JP4113109B2 - Service provision system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a service providing system.

  Generally, in a system for providing a communication-related service such as a telephone service, control is performed so as to provide a service only to a user terminal registered in advance. This is to determine service provision conditions such as used line capacity and users to be charged before providing the service.

On the other hand, in the incoming call display method described in Patent Document 1, when an incoming call is received at a non-subscriber's terminal, the incoming call is charged to the calling subscriber, and the incoming call is also received at the non-service subscriber's terminal. Service is provided.
JP-A-6-253010

  However, it is difficult to increase the number of users who use the service only by the above-described method of user terminal pre-registration. On the other hand, in the method described in Patent Document 1, a service can be temporarily provided to a terminal of a service non-subscriber, but continuous service use cannot be promoted.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a service providing system that can easily guide a user to use a service.

The service providing system of the present invention is a service providing system that provides a service only to a user who is registered in advance. The service communication system recommends information related to the service from the first communication terminal and the mail of the second communication terminal that is the destination of the recommended information. Receiving the address information, and storing the recommended information in the information storage means in association with the terminal specifying information for specifying the second communication terminal converted based on the mail address information; the second communication A service that includes recommended information transmitting means for transmitting recommended information to the terminal in an e-mail format, and condition information based on the recommended information and terminal specifying information for specifying the second communication terminal from the second communication terminal. Receiving means for receiving a registration request and determining whether or not the recommended information corresponding to the condition information is stored in the information storage means in association with the terminal identification information; It means by, if the recommendation information is determined to be stored, characterized by comprising registration means performs registration services to serial second communication terminal based on the condition information.
In addition, the service providing system of the present invention includes a determination unit that determines presence / absence of registration information related to the user of the second communication terminal based on the registered information related to the registered user and the terminal identification information received by the receiving unit. A transmission unit that transmits registration promotion information that prompts the second communication terminal to register for a service when the determination unit determines that there is no registration information regarding the user of the second communication terminal; It is preferable to further comprise providing means for providing a service to the second communication terminal when it is determined that there is registration information regarding the user of the second communication terminal .

  In such a service providing system, since the receiving means receives the request information and the terminal specifying information from the communication terminal, it is possible to grasp which user of the communication terminal is going to use the service. In addition, the determination unit determines whether or not there is registration information of the user specified by the received terminal identification information, and the transmission unit transmits registration promotion information when there is no registration information related to the user. Can be registered. Furthermore, since the providing means provides the service to the communication terminal of the user when the registration information regarding the user exists, smooth provision of the service to the registered user is realized.

Preferably, the providing means provides a service to the second communication terminal based on the provision condition information. With such a configuration, setting of service provision conditions regarding registered users can be performed flexibly.

  The registration promotion information is also preferably information that prompts input of registration information to the service providing system. In this case, the number of users can be more reliably increased by prompting unregistered users to input registration information.

  According to the content transmission system of the present invention, since the request information and the terminal identification information are received from the communication terminal, it is possible to grasp which communication terminal user is going to use the service. Further, it is determined whether or not there is registration information of a user specified by the received terminal specifying information, and registration promotion information is transmitted when registration information related to the user does not exist, so that registration of an unregistered user is prompted. it can. Furthermore, since the service is provided to the communication terminal of the user when the registration information related to the user exists, the service can be smoothly provided to the registered user. Therefore, it is possible to provide a service providing system that can easily guide the user to use the service, which is an object of the present invention.

  The knowledge of the present invention can be easily understood by considering the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings shown for illustration only. Subsequently, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Where possible, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  First, the structure of the service provision system which is embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ringback tone transmission system showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the ringback tone transmission system 10 is connected to a communication terminal 201 and a communication terminal 202 via a mobile communication network 30.

  First, the communication terminals 201 and 202 will be described. Communication terminals 201 and 202 are mobile phones having both data communication functions including an electronic mail transmission / reception function and a WEB page access function. Here, as the communication terminals 201 and 202, a portable information terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) having a data communication function and a call function may be used instead of the mobile phone, and a device capable of information communication is widely applicable. It becomes. The communication terminal 201 is a communication terminal used by a user who wants to transmit recommended information (details will be described later) regarding the ring back tone provided by the ring back tone transmission system 10 to the communication terminal 202.

  Subsequently, the ringback tone transmission system 10 will be described. The ring-back tone transmission system 10 is a computer system (or a collection of computer systems) that provides a service for transmitting a ring-back tone to a communication terminal as a transmission source designated by a contractor who is a registered user in advance. . Here, the “ring back tone” refers to a ringing tone that is sent to a communication terminal that is a caller when a voice call is made to a subscriber's communication terminal. As the ringback tone, a sound such as a music piece or an advertisement specified in advance by the contractor is transmitted.

  The ringback tone transmission system 10 includes, as functional components, a recommended information reception unit 101, a recommended information transmission unit 102, a reception unit (reception unit) 103, a determination unit (determination unit) 104, and a transmission unit ( (Transmission means) 105, registration section 106, provision section (provision means) 107, recommended information storage section 111, and registration information storage section 112. Subsequently, each component of the ring back tone transmission system 10 will be described.

  The recommended information receiving unit 101 is a part that receives, from the communication terminal 201, recommended information related to a ringback tone recommended for the user of the communication terminal 202. The recommended information includes information specifying the ring back tone provided by the ring back tone transmission system 10 (information specifying the song title “A” and the artist “X”, respectively), a message related to the information, and the communication terminal 202. And an e-mail address indicating the destination address.

  When the recommended information receiving unit 101 receives the recommended information from the communication terminal 201, the recommended information receiving unit 101 specifies the song name and the song data corresponding to the artist name based on the song name “A” and the artist “X” included in the recommended information. Further, the recommended information receiving unit 101 specifies a URL “HTTP: / XXXXXXX” indicating the storage location of the music data. This URL is appropriately set for each piece of recommended information. Thereafter, the recommended information receiving unit 101 stores the recommended information and URL in the recommended information storage unit 111 and then outputs the recommended information and URL to the recommended information transmission unit 102.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration diagram of data stored in the recommended information storage unit 111 in this way. As shown in FIG. 2, the recommended information storage unit 111 includes a song name “A” and an artist “X”, a destination telephone number “090-XXXX-ZZZ” indicating the destination of the recommended information, and a song data storage URL. “HTTP: / XXXXX” and the recommended information expiration date “2003/9/17” are stored in association with the subscriber terminal telephone number “090-XXXX-YYYY” which is the telephone number of the communication terminal 201. Yes. Here, the destination telephone number “090-XXXX-ZZZ” is converted from the mail address of the communication terminal 202 by the recommended information receiving unit 101.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the recommended information transmitting unit 102 is a part that instructs to transmit a part of the recommended information received by the recommended information receiving unit 101 to the communication terminal that is the destination specified by the recommended information. Specifically, the recommended information transmitting unit 102 transmits a mail transmission request for requesting the mobile communication network 30 to transmit an electronic mail. The mail transmission request includes a URL indicating the storage location of the music data specified based on the recommended information, a message, and the destination address of the communication terminal 202. On the other hand, when a mail transmission request is received by equipment (not shown) such as a mail server in the mobile communication network 30, the URL and message are edited into data in the e-mail format, and then the communication terminal Sent to 202 mail address.

  The receiving unit 103 is a part that receives, from the communication terminal 202, request information for requesting provision of a service related to ringback tone transmission. The request information includes provision condition information including a URL “HTTP: / XXXX” indicating a storage location of music data and a telephone number “090-XXXX-ZZZ” as terminal identification information of the communication terminal 202. The receiving unit 103 refers to the recommended information storage unit 111 based on the URL indicating the storage location of the received music data and the terminal identification information. The receiving unit 103 extracts, from the referenced data, recommended information in which the telephone number of the communication terminal 202 matches the transmission destination telephone number and the URL indicating the storage location of the music data matches. The reception unit 103 outputs the provision condition information and the terminal identification information to the determination unit 104 when corresponding recommendation information exists. On the other hand, if the corresponding recommendation information does not exist, the receiving unit 103 stops the processing after sending an error message to the communication terminal 202.

  The determination unit 104 is a part that determines the presence / absence of registration information related to the user of the communication terminal based on the registration information related to the user registered in the ringback tone transmission system 10 and the terminal identification information received by the reception unit 103. is there. The determination by the determination unit 104 is performed by searching for data stored in the registration information storage unit 112. In the registration information storage unit 112, the song name and artist that specify the ringback tone and the source terminal telephone number that specifies the source terminal that is the destination of the ringback tone specify the communication terminal of the contractor. Stored in association with the contractor terminal phone number.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of a configuration diagram of data stored in the registration information storage unit 112. As shown in FIG. 3, the song name “B” and artist “Y” and the source terminal telephone numbers “090-YYYY-ZZZ1” to “090-YYYY-ZZZZ0” are the telephone numbers of the communication terminal 202. "090-XXXX-ZZZ". When receiving the request information from the communication terminal 202, the determination unit 104 determines the presence or absence of registration information in which the communication terminal 202 is the contractor's communication terminal. Returning to FIG. 1, the determination unit 104 outputs the determination result and the provision condition information and the terminal identification information received by the reception unit 103 to the transmission unit 105 and the registration unit 106.

  The transmission unit 105 is a part that transmits registration promotion information that prompts the communication terminal 202 to register for a service when the determination unit 104 determines that there is no registration information regarding the user of the communication terminal 202. Examples of the registration promotion information include information that prompts the ringback tone transmission system 10 to input registration information, advertisement information that recommends a service, and the like. In addition to the contract terminal phone number, ringback tone identification information, or caller terminal phone number stored in the registration information storage unit 112, “registration information” here requires registration in advance to provide the service. All information is included. As such registration promotion information, link information to a WEB page that accepts input of registration information is more preferably used from the viewpoint of promoting input of registration information to the user.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an output example of link information on the screen of the communication terminal 202. As shown in FIG. 4, a predetermined message and character data G12 including a link function to a WEB page “registration reception page” that accepts input of registration information are displayed on the screen of communication terminal 202. The transmission unit 105 transmits screen data for displaying a screen as shown in FIG. 4 to the communication terminal 202. For the description of the screen data, for example, a content description language such as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or CHTML (Compact Hyper Text Markup Language) is used.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the registration unit 106 registers the provision condition information received by the reception unit 103 as registration information of the communication terminal 202 when the determination unit 104 determines that there is registration information regarding the communication terminal 202. It is. When registering registration information, the registration unit 106 transmits confirmation screen data to make the communication terminal 202 confirm registration.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an output example of confirmation screen data on the screen of the communication terminal 202. As shown in FIG. 5, on the screen of the communication terminal 202, the song name “A” and artist “X” specified by the URL indicating the storage location of the song data included in the provision condition information, a predetermined message, and the user A button G13 for accepting registration confirmation is displayed. The registration unit 106 adds the song title and artist to the confirmation screen data and transmits the confirmation screen data. On the other hand, when registration confirmation is received from the communication terminal 202, the song name and artist are stored in the registration information storage unit 112 in association with the telephone number of the communication terminal 202 which is the contractor terminal telephone number.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a configuration diagram of the data stored in the registration information storage unit 112 in this way. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the song title “A” and the artist “X” are stored in the registration information storage unit 112 in association with the communication terminal specifying information “090-XXXX-ZZZ” regarding the communication terminal 202.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the providing unit 107 is a part that provides a service related to ringback tone transmission to the contractor terminal based on the provision condition information stored in the registration information storage unit 112 by the registration unit 106. More specifically, when the providing unit 107 detects a connection request for a voice call to a specific communication terminal, the providing unit 107 refers to the registration information storage unit 112 so that the registered music is used as a ringback tone. Operates to send to the communication terminal. For example, according to the example of FIG. 6, the music specified by the song name “A” and the artist “X” is used for the communication terminal 202 specified by the contractor terminal telephone number “090-XXXX-ZZZ”. A ringback tone transmission service is provided.

  Next, the operation of the ring back tone transmission system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the ringback tone transmission system 10 according to the present embodiment.

  First, a user who wants to transmit recommended information to the communication terminal 202 inputs predetermined information to the communication terminal 201. FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams illustrating an example of information displayed on the screen of the communication terminal 201 when the predetermined information is input. FIG. 8A is a diagram showing a display example of a screen for letting the user specify music as recommended information, and FIG. 8B is a display example of a screen for letting the user specify the destination of recommended information. FIG.

  First, the communication terminal 201 acquires data related to the music list provided by the ringback tone transmission system 10. Thereafter, the communication terminal 201 designates a music piece to be recommended, such as a music title “A” and an artist “X”. Information about the designated music is displayed on the screen of the communication terminal 201 (see FIG. 8A). On this screen, a button G1 is also displayed in order to confirm the displayed music as recommended information.

  On the other hand, when the user of the communication terminal 201 presses the button G1, a screen as shown in FIG. In the screen shown in FIG. 8B, an input box G2 for inputting a mail address that is a destination address of the recommended information, an input box G3 for inputting a message to be added to the recommended information, and transmission of the recommended information. And a button G4 for confirming. After such a screen is displayed, for example, a mail address “AAAAA@BBBB.ne.jp” and a message of the communication terminal 202 are input by the user. Thereafter, when the user presses the button G4, the recommended information is transmitted to the recommended information receiving unit 101 of the ringback tone transmission system 10 (step S01).

  Then, the recommended information receiving unit 101 of the ring back tone transmission system 10 receives the recommended information, and stores the recommended information and the URL indicating the storage location of the music data in the recommended information storing unit 111 (step S02). Thereafter, the recommended information transmitting unit 102 transmits the music data storage destination URL and the message included in the recommended information to the communication terminal 202 in the e-mail format via the mobile communication network 30 (step S03). As a result, the communication terminal 202 receives an electronic mail including recommended information via a mail server (not shown). FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an output example of a screen when the communication terminal 202 receives recommended information. As shown in FIG. 9, when recommended information is received by the communication terminal 202, a message included in the recommended information and character data G11 incorporating a link function to a URL indicating the storage location of the music data are displayed on the display screen. Is output.

  In response to this, request information (including provision condition information and the telephone number of the communication terminal 202) requesting service provision is transmitted from the communication terminal 202 to the receiving unit 103 (step S04). Thereafter, the receiving unit 103 searches the recommended information stored in the recommended information storage unit 111 based on the URL indicating the storage location of the music data included in the received provision condition information and the telephone number of the communication terminal 202. (Step S05). If the corresponding recommended information exists in the recommended information storage unit 111, the determination unit 104 determines whether there is registration information regarding the communication terminal 202 (step S06).

  If there is no registration information regarding the communication terminal 202 as a result of the determination, the transmission unit 105 transmits screen data including link information to a WEB page that accepts input of registration information to the communication terminal 202 (step). S07). On the other hand, when the character data G12 (see FIG. 4) on the screen is selected by the user of the communication terminal 202, the communication terminal 202 transmits an acquisition request for the WEB page (step S08). In response to this acquisition request, information for displaying the WEB page is transmitted from the ringback tone transmission system 10. The WEB page is displayed on the communication terminal 202 (step S09).

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination, if there is registration information related to the communication terminal 202, the registration unit 106 transmits screen data related to a confirmation screen (see FIG. 5) that prompts the communication terminal 202 to register provision condition information. (Step S10). On the other hand, when the user presses the button G13, a registration confirmation is transmitted from the communication terminal 202 (step S11). Then, the registration unit 106 stores the music specified by the recommended information as provision condition information in the registration information storage unit 112 in association with the telephone number of the communication terminal 202 (step S12). As described above, the ringback tone is transmitted based on the stored provision condition information.

  Hereinafter, the operation and effect of the ringback tone transmission system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. According to the ring back tone transmission system 10 configured as described above, the receiving unit 103 receives the request information and the terminal identification information from the communication terminal 202, so which communication terminal user is going to use the service. Can be grasped. In addition, the determination unit 104 determines the presence or absence of registration information of the user specified by the received terminal identification information, and the transmission unit 105 transmits registration promotion information when there is no registration information regarding the user. Registration of unregistered users can be prompted. Furthermore, since the providing unit 107 provides a service to the communication terminal 202 of the user when there is registration information regarding the user, the service can be smoothly provided to the registered user. As a result, a service providing system that can easily guide the user to use the service can be provided.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ringback tone transmission system showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of the block diagram of the data stored in the recommendation information storage part of FIG. It is an example of the block diagram of the data stored in the registration information storage part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the output example of the link information in the screen of a communication terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of an output of the confirmation screen data in the screen of a communication terminal. It is an example of the block diagram of the data stored in the registration information storage part by the registration part. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the ring back tone transmission system concerning this embodiment. FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an output example of a screen for allowing the user to specify music as recommended information, and FIG. 8B is an output example of a screen for allowing the user to specify the destination of the recommended information. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of an output of the screen when a communication terminal receives recommendation information.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Ring back tone transmission system 101 ... Recommended information receiving part 102 ... Recommended information transmitting part 103 ... Receiving part 104 ... Determination part 105 ... Transmitting part 106 ... Registration part 107 ... Providing part 111 ... Recommended Information storage unit 112 ... Registration information storage unit 201, 202 ... Communication terminal, 30 ... Mobile communication network.

Claims (4)

A service providing system that provides services only to pre-registered users,
The recommended information related to the service and the mail address information of the second communication terminal that is the destination of the recommended information are received from the first communication terminal, and the recommended information is converted based on the mail address information. Recommended information receiving means for storing in the information storage means in association with terminal specifying information for specifying the two communication terminals;
Recommended information transmitting means for transmitting the recommended information in an e-mail format to the second communication terminal;
The service registration request including condition information based on the recommended information and terminal specifying information for specifying the second communication terminal is received from the second communication terminal, and recommended information corresponding to the condition information is received. Receiving means for determining whether or not the information is stored in the information storage means in association with the terminal specifying information;
Registration means for performing registration of the service for the second communication terminal based on the condition information when the receiving means determines that the recommended information is stored;
A service providing system comprising: Determination means for determining presence / absence of registration information related to a user of the second communication terminal based on registration information related to a registered user and the terminal specifying information received by the receiving means;
When said determination means determines that no registration information is present about the user of the second communication terminal, transmitting means for transmitting a registration promotion information prompting registration to the service to the second communication terminal,
When said determination means determines that the registration information is present about the user of the second communication terminal, and providing means for providing the service to the second communication terminal,
The service providing system according to claim 1, further comprising: The providing means provides the service to the second communication terminal based on the condition information;
The service providing system according to claim 2 . The service provision system according to claim 2 or 3 , wherein the registration promotion information is information prompting the registration of the registration information to the service provision system.

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