed of a plurality of slots. The plurality of slots are used for each piece of information. The number of slots per piece of information is one or more, and a plurality of slots can be used together.
[0033]
As shown in FIG. 6, information A is transmitted and received using two of the third slot and the fourth slot, and information B is transmitted and received using three of the sixth to eighth slots. That is, the state in which the information A is received is nothing other than receiving information transmitted from the third and fourth slots of the radio frame. As described above, the predetermined information is assigned to the predetermined slot, the predetermined information is displayed in the predetermined area of the information display means, and the information of the predetermined slot received by the transmission / reception means is indicated by the server specific identifier. By analyzing the information specifying the information display area to be included, the information display means can display specific information in the specific display area.
[0034]
Next, the operation of the information communication terminal according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The wireless terminal 11 receives information A from the first information server 17 via a communication path 16 as a communication line. This means that the third and fourth slots are being received. On the other hand, the transmission / reception unit 12 of the wireless terminal 11 is in a state where it can receive the information B transmitted from the second information server 18 via the communication path 16. This means that the sixth to eighth slots can be received.
[0035]
At this time, the wireless terminal 11 receives the information A via the transmission / reception unit 12 and transmits it to the information translation unit 14 as an analysis unit. When the information translation unit 14 finds a predetermined server identifier in the process of translating the information A, the information translation unit 14 notifies the transmission / reception unit 12 and transmits the translated information to the information display unit 15.
[0036]
On the other hand, the transmission / reception unit 12 receives the sixth to eighth slots in which the information B transmitted from the second information server 18 can be received. Information B obtained by receiving the sixth to eighth slots is transmitted to the information translation unit 14 through the transmission / reception unit 12 of the terminal 11. The information translation unit 14 identifies that the information B is information corresponding to the predetermined server identifier, and displays the information B on the information display unit 15 corresponding to the predetermined server identifier in the information A. Display in position.
[0037]
With the above processing operation, the broadcast information can be transmitted and received with a predetermined server identifier, so that the broadcast information can be handled more easily. A plurality of information communication terminal devices according to the third embodiment can be obtained by using a predetermined server identifier even if the information identification unit 3 is not provided as in the terminal devices according to the first and second embodiments. The information from the information server can be divided and displayed at the same time.
[0038]
Next, an information communication terminal device according to a fourth embodiment related to the fourth basic configuration of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7, the terminal device according to the fourth embodiment includes a portable wireless terminal 21, a communication path 26 as, for example, a wireless communication line, a first information server 27 that transmits information A, and a first device that transmits information B. 2 information servers 28. The terminal 21 in the fourth embodiment is received by the transmission / reception unit 22 as a transmission / reception unit that transmits and receives information to and from the first and second information servers 27 and 28 via the communication path 26, and the transmission / reception unit 22. Information control unit 23 that controls display of information by selecting the selected information, and information that interprets and outputs the content of the information received by the transmission / reception unit 22 based on the control of the information control unit 23 A translation unit 24 and an information display unit 25 as information display means for displaying each of a plurality of pieces of information sent from the information translation unit 24 in a predetermined area of one screen are provided.
[0039]
The operation of the information communication terminal according to the fourth embodiment will be described. First, the transmission / reception unit 22 of the wireless terminal 21 transmits a request signal to the first information server 27 to receive provision of information A via a communication path 26 as a communication line. On the other hand, the wireless terminal 21 can receive the information B transmitted from the second information server 28 to the communication line 26 via the communication path 26 and the transmitting / receiving unit 22.
[0040]
At this time, when it is confirmed that the information A from the first information server 27 has not been received yet, the information control unit 23 instructs the transmission / reception unit 22 to receive the information B. Based on this instruction from the information control unit 23, the transmission / reception unit 22 receives the information B supplied from the second information server 28 and transfers it to the information translation unit 24. The information translation unit 24 displays the information B as an information display. The information display unit 25 displays the information B on one screen within a continuous display time within the continuous display time.
[0041]
Next, when the first information server 27 transmits the information A in response to the information provision request signal, the information control unit 23 instructs the transmission / reception unit 22 to stop receiving the information B. The information translation unit 24 receives the information A by the transmission / reception unit 22 and transfers the information A to the information display unit 25. The information display unit 25 switches the display content from the display of the information B displayed at that time to the display of the information A in order to display the information A for which the user has made a provision request.
[0042]
With the above operation, the user waits for the user by displaying another information by using the waiting time from when a request is made for the information A that the user is requesting to the actual provision. Can be used effectively, and the time for the user to view specific information can be lengthened. For example, when the information B is a so-called commercial message, the user does not wait for the time until the information A he / she wants to provide is provided via the communication path 26 while looking at a monotonous screen. It becomes possible to wait while acquiring product information and the contents of a new information providing service. By combining a billing system with such an information provision form, it is possible to construct an information provision system in which the provider of information B bears some percent of the fee for distributing paid information A. The effectiveness in the field of the providing industry will be greatly improved.
[0043]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, the information communication terminal device according to the present invention receives information that the user wants to provide from the server and information that the user does not particularly want as a plurality of information while receiving them as independent information. By making it possible to display information on a single screen or at substantially the same time using a predetermined time interval, the convenience of the user is improved, and the user, communication carrier, content producer, advertising agency, It becomes possible to expand the options for the implementation of various services and the implementation of contracts among the advertising orderers.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information communication terminal device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view for explaining the operation of the information communication terminal device according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing display areas for (a) information A and (b) information B in the information communication terminal device according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information communication terminal device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information communication terminal device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a time chart showing the configuration of an information frame in order to explain the operation of the information communication terminal device according to the third embodiment and the fourth embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information communication terminal device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a general HTML script.
[Explanation of symbols]
1,11,21 Information communication terminal device (portable wireless terminal)
2, 12, 22 Transmission / reception unit 3 Information identification unit 4, 14, 24 Information translation unit 5, 15, 25 Information display unit 6, 16, 26 Communication path (wireless communication line)
7, 17, 27 First information server (information A)
8, 18, 28 Second information server (information B)
23 Information Control Unit

Claims (5)

Transmission / reception means for transmitting a request for providing information to a plurality of information servers via a communication line and receiving a plurality of types of information from the plurality of information servers, and types of the plurality of information received by the transmission / reception means An information identifying means for identifying the information, an analyzing means for analyzing the information and extracting a display mode instruction including at least one of the markup languages included in the information, and the display mode instruction extracted by the analyzing means And information display means for displaying the information based on
When there are a plurality of pieces of information received via the communication line and the display mode instruction for each piece of information extracted by the analyzing unit instructs to display one piece of information on one whole display screen, the information The display means divides one display screen into a plurality of areas, assigns individual information to each of the divided areas, displays a plurality of information on one screen ,
The analysis unit analyzes the information and has a function of detecting a server identification identifier that is included in the information and is predetermined to identify the information server, and is extracted by the analysis unit. When the specific identifier is an identifier of a predetermined information server, information on a predetermined slot determined in advance from the communication line is received by the transmission / reception means, and the server specific identifier is information on the predetermined slot The information communication terminal further includes information specifying the display area, and the information display means displays the information of the predetermined slot received by the transmission / reception means based on the information specifying the display area. apparatus.   When the transmission / reception unit simultaneously receives a plurality of pieces of information to be displayed on the information display unit, the information display unit sets the plurality of pieces of information to 1 regardless of the display mode command extracted from the plurality of pieces of information. 2. The information communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of pieces of information are displayed on one screen by being assigned to each divided area in one display screen.   2. The information communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information identification means distinguishes using the header information of a communication protocol in order to specify the type of the information. A screen division instruction table having information for dividing one display screen displayed by the information display means into a plurality of areas;
When there are a plurality of pieces of information received via the communication line and each information display mode instruction extracted by the analyzing means instructs to display one piece of information on one whole display screen, The information display means divides one display screen into a plurality of areas and assigns each piece of information to each of the divided areas to display a plurality of information on one screen, or among the plurality of information The information communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein only one of the pieces of information is displayed is determined based on information in the screen division instruction table and displayed. The information display means transmits information on a predetermined slot of the communication line when the information communication terminal device transmits the information provision request by itself and does not receive information based on the request. Receives and displays the information received in the slot, and displays the information itself when the information communication terminal device transmits the information provision request itself and receives information based on the request. The information communication terminal device according to claim 1.

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