JP4361554B2 - Mobile terminal device and memory management method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal device compatible with video / data broadcasting for portable terminals, so-called one-segment broadcasting, and a memory management method in the portable terminal device.

In recent years, techniques for distributing advertisement information from broadcast media to mobile terminals have been developed. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an advertisement information providing system that provides “push-type” advertisement information using broadcast media to a traveling vehicle that is a portable terminal.
JP 2002-215639 A

  Recently, video / data broadcasting for mobile terminals, so-called one-segment broadcasting, has been started, and video and data are transmitted from broadcast media. And the portable terminal corresponding to this one-segment broadcasting has been developed. In such a one-segment broadcasting-compatible mobile terminal, the memory capacity is limited, so if advertising information is distributed in a push-type manner from a broadcast-type media as described above, the memory becomes full immediately. Therefore, there is a possibility that new information cannot be obtained and it is difficult to acquire information desired by the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and even if advertisement information is distributed in a push-type manner from a broadcast-type media, a mobile phone capable of acquiring information desired by a user without losing due to the memory capacity being exceeded. It is an object to provide a terminal device and a memory management method.

The mobile terminal device of the present invention stores communication control means for receiving broadcast data broadcast from a broadcasting station, and first data having a function of displaying advertisement information, which is data used by the non-contact IC card function. When the first data is taken in by a user operation, it is stored directly in the advertisement information storage memory, and is stored in the advertisement information storage memory in the past and used via the non-contact IC card function. When the storage means storing the usage history of the first data with a record and the communication control means receive the broadcast data including the first data, the first data included in the broadcast data is stored. A broadcast memory in which data is temporarily stored, and a usage history stored in the storage means among the first data stored in the broadcast memory. The first data with use proven removed from the broadcast memory, characterized by comprising, management means for storing in said advertisement information storing memory.

According to this configuration, the management means allows the first data with the user's usage history to be moved from the broadcast memory to the advertisement information memory, and the first data without the user's usage history. Management to delete from the broadcast memory. For this reason, about the 1st data contained in the broadcast data broadcast from a broadcasting station, what a user is interested can be efficiently stored in a portable terminal. As a result, even if the advertisement information is distributed from the broadcast-type media in the push type, the information desired by the user can be acquired without losing due to the memory capacity being exceeded.

In the portable terminal device of the present invention, the first data includes main body data or simple data for acquiring the main body data, and the usage history stored in the storage means has acquired the main body data. Information indicating whether or not the first data included in the broadcast data received by the communication control means is simple data, the first data is used from the usage history. When it is confirmed that the main body data is acquired although there is no record, the first data consisting of simple data is held in the broadcast memory, and when the application for main body data acquisition is started, accesses the server via the communication network by using the simplified data stored in the broadcast memory, is preferable to download the main data stored in said advertising information storage memory .

In the portable terminal device of the present invention, the storage means manages the category of the first data , and the management means, when the first data belongs to a category not selected by the user, This first data is preferably deleted from the broadcast memory.

A memory management method for a mobile terminal device according to the present invention includes a step of receiving broadcast data broadcast from a broadcasting station by a mobile terminal device and a function of displaying advertisement information that is data used by a non-contact IC card function. If the data of 1 is taken in by a user operation, the data is directly stored in the advertisement information storage memory of the mobile terminal device, and stored in the advertisement information storage memory in the past, via the contactless IC card function And storing the use history of the first data with a track record used in the portable terminal device, and when the broadcast data including the first data is received by the portable terminal device, the broadcast data includes the first data. Temporarily storing the received first data in the broadcast memory of the portable terminal device; and the first data stored in the broadcast memory. A step of referring to a use history stored in the storage means and extracting first data that has been used in the past from the broadcast memory and storing the first data in the advertisement information storage memory. characterized in that it.

According to this method, the first data with the user's usage history can be moved from the broadcasting memory to the advertisement information memory, and the first data without the user's usage history can be moved from the broadcasting memory. Manage to delete. For this reason, about the 1st data contained in the broadcast data for portable terminals broadcast from a broadcasting station, what a user is interested in can be efficiently stored in a portable terminal. As a result, even if the advertisement information is distributed from the broadcast-type media in the push type, the information desired by the user can be acquired without losing due to the memory capacity being exceeded.

In the memory management method for a portable terminal device according to the present invention, the first data includes main data or simple data for acquiring the main data, and the first data included in the received broadcast data is simple data. If there is a record of the first data from the usage history but the main body data has been acquired, the first data consisting of simple data is stored in the broadcast memory. When the application for acquiring the main body data is started, the server is accessed via the communication network using the simplified data held in the broadcasting memory, and the main body data is downloaded and stored in the advertisement information storage memory. It is preferable to do.

In the memory management method for a mobile terminal device according to the present invention, it is preferable that when the first data belongs to a category not selected by the user, the first data is deleted from the broadcast memory.

According to the mobile terminal device of the present invention, the communication control means for receiving broadcast data broadcast from a broadcasting station, and the first data having a function of displaying advertisement information, which is data used by the non-contact IC card function. Stored and stored in the advertisement information storage memory that is directly stored when the first data is taken in by a user operation, and stored in the advertisement information storage memory in the past and used via the non-contact IC card function Storage means for storing the usage history of the first data that has been recorded, and when the communication control means receives the broadcast data including the first data, the first data included in the broadcast data. With reference to a use history stored in the storage means among the broadcast memory in which the data of 1 is temporarily stored and the first data stored in the broadcast memory, Since the first data with utilization results in removed by comprising a management means for storing in said advertisement information storing memory is taken out from the broadcast memory, as the advertisement information from the broadcast media is delivered push However, the information desired by the user can be acquired without losing the memory capacity.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, a case where the non-contact IC card function advertisement information is ToruCa (registered trademark) data will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration for explaining a memory management method using a portable terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system shown in FIG. 1 includes mobile terminals 1A and 1B, a mobile communication center 3 connected to the mobile terminals 1A and 1B via a mobile communication network 2, a mobile communication center 3 and a network such as the Internet 4. Broadcast data from the broadcasting company 8 and the settlement company 6 and the ToruCa content server 7 connected to each other, the store side terminal 5 having the reader / writer (R / W) 51 that performs non-contact communication with the portable terminals 1A and 1B, and the broadcasting company 8. The broadcasting station 9 is mainly composed.

  The mobile terminals 1 </ b> A and 1 </ b> B can transmit and receive information to and from the ToruCa content server 7 via the mobile communication network 2 and the Internet 4. The mobile terminals 1 </ b> A and 1 </ b> B are terminals compatible with a video / data broadcasting service (one-seg service) for portable terminals, and can receive data for one-seg broadcasting broadcast from the broadcasting station 9. Further, the mobile terminals 1A and 1B can perform non-contact communication with the R / W 51 of the store side terminal 5. Further, the mobile terminals 1A and 1B can perform short-range communication such as infrared communication, Bluetooth communication, and optical communication between them.

  The mobile terminals 1A and 1B have an operating system (mobile device OS), and a browser function, a viewer function, a JAM (Java (registered trademark) Application Manager) and other functions operate on the mobile device OS.

  The mobile communication network 2 is a network between the mobile terminal 1 and the mobile communication center 3. The mobile communication network 2 includes a mobile packet communication network in addition to a normal mobile communication network. The mobile communication network center 3 has, for example, an i-mode (registered trademark) server and the like and has a gateway function for connecting the mobile communication network 2 and the Internet 4. Specifically, the mobile communication network center 3 includes an information distribution function, a mail transmission / reception function, It has a mail storage function, a contract customer management function, an information provider management function, and an information fee billing function. The network includes the Internet 4 and other networks such as LAN and WAN.

  The store-side terminal 5 performs a settlement process with the settlement company 6 when non-contact communication is performed between the R / W 51 and the mobile terminals 1A and 1B and used in the store. In addition, the ToruCa content server 7 activates the ToruCa application with the mobile terminals 1A and 1B, and distributes ToruCa data to the mobile terminals 1A and 1B. The broadcasting company 8 sends one-segment broadcasting data to be broadcast to the mobile terminals 1A and 1B to the broadcasting station 9.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the mobile terminals 1A and 1B shown in FIG. Note that the configuration shown in FIG. 2 is simplified for the purpose of describing the present invention, and is assumed to include components mounted on a normal mobile terminal.

  The mobile terminals 1 </ b> A and 1 </ b> B communicate with the control unit 11 that controls the entire apparatus and the ToruCa content server 7 via the mobile communication center 3, and receive communication of one-segment broadcasting data from the broadcasting station 9. Between the unit 12, the display unit 13 that displays various data and information, the application control unit 14 that activates various applications that are installed in the device or downloaded, and the R / W 51 of the store-side terminal 5. The non-contact communication unit 15 that performs non-contact communication, the short-range communication unit 16 that performs short-range communication with the mobile terminals 1A and 1B and the computer, and the ToruCa data are stored in the broadcast memory 18, and based on the usage history of ToruCa The management unit 17 stored in the ToruCa memory 19 and the history storage unit 20 for storing ToruCa usage history are mainly configured.

  The communication control unit 12 receives the one seg broadcast data from the broadcast station 9 when the one seg broadcast application is activated. In addition, the communication control unit 12 communicates with other portable terminals via the mobile communication center 3 and communicates with the ToruCa content server 7 and other servers and computers via the mobile communication center 3 and the Internet 4. Communicate with. In this specification, it is assumed that the communication includes broadcasting, and the communication control unit 12 performs reception of broadcast data from a broadcasting station and transmission / reception of data in wireless communication. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, a processing unit that receives broadcast data and a processing unit that transmits and receives wireless communication data may be provided individually.

  The application control unit 14 activates a one-seg broadcasting application, a memory management application, a FeliCa (registered trademark) application, or a ToruCa application that is installed or downloaded in the apparatus. The one-segment broadcasting application is a BML (Broadcast Markup Language) browser, and is an application that interprets the BML language of the one-segment broadcasting data and displays it on the display unit 13. The memory management application is an application that stores ToruCa in the broadcast memory 18 and performs management for storing in the ToruCa memory 19 based on the usage history of ToruCa. The FeliCa application is an application for registering or deleting a service with respect to the FeliCa chip of the contactless communication unit 15 to be described later, an application for reading and writing values and history from the FeliCa chip, and the portable terminals 1A and 1B over the R / W 51. It is an application that starts up directly for communication. The ToruCa application is an application that starts when acquiring ToruCa data and stores the acquired ToruCa data in the ToruCa memory 19.

  The non-contact communication unit 15 has a non-contact communication function, for example, a FeliCa function, has a FeliCa chip and an antenna, and reads / writes information by holding it over the R / W 51 of the store side terminal 5. That is, when the non-contact communication unit 15 is held over the portable terminals 1A and 1B, the FeliCa application is activated, information is written to a specific area of the FeliCa chip, and information is read from the specific area.

  The short-range communication unit 16 is equipped with an interface for performing infrared communication, Bluetooth communication, and optical communication. Thereby, data and information can be transmitted and received between the short-range communication unit 16 of the mobile terminal 1A and the short-range communication unit 16 of the mobile terminal 1B by infrared communication, Bluetooth communication, and optical communication.

  The management unit 17 activates the memory management application, stores the ToruCa data in the broadcast memory 18, and stores it in the ToruCa memory 19 based on the ToruCa usage history. That is, the management unit 17 manages whether the ToruCa data is stored in the broadcast memory 18 or the ToruCa memory 19 by referring to the management table of the history storage unit 20.

  The broadcast memory 18 temporarily stores ToruCa data included in the one-segment broadcast data when the one-segment broadcast data broadcast from the broadcast station 9 is received. The ToruCa data stored in the broadcasting memory 18 is moved to the ToruCa memory 19 according to the usage history of ToruCa, held in the broadcasting memory 18 or deleted. The ToruCa memory 19 stores ToruCa data moved from the broadcasting memory 18 by the moving process of the management unit 17. In addition, the ToruCa memory 19 stores ToruCa data received directly from the R / W 51 of the store side terminal 5 and ToruCa data acquired via the mobile communication network 2 and the Internet 4.

  The ToruCa data includes simple data (snip data) and data containing more detailed information than the simple data. Considering the memory capacity of the mobile terminals 1A and 1B, simple data is used for the ToruCa data included in the one-segment broadcasting data from the broadcasting station 9 or the ToruCa data acquired from the R / W 51 of the store side terminal 5. Since the simple data includes the address information (URL) of the corresponding main data of the ToruCa content server 7, the user obtains the simple data and then accesses the URL included in the simple data to obtain the main data. Data can be downloaded.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the history storage unit 20 manages the usage history of ToruCa and the category of ToruCa. FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a management table of ToruCa categories, in which categories and user selections are managed for ToruCa distributed as one-segment broadcasting data. That is, the category in which the user is interested is selected. This category selection may be performed by user input, and the management unit 17 automatically refers to the ToruCa ID of the ToruCa that acquired the main body data or the ToruCa used in the store, and automatically selects the ToruCa category acquired or used in the store You may make it choose. FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a management table showing the usage history (acquisition, usage) of ToruCa, and whether or not main body data has been acquired for each ToruCa stored in the ToruCa memory 19, It is managed whether it was used in the store. The ToruCa ID includes information that can identify ToruCa data, and includes category (genre) information (target user attributes (age, gender, residence, etc.)) as shown in FIG. Shall be. Therefore, the individual ToruCa and the category of ToruCa can be identified by the ToruCa ID. In addition, the usage history of ToruCa includes not only ToruCa received by one-segment broadcasting but also ToruCa acquired from the store-side terminal 5.

  When the management unit 17 stores the ToruCa data in the broadcasting memory 18 and stores it in the ToruCa memory 19 based on the usage history of ToruCa, first, the ToruCa data (simple data) stored in the broadcasting memory 18 is stored. ), The management table (FIG. 3B) of the history storage unit 20 is referred to. At this time, when the store is used (when the use column is marked in FIG. 3B), the ToruCa application is automatically activated to access the ToruCa content server 7, and the corresponding main body The data is downloaded and the main body data is stored in the ToruCa memory 19.

  Further, when the store is not used and the main body data is acquired (when the acquisition column is marked in FIG. 3B), the ToruCa data (simple data) is held in the broadcast memory 18. Keep it. The ToruCa data is manually input by the user, and when the application control unit 14 activates the ToruCa application, the ToruCa content server 7 is accessed and the corresponding body data is downloaded. The body data is stored in the ToruCa memory 19. Stored in

  In addition, when the store is not used and the main body data is not acquired (when neither the use column nor the acquisition column is marked in FIG. 3B), refer to the category management table. (FIG. 3A). When the category indicated by the ToruCa ID is a category selected by the user, ToruCa data (simple data) is held in the broadcast memory 18. The ToruCa data is manually input by the user, and when the application control unit 14 activates the ToruCa application, the ToruCa content server 7 is accessed and the corresponding body data is downloaded. The body data is stored in the ToruCa memory 19. Stored in On the other hand, if the store is not used, the main body data is not acquired, and the category indicated by the ToruCa ID is not the category selected by the user, the ToruCa data is deleted from the broadcast memory 18.

  As described above, the management unit 17 enables the user to use the store or acquire the main data, so that the ToruCa data that the user is interested in can be moved from the broadcasting memory 18 to the ToruCa memory 19. However, management of deleting the so-called uninteresting ToruCa data which is not used in the store, does not acquire the main body data, and does not select the category from the broadcasting memory 18 is performed. For this reason, about the ToruCa data (the ToruCa data distributed by push type) included in the one-segment broadcasting data broadcast from the broadcasting station 9, the user's interest can be efficiently stored in the mobile terminal. As a result, even if the advertisement information is distributed from the broadcast-type media in the push type, the information desired by the user can be acquired without losing due to the memory capacity being exceeded.

  Next, a memory management method according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the memory management method according to the present invention, the ToruCa data included in the one-segment broadcasting data is stored in the broadcasting memory 18, and the ToruCa data is stored in the ToruCa memory 19 based on the usage history of ToruCa. In this case, when the ToruCa is used in a store, the ToruCa data is automatically stored in the ToruCa memory 19. Further, when the main data of the ToruCa data is acquired, the ToruCa data is held in the broadcast memory 18, and when the ToruCa application is activated, the ToruCa data is stored in the ToruCa memory 19. When the ToruCa belongs to a category not selected by the user, the ToruCa data is deleted from the broadcast memory 18.

  First, one-segment broadcasting data from the broadcasting company 8 is broadcast via the broadcasting station 9. This one-segment broadcasting data is received by the mobile terminals 1A and 1B that are compatible with the one-segment broadcasting. That is, the one-segment broadcasting data is received via the communication control unit 12 of the mobile terminals 1A and 1B and displayed on the display unit 13 as shown in FIG. The one-segment broadcasting data includes ToruCa data, which is similarly received by the communication control unit 12 and stored in the broadcasting memory 18 by the management unit 17. That is, when receiving one-segment broadcasting, the application control unit 14 activates the one-segment broadcasting application and the memory management application, receives the ToruCa data when receiving the one-segment broadcasting, and the managing unit 17 receives the ToruCa data. Store in the broadcast memory 18 (ST11).

  Next, the management unit 17 refers to the use history management table (FIG. 3B) in the history storage unit 20 (ST12), and determines whether the ToruCa of the ToruCa data is being used in a store (ST13). . At this time, the use history is referred to based on the ToruCa ID of the ToruCa data. When the ToruCa store is used in the management table, the ToruCa application is automatically activated, the ToruCa content server 7 is accessed, the corresponding main body data is downloaded, and stored in the ToruCa memory 19. . That is, the mobile terminal 1 starts a ToruCa application by the application control unit 14 and downloads main body data from the ToruCa content server 7 via the mobile communication network 2 and the Internet 4. Then, the management unit 17 stores the downloaded main body data in the ToruCa memory 19 (ST14).

  When there is no ToruCa store use in the management table, it is determined whether or not ToruCa main body data is acquired in the management table (ST15). When there is acquisition of the main data of ToruCa in the management table, the ToruCa data (simple data) is stored in the broadcast memory 18 (ST16). The ToruCa data is activated by a user input, activates the ToruCa application, accesses the ToruCa content server 7, downloads the corresponding main body data, and stores it in the ToruCa memory 19. That is, the mobile terminal 1 starts a ToruCa application by the application control unit 14 according to a user instruction, and downloads main body data from the ToruCa content server 7 via the mobile communication network 2 and the Internet 4. Then, the downloaded main body data is stored in the ToruCa memory 19 by the management unit 17 (ST17).

  In the management table shown in FIG. 3B, when the store is not used and the main body data is not acquired, the management unit 17 refers to the category management table of FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not the category indicated by the ToruCa ID of the ToruCa data is selected by the user (ST18). If the category indicated by the ToruCa ID is a category selected by the user, the ToruCa data (simple data) is stored in the broadcast memory 18 (ST16). In the same manner as described above, this ToruCa data is activated by a user input, starts the ToruCa application, accesses the ToruCa content server 7, downloads the corresponding main body data, and stores it in the ToruCa memory 19 (ST17). . On the other hand, if the category indicated by the ToruCa ID is not the category selected by the user, the ToruCa data is deleted from the broadcast memory 18 (ST19).

  The ToruCa data stored in the ToruCa memory 19 in this way is displayed on the display unit 13 as shown in FIG. In addition, ToruCa is used by non-contact communication using the FeliCa function with the R / W 51 of the store side terminal 5. In addition, ToruCa is transmitted / received to / from the mobile terminals 1A and 1B by short-range communication and delivered.

  Thus, the ToruCa data that the user is interested in, such as the user using the store or acquiring the main body data, can be moved from the broadcast memory 18 to the ToruCa memory 19, and the user does not use the store. Management of deleting so-called uninteresting ToruCa data, which is neither acquired main body data nor category selected, from the broadcast memory 18 is performed. For this reason, about the ToruCa data (the ToruCa data distributed by push type) included in the one-segment broadcasting data broadcast from the broadcasting station 9, the user's interest can be efficiently stored in the mobile terminal. As a result, the broadcast memory 18 can be efficiently used without exceeding its capacity.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and can be implemented with various modifications. For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the non-contact IC card function advertisement information is ToruCa data is described. However, in the present invention, the non-contact IC card function advertisement information is data other than ToruCa data. Even if it exists, it is applicable similarly. Moreover, unless it deviates from the scope of the present invention, the processing unit and the processing procedure can be appropriately changed and implemented. Other modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the system provided with the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the portable terminal device in the system shown in FIG. (A), (b) is a figure which shows the management table of the log | history storage part of a portable terminal device. (A), (b) is a figure which shows the screen of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the memory management method which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1A, 1B Mobile terminal 2 Mobile communication network 3 Mobile communication center 4 Internet 5 Shop side terminal 6 Settlement company 7 ToruCa content server 8 Broadcasting company 9 Broadcasting station 11 Control unit 12 Communication control unit 13 Display unit 14 Application control unit 15 Non-contact communication Section 16 Short-range communication section 17 Management section 18 Broadcast memory 19 ToruCa memory

Claims (6)

Communication control means for receiving broadcast data broadcast from a broadcasting station;
Advertising information storage memory storing first data having a function of displaying advertising information, which is data used by the non-contact IC card function, and stored directly when the first data is taken in by a user operation When,
Storage means for storing a use history of first data that has been used in the past and stored in the advertisement information storage memory and used through the contactless IC card function;
When the communication control means receives broadcast data including the first data, a broadcast memory in which the first data included in the broadcast data is temporarily stored;
Of the first data stored in the broadcast memory, referring to the use history stored in the storage means, the first data that has been used in the past is extracted from the broadcast memory and the Management means for storing in the advertisement information storage memory;
A portable terminal device comprising: The first data includes main data or simple data for obtaining main data,
The usage history stored in the storage means includes information indicating whether or not main body data has been acquired,
When the first data included in the broadcast data received by the communication control means is simple data, the management means acquires the main data from the usage history although the first data has no usage record. If it is confirmed that the first data consisting of simple data is held in the broadcast memory,
When an application for main body data acquisition is started, the simplified data stored in the broadcasting memory is used to access a server via a communication network, and main body data is downloaded and stored in the advertisement information storage memory. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1. Said storage means, said first manages the category of data, said management means, if it belongs to a category of the first data has not selected by the user, for the broadcast of the first data The mobile terminal device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the mobile terminal device is deleted from the memory. Receiving broadcast data broadcast from a broadcast station by a mobile terminal device; and
When first data having a function of displaying advertisement information, which is data used by the non-contact IC card function, is taken in by a user operation, directly storing it in the advertisement information storage memory of the mobile terminal device;
Storing in the portable terminal device a usage history of first data that has been used in the past and stored in the advertisement information storage memory and used through the contactless IC card function;
A step of temporarily storing the first data included in the broadcast data in the broadcast memory of the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device receives the broadcast data including the first data;
Of the first data stored in the broadcast memory, referring to the use history stored in the storage means, the first data that has been used in the past is extracted from the broadcast memory and the Storing in the advertisement information storage memory;
A memory management method for a portable terminal device. The first data includes main data or simple data for acquiring main data,
When the first data included in the received broadcast data is simple data, if it is confirmed from the usage history that the first data has not been used but the main body data has been acquired, Holding the first data consisting of data in the broadcasting memory;
When an application for main body data acquisition is started, the simplified data stored in the broadcasting memory is used to access a server via a communication network, and main body data is downloaded and stored in the advertisement information storage memory. The memory management method of the portable terminal device according to claim 4 . Managing a category related to the first data;
5. The first data is deleted from the broadcasting memory when the first data temporarily stored in the broadcasting memory belongs to a category not selected by a user. Or the memory management method of the portable terminal device of Claim 5 .

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