JP4587966B2 - Data processing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a data processing device, and more particularly to a data processing device capable of creating, transmitting, and receiving message data.

  With the spread of communication devices such as mobile phones, communication that transmits / receives created message data to other users has spread. In particular, with the recent improvements in functions of mobile phones, creation of messages that include multiple media data such as text, images, sounds, and videos, or the layout, playback, and display timing of these multiple media data・ Communication to send and receive is also possible.

  In general, it is difficult to create such a message due to its complexity. However, as a solution to this problem, a template (template) for creating a message can be used to create necessary text, images, sounds, movies, etc. A method that facilitates message creation by simply specifying media data is common.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an e-mail creation method as a method for easily creating an e-mail to which multimedia information is added. That is, Patent Document 1 prepares a mail template describing a plurality of content data and layout information of each content data, and selects the desired content data while selecting desired content data from the plurality of content data. Describes an email creation method for creating a multimedia email according to the layout information of the email template.

  However, a message recipient who receives such a multimedia mail as a message likes this message and wants to create a similar message, or easily create another message using the template from which this message was created. Even if you want to create it, the template information is lost in the received message, so it is necessary to obtain a separate template from the creator of the message, or to tell the source or how to obtain the template There is a problem.

As a method for solving a problem similar to this problem, Patent Document 2 discloses a data providing method and a data acquiring method. That is, Patent Document 2 includes a template image including an inserted image (an image such as an advertisement in the embodiment), and an image designated by the creation user is fitted on the inserted image in the template image. A data providing method for creating and transmitting a message is described. At this time, if the receiving side wants to reuse this template, it removes the image specified by the creating user (at this time, an inserted image, that is, an image such as an advertisement appears), and again inserts the image specified by the receiving side. A data provision method and a data acquisition method are described in which a message inserted on an embedded image is created and transmitted to a third party.
JP 2002-324036 A JP 2002-189666 A

  As described above, a method of using a template to enable easy message creation is common, but the receiving side that has received the message is the same as when the message was created based on the received message. There is a problem that it is difficult to easily create a message in the procedure or configuration. In order to solve this problem, it takes time and effort to receive a template separately from the creator of the message, or to learn where or how to obtain the template.

  In the method disclosed in Patent Document 2, as described above, a template image including an inset image can be reused and distributed, but the template image is used for reproducing media data. It does not include creation assistance information that makes it easier to create messages, such as time information, layout information, or instructions for functions that are activated for media data editing. Thus, there is a problem that it is not possible to circulate a method for easily creating a message by the same procedure or configuration as when the message is created.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and based on a received message, data processing that can easily create a message with the same procedure or configuration as when the message was created An object is to provide an apparatus.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, a data processing apparatus includes a message data creation auxiliary area for creating message data and a message display area for displaying message data. Using the first data reading means for reading the configured template data, the message data creation auxiliary area judging means for judging the message data creation auxiliary area included in the template data, and the data in the message creation auxiliary area, Message data editing means for editing the message data.

  In the message data creation auxiliary area, media data to be reproduced in the message data, layout information for reproducing the media data, information for specifying the timing for reproducing the media data, and editable media data can be edited. It is preferable that at least one of information specifying media data, information specifying a function to be activated for editing media data, and guidance data effective when creating message data is included.

  Furthermore, the function activated for editing the media data is more preferably a function provided from another device that can be used by accessing the other device.

  The template data is data described using tags, and includes layout information for reproducing media data, information for specifying the timing of reproducing media data, and editable media among the media data. Information specifying data, information specifying a function to be activated for editing media data, and guidance data effective when creating message data are described so as to be discriminable by tag or tag attribute, The message data creation auxiliary area judging means discriminates the tag or the attribute of the tag and reproduces the layout information when reproducing the media data, the information specifying the timing of reproducing the media data, and the editable media of the media data. Identifies information specifying data and functions activated for editing media data And information that, by determining at least one of an effective guidance data when creating the message data, it is preferable to determine the message data creation auxiliary area included in the template data.

  Alternatively, the template data is data described using a tag, the tag includes a tag indicating that it is a message creation auxiliary area, and the message data creation auxiliary area determination means is a message creation auxiliary area. It is preferable to determine a message creation auxiliary area included in the template data using a tag indicating that.

  Alternatively, the template data is data described using a tag, and the tag includes a tag indicating that it is an area other than the message creation auxiliary area. It is preferable to determine a message creation auxiliary area included in the template data using a tag indicating that the area is other than the area.

  Further, the template data preferably further includes a template data acquisition destination information area in which information for specifying a provider of the template data is described.

  The template data preferably includes template data component information indicating a location of at least one of a message data creation auxiliary area, a message data display area, and a template data acquisition destination information area.

  Further, the template data component information is included in the header area of the template data, and the message creation auxiliary area determination means determines the message creation auxiliary area included in the template data based on the information included in the header area of the template data. More preferably.

  Alternatively, it is more preferable that the template data includes a plurality of file unit data, and the template data component information is one of the file unit data in the template data.

  The message display area includes media data to be reproduced in the message data, layout information for reproducing the media data, information for specifying the timing of reproducing the media data, and editable media among the media data. It is preferable that at least one of information specifying data, information specifying a function activated for editing media data, and guidance data effective in creating message data is included.

  Further, the data processing device further includes first message display area determining means for determining a message display area included in the template data, and the message data editing means is configured to display the message display area when editing the message data. Are preferably edited at the same time.

  The message data editing means edits the message data according to the information in the message creation auxiliary area determined by the message data creation auxiliary area determination means, and uses the edited data and the message display area information. It is preferable to create message data.

  The message data editing means preferably creates message data by adding the message data creation auxiliary area included in the read template data to the edited message display area.

  Further, the message data editing means, when creating the message data, from the message display area, information specifying the editable media data, information specifying the function to be activated for editing the media data, message It is more preferable to delete at least one of the guidance data effective when creating the data.

  Further, the message data editing means preferably describes the source of the read template data in the edited message data when creating the message data.

  More preferably, the message data editing means creates message data including information indicating the location of the message creation auxiliary area in the header area.

  Moreover, it is preferable that a data processing apparatus is further provided with the communication means for transmitting the produced message data.

  In addition, the data processing device includes a communication means for receiving message data including a message display area for display on the receiving side and a message data creation auxiliary area used at the time of creation, and a memory for storing the received message data. Means, second data reading means for reading stored message data, second message display area determining means for determining a message display area included in the read message data, and within the message display area It is preferable to further include message reproducing means for displaying and reproducing the message data using the data, and the message data editing means regards the read message data as template data and creates message data.

  Further, it is preferable that the message data editing means creates message data further including a template ID capable of discriminating the template data and stores it in the storage means.

  In addition, the data processing device uses the second data reading means for reading the message data stored in the storage means, and the template used when creating the message data based on the template ID included in the read message data. A template discriminating means for discriminating; the first data reading means reads the discriminated template data; and the message data editing means follows the information in the message data creation auxiliary area included in the template data. More preferably, the message data read by the data reading means is re-edited.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the data processing device includes a communication means for receiving message data including a message display area for display on the receiving side, and a message data creation auxiliary area used at the time of creation; Storage means for storing the message data, data reading means for reading the stored message data, message display area determination means for determining the message display area included in the read message data, and message display area Message reproducing means for displaying and reproducing the message data by using the data therein, and template data writing means for writing the message data as template data.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, the data processing device includes a communication means for receiving message data including a message display area to be displayed on the receiving side, and a message data creation auxiliary area used at the time of creation, Storage means for storing received message data, data reading means for reading stored message data, message display area determining means for determining a message display area included in the read message data, and message display Message reproduction means for displaying and reproducing message data using data in the area, message data creation auxiliary area judgment means for judging a message data creation auxiliary area included in the message data, and creation of the determined message data Use the auxiliary area data to test the message data. And it means out template data writing exported as plate data.

  In the message data creation auxiliary area, media data to be reproduced in the message data, layout information for reproducing the media data, information for specifying the timing for reproducing the media data, and editable media data can be edited. It is preferable that at least one of information specifying media data, information specifying a function to be activated for editing media data, and guidance data effective when creating message data is included.

  Furthermore, the function activated for editing the media data is more preferably a function provided from another device that can be used by accessing the other device.

  The message data is data described using a tag, and includes layout information when reproducing the media data, information specifying the timing of reproducing the media data, and editable media among the media data. Information specifying data, information specifying a function to be activated for editing media data, and guidance data effective when creating message data are described so as to be discriminable by tag or tag attribute, The message data creation auxiliary area judging means discriminates the tag or the attribute of the tag and reproduces the layout information when reproducing the media data, the information specifying the timing of reproducing the media data, and the editable media of the media data. Identify the information that specifies the data and the functions that are activated for editing the media data Information and, by determining at least one of an effective guidance data when creating the message data, it is preferable to determine the message data creation auxiliary area included in the message data.

  Alternatively, the message data is data described using a tag, the tag includes a tag indicating that it is a message creation auxiliary area, and the message data creation auxiliary area determination means is the message creation auxiliary area. It is preferable to determine a message creation auxiliary area included in the message data using a tag indicating that.

  The message data is data described using a tag, and the tag includes a tag indicating that it is an area other than the message creation auxiliary area. It is preferable to determine the message creation auxiliary area included in the message data using a tag indicating that the area is other than the area.

In addition, the message data display area includes information instructing access to other devices,
When information for instructing access to another device is included, the message reproduction means preferably accesses the other device and displays data acquired by the access.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, the data processing apparatus provides a template data source in which information for specifying a source for obtaining the template data used at the time of creation and a message display area to be displayed on the receiving side is described. A communication means for receiving message data including an information area, a storage means for storing the received message data, a data reading means for reading the stored message data, and a message display area included in the read message data Message display area determination means for determining the message, message reproduction means for displaying and reproducing the message data using the data in the message display area, and message using the data in the template data acquisition destination information area Telecommunications to determine where to obtain the template data used when creating the data Comprising a plate data obtained destination determination means, and the template data acquisition means for acquiring a template data from the Obtaining, by utilizing the obtained template data, and a message data creating means for creating message data.

  Further, according to still another aspect of the present invention, the data processing device includes a message display area for display on the receiving side, and a template data ID describing information capable of discriminating template data used at the time of creation. Communication means for receiving message data including: storage means for storing the received message data; data reading means for reading the stored message data; and determining a message display area included in the read message data Message display area determination means, message reproduction means for displaying and reproducing message data using data in the message display area, and message data based on the template data ID included in the read message data A template to determine the template data used when creating Plate data determination means, template data acquisition means for acquiring template data determined when the determined template data can be acquired, message data generation means for generating message data using the acquired template data, Is provided.

  Further, according to still another aspect of the present invention, the data processing device includes a message display area for display on the receiving side, and a template data ID describing information capable of discriminating template data used at the time of creation. Communication means for receiving message data, storage means for storing the received message data, data reading means for reading the stored message data, and determining a message display area included in the read message data Other message display area determination means for performing message display means for displaying and reproducing message data using data in the message display area, and template data ID included in the read message data Template ID transmission means to transmit and templates from other devices A template data obtaining means for obtaining the template data determined to have been used when creating the message data based on D, by using the obtained template data, and a message data creating means for creating message data.

  The message data preferably includes message data component information indicating a location of at least one of a message data creation auxiliary area, a message data display area, and a template data acquisition destination information area.

  Further, the message data component information is included in the header area of the message data, and the message creation auxiliary area determination means determines the message creation auxiliary area included in the message data based on the information included in the header area of the message data. More preferably.

  Alternatively, the message data is configured to include a plurality of file unit data, and the message data component information is more preferably one of the file unit data in the message data.

  Further, according to still another aspect of the present invention, the data processing device includes a message display area for display on the receiving terminal, a message data creation auxiliary area used at the time of creation, and an identifier of the receiving terminal. A data receiving means for receiving message data including: an identifier extracting means for extracting an identifier of a receiving terminal included in the received message data; and a table defining correspondence between the terminal identifier and processing capability A storage means, a processing capacity specifying means for specifying the processing capacity corresponding to the extracted terminal identifier with reference to the table, a data editing means for editing the message data according to the specified processing capacity, Data transmission means for transmitting the message data.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, a data processing method includes template data configured to include a message data creation auxiliary area for creating message data and a message display area for displaying message data. A data reading step for reading, a message data creation auxiliary area determination step for determining a message data creation auxiliary area included in the template data, and a message data editing step for editing message data using data in the message creation auxiliary area The message data editing step creates message data including a message data creation auxiliary area included in the read template data.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, a data processing method receives a message data including a message display area to be displayed on a receiving side, and a message data creation auxiliary area used at the time of creation, A storage step for storing the received message data in the storage device, a data reading step for reading the message data stored from the storage device, and a message display region determination for determining a message display region included in the read message data A step, a message reproduction step for displaying and reproducing the message data using data in the message display area, and a template data writing step for writing the message data as template data.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, a data processing method receives a message data including a message display area to be displayed on a receiving side, and a message data creation auxiliary area used at the time of creation, A storage step for storing the received message data in the storage device, a data reading step for reading the message data stored from the storage device, and a message display region determination for determining a message display region included in the read message data A message reproduction step for displaying and reproducing message data using data in the message display area, a message data creation auxiliary area determining step for determining a message data creation auxiliary area included in the message data, Determined message data creation supplement Using the data area, and a step out template data writing write the message data as template data.

  According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a data processing method includes a message display area for display on the receiving side, and a template data acquisition destination in which information specifying the acquisition destination of the template data used at the time of creation is described. A receiving step for receiving message data including an information area, a storing step for storing the received message data in the storage device, a data reading step for reading the message data stored from the storage device, and the read message data A message display area determination step for determining the included message display area; a message reproduction step for displaying and reproducing message data using data in the message display area; and a template data acquisition destination information area. When creating message data using Template data acquisition step for determining where the obtained template data is obtained, a template data acquisition step for obtaining template data from the acquisition source, and a message data creation step for creating message data using the acquired template data With.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, the data processing program is a program for causing a computer to execute data processing, a message data creation auxiliary area for creating message data, and a message display for displaying message data. A data reading step for reading template data including an area, a message data creation auxiliary area determination step for determining a message data creation auxiliary area included in the template data, and data in the message creation auxiliary area Then, a message data editing step for editing the message data is executed, and the message data editing step creates message data including a message data creation auxiliary area included in the read template data.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, the data processing program is a program for causing a computer to execute data processing, a message display area for display on the receiving side, and a message data creation auxiliary area used at the time of creation. Included in the received message data, the storing step for storing the received message data in the storage device, the data reading step for reading the message data stored from the storage device, and the read message data A message display area determining step for determining a message display area, a message reproduction step for displaying and reproducing message data using data in the message display area, and template data for writing the message data as template data Export step To the execution.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, the data processing program is a program for causing a computer to execute data processing, a message display area for display on the receiving side, and a message data creation auxiliary area used at the time of creation. Included in the received message data, the storing step for storing the received message data in the storage device, the data reading step for reading the message data stored from the storage device, and the read message data A message display area determining step for determining a message display area; a message reproduction step for displaying and reproducing message data using data in the message display area; and a message data creation auxiliary area included in the message data Message date to judge And creating auxiliary area determination step, by utilizing the data of the determined message data creation auxiliary area, to perform the steps out template data writing write the message data as template data.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, the data processing program is a program for causing a computer to execute data processing, a message display area for display on the receiving side, and a source of template data used at the time of creation. A reception step of receiving message data including a template data acquisition destination information area in which information for specifying the message is described; a storage step of storing the received message data in the storage device; and reading the message data stored from the storage device A data reading step for reading data, a message display area determining step for determining a message display area included in the read message data, and a message for displaying and reproducing the message data using the data in the message display area Playback step and template data acquisition A template data acquisition source determination step for determining a source of template data used when creating message data using data in the information area, a template data acquisition step for acquiring template data from the acquisition source, and The template data is used to execute a message data creation step for creating message data.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data processing device that relays message data transmitted to any one of the message processing terminals, each of which includes message creation auxiliary information used when creating message data; A communication unit for receiving message data including a plurality of pieces of information that are components of either or both of message browsing information used for browsing message data and including an identifier of a message processing terminal; An identifier extraction unit that extracts an identifier from the message data, a storage unit that stores a table that defines the correspondence between the identifier and the processing capability for each of the plurality of message processing terminals, and the extracted identifier by referring to the table Based on the specific part that specifies the processing capacity of the message processing terminal and the specified processing capacity And a message data editing unit for editing the signal message data, the communication unit transmits the message data edited in the message processing terminal.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts and components are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a data communication system according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, a data communication system according to the present embodiment includes a template providing server (hereinafter simply referred to as a server) 2 that provides template data, and a reproduction / editing that reproduces and edits the provided template data. The server 2 and the playback / editing apparatus 1 communicate with each other via the Internet, a public line network, or a broadcast network. Although not shown in FIG. 1, the server 2 and the playback / editing apparatus 1 may communicate with each other via a dedicated line such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or may perform wireless communication. . As shown in FIG. 1, the playback / editing apparatus 1 is an apparatus having a function for transmitting and receiving data, such as a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a personal computer, a television receiver, and a facsimile transceiver. In the following description, it is assumed that the playback / editing device 1 is the mobile phone 1.

  Here, the template data is generally data described in a data description language such as XML (eXtensible Markup Language), XHTML (eXtensible HyperText Markup Language), SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language), or SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics). Point to. The template data includes reproducible data (hereinafter referred to as reproduction data), data described in the above data description language, or a data description language in which information such as which data is to be reproduced is described. Data including the information described in (1) and reproduction data may be used. The data description language may include a script language such as ECMAScript or Java (registered trademark) Script in order to describe movement and interactivity. Further, the template data may be data including link information to the reproduction data in the information such as which data is reproduced without including the reproduction data. With such a data structure, the template data is data that can be reproduced by the reproduction / editing apparatus 1 and can be edited. In the present embodiment, the template data is script data that is multimedia content data that can be played back or edited, and it can be realized that arbitrary multimedia data is added to the script itself by a user operation. A form of data expressed in a script description format.

  Next, FIG. 2 shows a specific example of the hardware configuration of the mobile phone 1 which is a playback / editing device included in the data communication system.

Referring to FIG. 2, mobile phone 1 included in the data communication system of the present embodiment includes an input / output unit 140 that is an interface with a user, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and the like. 1 includes a control unit 120 that controls the entire system 1, a communication unit 110 that communicates with other devices, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and is executed by the control unit 120. And a storage unit 130 for storing the program, intermediate data of the program, data received from another computer, and the like.

  Further, the input / output unit 140 includes a key code input device 142 including numeric buttons such as “1” and “2” and direction buttons such as “R” and “L”, and an LCD ( A display 144 such as a liquid crystal display), a microphone 146 that inputs sound, a speaker 148 that outputs sound, and a camera 149 that captures and inputs an image.

The control unit 120 includes a timer therein.
In such a mobile phone 1, the processing for reproducing and editing the template data obtained from the server 2 by the user is performed by the hardware of the mobile phone 1, software stored in the storage unit 130 and executed by the control unit 120 and the template data It is realized by. Since the operation of the mobile phone 1 itself shown in FIG. 2 is well known, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  Further, the server 2 included in the data communication system is a server constructed by a general personal computer or the like, and detailed description thereof will not be given here.

  Next, FIG. 3 shows a specific example of the configuration of each program stored in the storage unit 130 of the mobile phone 1, and the flow of data processing in the mobile phone 1 will be described. The data processing described with reference to FIG. 3 is realized in the mobile phone 1 by causing the control unit 120 to execute each program stored in the storage unit 130. That is, the template data received from the server 2 by the communication unit 110 is played and edited by the control unit 120 executing a program stored in the storage unit 130.

  Specifically, referring to FIG. 3, first, control unit 120 processes template data received by communication unit 110 by executing reproduction / editing engine program 131. The functional configuration of the playback / editing engine program 131 here will be described later.

  Next, the control unit 120 causes a UI (User Interface) content display program 132 to be executed based on the processing result of the playback / editing engine program 131. The UI content display program 132 is executed to process the template data, so that the UI content in the template data is displayed on the display 144.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the image capturing program 133 based on the processing result in the reproduction / editing engine program 131 and receives an image input from the camera 149 and various instructions from the key code input device 142. In addition, when shooting a moving image, an audio input from the microphone 146 is also accepted.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the image data display / playback program 134 based on the processing result of the playback / editing engine program 131 and plays back the image data included in the template data on the display 144. If the image data includes sound, the sound is played back by the speaker 148.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the audio data reproduction program 135 based on the processing result in the reproduction / editing engine program 131 and causes the speaker 148 to reproduce the audio data included in the template data.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the audio data recording program 136 based on the processing result in the reproduction / editing engine program 131, and receives the audio input from the microphone 146 and various instructions from the key code input device 142. .

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the moving image / animation data display / reproduction program 137 based on the processing result in the reproduction / editing engine program 131 to reproduce the moving image or animation data included in the template data on the display 144.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the text data display / reproduction program 138 based on the processing result in the reproduction / editing engine program 131 and reproduces the text data included in the template data on the display 144.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the text editing program 139 based on the processing result in the reproduction / editing engine program 131, and accepts text information and various instructions from the key code input device 142.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes a WWW (World Wide Web) browser program 151 based on the processing result of the playback / editing engine program 131 to play back the WWW content.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the WWW browser program 151 based on the processing result in the playback / editing engine program 131 and acquires data from the server 2 via the communication unit 110.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the mail program 152 based on the processing result in the reproduction / editing engine program 131, receives text information and various instructions from the key code input device 142, and transmits mail.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the call program 153 based on the processing result in the reproduction / editing engine program 131 to start a call.

Further, the control unit 120 causes the position acquisition program 154 to be executed based on the processing result in the reproduction / editing engine program 131, and the GPS (Global Positioning System) 150.
To obtain the current position of the terminal.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the address book program 155 based on the processing result in the reproduction / editing engine program 131 and acquires the mail address and telephone number stored in the storage unit 130.

  Further, the control unit 120 executes the file acquisition program 156 based on the processing result in the playback / editing engine program 131 and acquires the content data stored in the storage unit 130.

  Further, the control unit 120 stores data in the various data storage unit 157 when it is necessary to save the data based on the processing result in the reproduction / editing engine program 131.

  Furthermore, the functional configuration of the above-described playback / editing engine program 131 is shown in FIG. The control unit 120 executes the playback / editing engine program 131 stored in the storage unit 130, whereby each function shown in FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 4, first, data reading unit 1311 reads template data received by communication unit 110 and stored in various data storage units 157. Then, the data reading unit 1311 passes the read template data to the syntax analysis unit 1312.

  Next, the syntax analysis unit 1312 analyzes the syntax of the template data passed from the data reading unit 1311, passes the data used by the reproduction / editing engine program 131 to the data writing unit 1316 and writes it out. Further, the message data included in the template data is passed to the message data writing unit 1317 and the template data writing unit 1318. Further, the syntax analysis unit 1312 passes the analysis result to the execution control unit 1313 and the time management unit 1314.

  Next, the time management unit 1314 creates a time table based on the analysis result passed from the syntax analysis unit 1312. Then, the time management unit 1314 passes the created time table to the execution control unit 1313.

  In addition, the event management unit 1315 detects the occurrence of an event. Then, the event management unit 1315 passes the detection result to the execution control unit 1313.

  Next, the execution control unit 1313 is based on the time table passed from the time management unit 1314, the detection result of event occurrence passed from the event management unit 1315, and the analysis result passed from the syntax analysis unit 1312. Then, processing for realizing display / reproduction of reproduction data is executed. Further, the execution control unit 1313 instructs the reproduction data writing unit 1316 to rewrite the reproduction data based on the detection result of the event occurrence passed from the event management unit 1315.

  The reproduction data writing unit 1316 rewrites the reproduction data based on an instruction from the execution control unit 1313, and passes the rewritten reproduction data to the execution control unit 131. The rewritten reproduction data is executed by the execution control unit 1313.

  The message data writing unit 1317 writes the message data passed from the syntax interpretation unit 1312. The template data writing unit 1318 parses the message data passed from the syntax interpretation unit 1312 and writes template data that can be reused for creating message data. The processing in the template data writing unit 1318 will be described in detail in the second embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the template data provided from the server 2 is processed by the mobile phone 1, but the template data may be stored in the storage unit 130 of the mobile phone 1. In that case, each unit shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4 processes the template data read and acquired from the storage unit 130.

  Next, template data provided from the server 2 to the mobile phone 1 and processed in the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the structure of template data, and specifically shows the structure of template data that causes the mobile phone 1 to create and transmit message data. Referring to FIG. 5, the template data processed by mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment is characterized by including a message browsing area and a message creation auxiliary area.

  The message browsing area is an area representing the content of a message displayed for browsing on the recipient side when a message is created and transmitted using this template data. That is, in the message browsing area, media data (indicated as “media data” in FIG. 5) such as image (still image) data, moving image data, audio data, music data, text data, and animation data. And a description of the media data playback layout or timing (shown as “media data playback layout or timing portion” in FIG. 5). In addition, in the message browsing area, while the receiver side is displaying the message contents for browsing, for example, a WWW browser is activated and a specified page is displayed. A guidance part which is information for displaying a function or guidance indicating that the function can be operated on the receiver side may be included (indicated by “activation function or guidance part” in FIG. 5).

  The message creation auxiliary area is an area representing contents displayed on the creator side when creating a message using the template data. Normally, when creating a message, in order to display information that is as close to the message content displayed for viewing as possible on the recipient side or that the message content to be created can be easily imagined on the creation device, Media data (shown as “media data” in FIG. 5) such as image (still image) data, moving image data, audio data, music data, text data, animation data, and media data playback layout or A description of timing (indicated by “media data reproduction layout or timing portion” in FIG. 5) is included. The media data included in the message creation auxiliary area and the media data playback layout or timing may be data common to the message browsing area or may be different data.

  In addition, the message creation auxiliary area may include a startup part used when creating a message and a guidance part which is information for displaying guidance indicating to the creator that such a function can be operated (FIG. 5). Is indicated by “Start-up function or guidance part”). Usually, the activation function or guidance portion included in the message creation auxiliary area is different from that included in the message browsing area. This is because the functions and information required when creating message data are different from the functions and information required when browsing received message data. However, common data may be used when the same function is used when creating message data and when browsing received message data. When only a predetermined part of the message data can be edited by the user, the message creation auxiliary area further includes an editable area designating part. The editable area designation part is mainly used for the purpose of simplifying message creation by restricting the editable area, and conversely, for the purpose of designating places that cannot be edited due to copyright protection. Used.

  In this way, the template data includes media data layout information or playback timing, designation of editable media data, a function that is activated for media data editing or guidance effective for creating message data, and media data to be played back As a result, it is possible to specify a more complicated way of viewing the message.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of the structure of the template data, but the structure of the message data written by the message data writing unit 1317 is the same as the structure shown in FIG. That is, by making the template data have such a data structure, the template data can have a role as a template for realizing a message creation function and a role as a message for displaying the message contents for browsing. It becomes possible.

  6 and 7 will be described with specific examples of template data. These template data are mainly described in the SMIL format, but this is an example, and as described above, they are described in other data description languages such as XML, XHTML, SMIL, and SVG. May be. Alternatively, a script language such as ECMAScript or Java (registered trademark) Script may be used. In this example, the media data portion shown in FIG. 5 is omitted for the sake of simplicity of explanation, but the actual template data naturally includes data indicating these contents.

  Referring to FIG. 6, among the header portions (2nd to 14th lines) of the template data, the title of the template data is in the third line, the creator of the template data is in the fourth line, and the fifth is in the fifth line. It is specified that this data is template data.

  In the sixth to eighth lines, an editable area and a function to be activated at the time of editing are designated. That is, the sixth line indicates that the text data “FirstText.txt” is replaced (replaced), and the function activated at that time is the text editor “text_edit”. Similarly, the seventh line indicates that the image data “SecondImage.jpg” is replaced, and that the function activated at that time is the camera “camera”. Similarly, the eighth line indicates that the voice data “SecondSound.mp3” is replaced, and the function activated at that time is the microphone “mic”.

  The ninth to thirteenth lines represent a layout including an image area “Image” and a text area “Text”.

  Further, the Body part on the 15th and subsequent lines describes which media data is displayed in each area at which timing. That is, media data to be played back simultaneously is defined in the 16th to 21st lines. More specifically, media data to be played back in the 17th to 19th lines (“FirstImage.mpg”, “FirstText.txt”). ”,“ FirstSound.smf ”) is designated in the 16th line for a time (8 seconds).

  Further, the 20th line specifies guidance that is a hint for creating a message. Since it is specified on the 18th line that the text data “FirstText.txt”, which is the data to be replaced, is specified, guidance indicating that the text message can be replaced at the same timing as the display of the text data. By displaying, an effect of facilitating user message creation is born. For this purpose, the 20th line specifies that the guidance is to be displayed as “Enter message”.

  Here, an example using the <guidance> tag is given as an example of a method for specifying guidance, but other methods may be used. For example, guidance content data may be included in the <text> tag on the 18th line. Alternatively, a method may be used in which the reproduction / editing engine program 131 determines the optimum guidance without including the description of the guidance content in the template data. That is, the 6th and 18th lines specify that the text data “FirstText.txt” is replaced, that the text editor is activated, and the timing at which the text data is displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a table that defines the correspondence between the activation function and the guidance displayed at that time is stored in advance in the storage unit 130 of the mobile phone 1, and the control unit 120 of the mobile phone 1 stores the playback / editing engine program. Control may be performed so that the guidance “text input” corresponding to the activation function “text_edit” is displayed at the timing when the table is automatically read and the text data is displayed when 131 is executed. Alternatively, even if the activation function is not specified, it may be determined that “FirstText.txt” is text data, and the control unit 120 of the mobile phone 1 may be controlled to display appropriate guidance.

  Similarly, media data to be reproduced at the same time is defined in the 22nd to 28th lines. More specifically, the media data to be reproduced in the 23rd to 25th lines (“SecondImage.jpg”, “SecondText” .Txt "," SecondSound.mp3 ") is designated as the playback time (8 seconds) in the 22nd line. On the 26th line and the 27th line, guidance that is a hint for creating a message is specified. The explanation about the guidance is the same as the explanation of the guidance on the 20th line.

  Further, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of template data, and is a diagram showing a specific example of template data in a form different from the specific example shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is an example of template data described with a description rule different from the specific example shown in FIG. 6, but is read and executed by the reproduction / editing engine program 131 shown in FIG. The data used is the same.

  Referring to FIG. 7, the third to fifth lines of the header portion (second to eleventh lines) of the template data have the same contents as the template data shown in FIG. Further, the sixth to tenth rows have the same contents as the ninth to thirteenth rows of the template data shown in FIG.

  Also, the Body part after the 12th line describes which media data is displayed in each area at which timing using the same tag as the Body part of the template data shown in FIG. Yes. That is, media data to be played back simultaneously is defined in the 13th to 18th lines, and more specifically, media data to be played back in the 14th to 16th lines (“FirstMovie.mpg”, “FirstText.txt”). "," FirstSound.smf ") is designated as the time (8 seconds) for reproduction in the 13th line.

  Further, the 15th line defines an id attribute. The id attribute defined on the 15th line is combined with the targetID attribute in the <prompt> tag on the 17th line, thereby enabling to specify media data that can be edited. That is, the target ID “text1” in the <prompt> tag on the 17th line is the same as the src attribute in the tag (the <text> tag on the 15th line) having the id attribute that matches the targetID. It indicates that editing is possible by activating a command specified by the command attribute.

  As described above, the 17th line describes the function to be activated and the data that can be edited by the activated function, but at the same time, guidance for creating a message is also specified. Since it is specified that the text data “FirstText.txt”, which is the data to be replaced, is displayed on the 15th line, guidance indicating that the text message can be replaced at the same timing as the display of the text data. By displaying, an effect of facilitating user message creation is born. For this purpose, the 17th line specifies that the guidance is to be displayed as “Enter message”.

  Here, an example of using the desc attribute is given as an example of a method for specifying guidance, but other methods may be used. For example, guidance content data may be included in the <text> tag on the 15th line. Alternatively, a method may be used in which the reproduction / editing engine program 131 determines the optimum guidance without including the description of the guidance content in the template data. That is, the 15th line and the 17th line specify that the text data “FirstText.txt” is replaced, the text editor is started, and the timing at which the text data is displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a table that defines the correspondence between the activation function and the guidance displayed at that time is stored in advance in the storage unit 130 of the mobile phone 1, and the control unit 120 of the mobile phone 1 stores the playback / editing engine program. Control may be performed so that the guidance “text input” corresponding to the activation function “text_edit” is displayed at the timing when the table is automatically read and the text data is displayed when 131 is executed. Alternatively, even if the activation function is not specified, it may be determined that “FirstText.txt” is text data, and the control unit 120 of the mobile phone 1 may be controlled to display appropriate guidance.

  Similarly, media data to be reproduced at the same time is defined in the 19th to 25th lines. More specifically, the media data to be reproduced in the 20th to 22nd lines (“SecondImage.jpg”, “SecondText” .Txt "," SecondSound.mp3 ") is designated as the time (8 seconds) to be played in the 19th line. Similarly to the 17th line, the 23rd line and the 24th line specify the function to be activated, the description for specifying the editable tag, and the guidance for creating the message. . The explanation about these is the same as the explanation on the 17th line.

  In the present embodiment, a description will be given of a case where the cellular phone 1 processes template data in a human-readable text format. However, the template data may be in a binary format that cannot be directly read by a human.

  Next, template data reproduction and editing processing in the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9 is realized by reading and executing the playback / editing engine program 131 shown in FIG. 4 from the storage unit 130 by the control unit 120 of the mobile phone 1.

  Referring to FIG. 9, first, after initialization is performed in step S <b> 11, in step S <b> 12, the communication unit 110 acquires template data from the template providing server 2 via the Internet.

  Next, in step S <b> 13, the control unit 120 executes the reproduction / editing engine program 131, and the data reading unit 1311 reads the acquired template data.

  Next, in step S14, the syntax analysis unit 1312 performs syntax analysis on the template data. Note that the syntax analysis method here is not limited in the present invention, and may be a general syntax analysis method according to the data description language used.

  However, the template data processed by the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment is characterized in that it is composed of the message browsing area and the message creation auxiliary area as described above. As described above, the message browsing area is an area representing the content of a message displayed for browsing on the recipient side when message data is created or transmitted using this template data. The auxiliary area is an area representing contents displayed on the creator side when creating message data using the template data. Accordingly, in step S14, a message creation auxiliary area is determined.

  Here, description will be made assuming that reproduction data writing unit 1316 writes the same contents as the read template data as reproduction data. That is, the template data is interpreted in step S14. At this time, it is unconditionally determined that the entire data read from the data reading unit 1311 corresponds to the message creation auxiliary area. The output unit 1316 writes the same content as the read template data. However, this is only an example. Actually, the media data playback layout or timing section is necessary to know how the actually created message data is displayed for viewing, but the message data Since it is not an essential function for creation, in step S14, only the editable area designating part and the activation function or the guidance part may be read and used.

  Further, after the syntax analysis in step S14, in step S15, the time management unit 1314 creates a time table as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12 based on the syntax analysis result. The created time table is the same whether the template data to be processed is the template data shown in FIG. 6 or the template data shown in FIG.

  Specifically, FIG. 10 shows a specific example of a media playback processing time table that represents the timing at which playback processing of media created by the time management unit 1314 based on the template data shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is executed. In the first 8 seconds, the image data “FirstMovie.mpg”, the text data “FirstText.txt”, and the audio data “FirstSound.smf” are reproduced in parallel, and in the next 8 seconds, the image data “SecondImage.jpg”, text data “SecondText.txt”, and audio data “SecondSound.mp3” are each reproduced in parallel.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a specific example of an activation function time table that represents the timing of activation functions that are activated according to the time at which an event occurs. Here, it is assumed that the user operates the Select key as an event to be generated. When the Select key is operated for the first 8 seconds, the character input application, which is the text editing program 139, is activated, and the next 8 seconds. If the Select key is operated in the meantime, for example, a screen for selecting one of the image photographing application as the image photographing program 133 and the voice input application as the voice data recording program 136 is displayed on the display 144. It shows that the selected program is started.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a specific example of a guidance display time table indicating the timing for displaying guidance. When the Select key is operated for the first 8 seconds, the character input application which is the text editing program 139 is activated. In order to indicate to the user that the message 144 is displayed on the display 144 as an explanation of the Select key, and when the Select key is operated for the next 8 seconds, In order to indicate to the user that one of the voice input applications, which is the voice data recording program 136, is started, “Take a picture”, “Record a microphone”, etc. on the display 144 as explanations of the Select key It is shown to display There.

  In step S16, the execution control unit 1313 performs media playback processing based on the syntax analysis result and the time table shown in FIG. At this time, the execution control unit 1313 controls the display 144 to display a UI that changes with the media playback time by using the UI display program 132 based on the guidance display time table shown in FIG. .

  In step S17, the event management unit 1315 monitors the occurrence of an event. The event whose occurrence is detected in step S17 includes an operation for instructing the end of message data creation in order for the user to transmit message data, in addition to the end arrival event when the time table has reached the end, An event from the key code input device 142 including a Select key operation, which is used as a UI for activating the function shown in FIG. When occurrence of an event is detected in step S17 (YES in S17), in step S18, the execution control unit 1313 executes processing corresponding to the event.

  Note that the playback processing in step S16 and the playback and editing processing included in the processing corresponding to the event in step S18 are interrupted by a calling program or the like in the middle of the processing, or interrupted due to user convenience or battery consumption. In such a case, the playback and editing time points at that time and the state being changed are saved in the storage unit 130, the process is interrupted, and when restarting later, the playback and editing time points saved from the storage unit 130 It is preferable that the state being changed can be read to return from the point of playback and editing before interruption.

  Next, processing according to the event executed in step S18 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 13, when event occurrence detection information is received from event management unit 1315 in step S17 described above, execution control unit 1312 temporarily stops the time table being executed in step S21. Then, an event whose occurrence is detected is determined based on the detection information received in step S17. If the event is an event indicating that the end of the time table has been reached (YES in S22), the process is performed. Returning to step S16 of FIG. That is, it returns to the beginning of the time table again. However, it may be a process of ending reproduction after being executed once or a predetermined number of times.

  Furthermore, if the event detected in step S17 is an operation for instructing the end of message data creation in order to transmit message data or the like (YES in S23), reproduction data writing is performed in step S27. Using the data written by the unit 1316 or the template data read from the data reading unit 1311, message data for the syntax interpretation unit 1312 to parse the data and send it to the message data writing unit 1317. Execute the message data writing process. The message data writing process in step S27 will be described later.

  In step S28, the message data written in step S27 is transmitted, and this process ends. The message data transmission process in step S28 is normally executed by using the mail transmission function of the mail program by starting the mail program 152 through the control unit 120.

  It should be noted that the event generated in step S22 is neither an event indicating that the end of the time table has been reached nor an operation for instructing the end of the creation of message data in order to transmit the message data (S22). In step S24 to S25, the process determined according to the event is executed. That is, based on the time table of FIG. 11, when the Select key is operated as an event, a program to be started corresponding to the operated time is extracted. At this time, if a plurality of programs to be activated are extracted in step S24, a determination process for determining which program to activate is performed in step S25. That is, the execution control unit 1313 displays a selection screen on the display 144 or the like, and accepts selection of a process to be started from the plurality of processes. For example, if the occurrence of an event in which the Select key is operated 10 seconds after the start of playback is detected, a plurality of processes of starting an image capturing application or starting a voice input application can be considered with reference to FIG. Therefore, in step S25, a UI for selecting “image capture” or “voice input” is displayed on the display 144. Alternatively, the UI specified in the time table of FIG. 12, “Take a picture” and “Record microphone” may be displayed. As described above, the method for determining the function to be activated in step S25 includes other methods, and the method itself is not limited in the present invention. The function determined in step S25 is executed in the application execution process in S26.

  Furthermore, the application execution process in step S25 described above will be described with reference to FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 14, first, in step S31, the execution control unit 1313 activates the application specified in steps S23 to S24. Next, when it is necessary to acquire predetermined data from the application (YES in S32), it is acquired in step S33. If rewriting of the data being executed is necessary (YES in S34), the reproduction data writing unit 1316 executes a data rewriting process in step S35.

  For example, in the template data in the form shown in FIG. 6, the application activated in step S <b> 31 includes “text_edit”, “camera”, “mic”, and the like specified in the content attribute in the sixth to eighth lines. Applicable. In the template data in the form shown in FIG. 7, the command attribute in the <prompt> tag in the 17th line, the 23rd line, and the 24th line is specified. These are mainly used to activate a text editor and enter text to replace the original data, or activate a camera to take an image and replace the original data, or activate a microphone and input audio It is assumed that the data is replaced with the original data. Therefore, the data acquired in step S33 is the file name of the acquired media data and the contents of the media data. That is, in the data rewriting process in step S35, the portion of the template data in the form shown in FIG. 6 in which the corresponding file path in the content attribute of the 6th to 8th lines is designated, the 18th line and the 8th line The part in which the file path on line 24 or line 25 is designated and the contents of each file are rewritten.

  As yet another processing method, only the contents of the media data may be acquired in step S33. That is, it is only necessary to prepare data with different contents without changing the file name. In this case, the file path is not rewritten in step S35, but only the contents of the file are rewritten based on the data obtained in step S33. You can just do it.

  The process shown in FIG. 14 is an application activated in the event process of step S18 of the reproduction / editing process shown in FIG. 9, and data acquisition or rewriting process is executed during the execution of the activated application. However, the started application itself may perform data acquisition and data rewrite processing. Specifically, the process shown in FIG. 15 may be executed instead of the process shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart for explaining the application execution process, and is a flowchart showing a process different from the process shown in FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 15, in step S41, the execution control unit 1313 activates the application specified in steps S23 to S24. In step S42, the execution control unit 1313 executes the activated application and acquires predetermined data. 6 in the content attribute shown in the 6th to 8th lines, the file specified by the corresponding file path, the file specified in the 18th, 24th and 25th lines. The contents may be rewritten with the acquired data. When the process shown in FIG. 15 is executed, unlike the process shown in FIG. 14, it is not necessary to start the playback / edit engine program 131 and directly edit the data.

  In addition to this, among the applications activated in step S31 or step S41, an application that activates the calling program 153 to make a call, an application that activates the WWW browser program 151 and accesses a predetermined site, etc. In addition, an application that does not intend to acquire or rewrite data may be included. In such a case, after the application execution process in step S25, the process may not be returned to the reproduction / editing process in step S16 in FIG.

  In the above-described processing, the application activated in step S31 or step S41 is a function provided in the mobile phone 1 such as a text editor, a camera application, or a microphone application, but is an external device of the mobile phone 1. A function provided in another device on the network may be used. This can be executed by starting an application that accesses data or a service providing a function for assisting message data creation. Specifically, it is possible to access functions provided in other devices on the network to acquire media data, or to edit media data using a function for processing media data.

  FIG. 16 shows a specific example of template data rewritten as a result of the rewriting process in step S35 or step S42 described above. The template data shown in FIG. 16 represents a specific example when the template data shown in FIG. 6 is rewritten. In FIG. 16, as in the case of FIG. 6, the media data portion is omitted for ease of explanation.

  The template data shown in FIG. 16 assumes a case where a Select key event occurs within 0 to 8 seconds from the start of reproduction of the template data shown in FIG. That is, when the event occurs during template data reproduction, the character input application is started according to the time table shown in FIG. 11, the text data input by the user is acquired, and the text data “InputText.txt” is stored. Generated. The generated text data is added to the media data portion of the reproduction data, and the file path “FirstText.txt” (lines 6 and 18) in the reproduction data is rewritten, and “InputtedText” is rewritten as shown in FIG. .Txt ". At the same time, “FirstText.txt” itself, which is the reproduction data included in the template data of FIG. 6, is deleted.

  Further, in the template data shown in FIG. 16, a Select key event occurs within 8 to 16 seconds from the start of reproduction of the template data shown in FIG. 6, and the image shooting application is executed according to the time table shown in FIG. And the voice input application are assumed to be selected. In this case, the image data photographed by the user is acquired and the image data “InputtedImage.jpg” is generated. The generated image data is added to the media data portion of the reproduction data, and the file path “SecondImage.jpg” (line 7 and line 23) in the reproduction data is rewritten, and “InputtedImage” as shown in FIG. .Jpg ". At the same time, “SecondImage.jpg”, which is the reproduction data included in the template data of FIG. 6, is deleted.

  Further, FIG. 17 shows a specific example when the template data of FIG. 7 is rewritten. Also in FIG. 17, as in the case of FIG. 7, the media data portion is omitted for ease of explanation. The assumed user operation is the same as that described with reference to FIG.

  That is, the text data input by the user during the reproduction of the template data shown in FIG. 7 is acquired and the text data “InputText.txt” is generated. The generated text data is added to the media data portion of the reproduction data, and the file path “FirstText.txt” (line 15) in the reproduction data is rewritten, and as shown in FIG. 17, “Inputted Text.txt” is rewritten. Become. At the same time, “FirstText.txt” itself, which is the reproduction data included in the template data of FIG. 7, is deleted.

  Further, in the template data shown in FIG. 16, a Select key event occurs between 8 and 16 seconds from the start of reproduction of the template data shown in FIG. 7, and according to the time table shown in FIG. It is assumed that the voice input application is selected from the image shooting application and the voice input application. In this case, the image data photographed by the user is acquired and the image data “InputtedImage.jpg” is generated. The generated image data is added to the media data portion of the reproduction data, and the file path “SecondImage.jpg” (line 20) in the reproduction data is rewritten, and “InputtedImage.jpg” is displayed as shown in FIG. Become. At the same time, “SecondImage.jpg” which is the reproduction data included in the template data of FIG. 7 is deleted.

Furthermore, the processing flow described so far will be described using a specific example of screen transition.
FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a specific example of screen transition when the reading process for the template data shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 7 is being executed.

  Referring to FIG. 18, in the first 8 seconds (left figure) when the reading process is started, as described above, image data “FirstMovie.mpg”, text data “FirstText.txt”, and audio data “FirstSound.smf” are displayed. ”Is reproduced, and the image data“ SecondImage.jpg ”, the text data“ SecondText.txt ”, and“ SecondSound.mp3 ”are displayed along the designated layout in the next 8 seconds (upper right figure). In the first 8 seconds, the “Enter message” guidance is displayed, and in the next 8 seconds, “Take a picture” and “Record microphone” guidance are displayed. In the first 8 seconds, the text editor is activated when the user presses the Select key or the like. In addition, the camera or microphone is activated when the user presses the Select key in the next 8 seconds, but before that, a screen (lower right figure) for selecting which function to activate is displayed. The selected function is activated.

  Next, FIG. 19 shows a state in which each function is activated and data is edited. Referring to FIG. 19, the text data displayed in the first 8 seconds of the template data is edited into “feeling” by the above-described operation (Inputted Text.txt), and the photograph and sound displayed in the next 8 seconds. Are edited (InputtedImage.jpg, InputtedSound.mp3).

  Such a modified template data is written in step S27 in FIG. 13 when an operation for instructing the end of message data creation is performed by the user in order to transmit message data. Used to create message data during processing.

  As a first specific example of the message data writing process in step S27, there is a process in which the template data of FIG. 16 or FIG. 17 edited in this way is written as it is. FIG. 20 shows a specific example of the structure of the message data written in the message data writing process as the first specific example, including the media data portion. Referring to FIG. 20, the text data “FirstText.txt” and the image data “SecondImage.jpg” included in the original template data are deleted from the media data portion of the message data to be written. Are added with text data “Inputted Text.txt” and image data “Inputted Text.jpg”.

  As a second specific example of the message data writing process in step S27, there is a process of adding an element included in the template data before editing to the edited template data of FIG. 16 or FIG. That is, in the message data writing process as the second specific example, as shown in FIG. 21, media data included in the template data before editing is reproduced in the edited template data as shown in FIG. A layout or timing part, an editable area designating part, and an activation function or guidance part shown in FIG. 6 or 7 are added. Further, the text data “FirstText.txt” and the image data “SecondImage.jpg” included in the template data before editing are added to the media data portion.

  As a third specific example of the message data writing process in step S27, there is a process of deleting the editable area designating part, the activation function or the guidance part from the edited template data shown in FIG. . That is, in the edited template data shown in FIG. 21, the parts corresponding to the sixth to eighth lines, the twentieth line, and the parts corresponding to the twenty-sixth to twenty-seventh lines in FIG. 16 are deleted. To do. This means that these parts are used when creating message data and are not used as messages.

  The message data created in this way is transmitted in step S28, and the process ends. The message data transmission process is normally executed via the communication unit 110 when the control unit 120 activates the mail program 152 and uses the mail transmission function of the mail program.

  Note that a function for re-editing message data can be added to the present embodiment. Usually, a mail program stores and manages the created message data in a mailbox or the like. For example, message data temporarily saved by the user during creation of message data is saved in the Draft box. The transmitted message data is stored in the Send box. The stored message data can then be retrieved from these boxes and re-edited. A function of temporarily storing message data and re-editing the stored message data as described above can also be provided in the present embodiment as described below.

  FIG. 22 shows a modification of the playback / editing program. Referring to FIG. 22, in the reproduction / editing program 1310 of FIG. 22, a message data reading unit 1319 and a template discriminating unit 1320 are added to the reproduction / editing program 131 of FIG.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart in which processing for temporarily storing message data is added to the flowchart shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 13, steps S29 and S30 are added to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S29, it is necessary to suspend the system when the user explicitly selects temporary storage of message data while editing the message data, when a program other than the playback / edit processing program is started, or for some reason. When there is a need to temporarily save the message data being edited, such as when there is, there is YES.

  In step S30, when YES is determined in step S29, the message data writing unit 1317 writes the message data being edited to the various data storage unit 157.

  As an example of the message data writing process in step S30, a fourth specific example may be used in addition to the first, second, and third specific examples described above.

  In the first and second specific examples described above, the message data to be written includes template data after editing. Therefore, the read message data can be re-edited by reading the temporarily stored message data and using the edited template data included in the read message data.

  In the third specific example described above, the message data to be written does not include the “editable area designating part” and the “starting function or guidance part” of the edited template data. Contains template data. Therefore, the read message data can be re-edited by reading the temporarily stored message data and using the template data before editing included in the read message data.

  On the other hand, it is also conceivable to write message data that does not include the “editable area designating portion” and “start function or guidance portion” of the edited template data and the edited template. In this case, even if the temporarily stored message data is read, the read message data cannot be re-edited because there is no information on the “editable area designating part” and the “activation function or guidance part”. Therefore, in the fourth specific example, message data including a template ID is written as shown in FIG. This template ID may be originally described in the template data, or may be given to identify the template data when the communication unit 110 acquires the template data, It may be a value set to identify the template data when the data reading unit 1311 reads the template data. Or it is good also as template ID with the acquisition place of template data.

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart in which processing for re-editing message data is added to the flowchart shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 9, in addition to the flowchart of FIG. 9, step S12 is changed to steps S191 and S192, and step S14 is changed to step S194.

  In step S191, the message data reading unit 1319 reads the message data temporarily stored from the various data storage units 157.

  In step S192, the template determination unit 1320 checks whether the read message data includes a template ID. When the template ID is included, the template determination unit 1320 determines the template data from the template ID, and the determination is YES.

  In step S13, as in FIG. 9, the data reading unit 1311 reads the determined template data from the various data storage unit 157.

  In step S194, the syntax analysis unit 1312 parses the template data included in the message data when the template data is not read in step S13, and when the template data is read in step S13, the read template data is stored. Parse. The subsequent steps are the same as those in the flowchart of FIG.

  In the message data writing process in step S27 in FIG. 23, which is the content of the event process in step S18, the message data writing process described as the first, second, and third specific examples may be used. Message data including the template ID described as an example may be written. In the case of writing in the fourth specific example, message data including the template ID is transmitted.

[Second Embodiment]
As shown in FIG. 1, the message data transmitted as described in the first embodiment is sent to various information devices having a data communication function via a public network, the Internet network, or a broadcast network. Sent to the terminal. Therefore, as a second embodiment, processing in the device that receives these message data will be described.

  As the first embodiment, a flow in which template data is read into the mobile phone 1 and executed is described. In particular, with reference to FIG. 3, it is described that the control unit 120 processes the template data acquired from the template providing server 2 via the communication unit 110 by causing the playback / editing engine program 131 to be processed.

  By executing the mail program 152, message data received from another mobile phone 1 that is a message creation device via the communication unit 110 is also usually sent to the playback / editing engine program 131 by the control unit 120 in the mobile phone 1. It is processed by executing.

  The configuration of the playback / editing engine program 131 in the mobile phone 1 that receives such message data is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. However, in this case, the syntax analysis unit 1312 needs to distinguish whether the data read from the data reading unit 1311 is template data or message data. There are two main methods for distinguishing data in the parsing unit 1312.

  The first data distinction method is a method in which the control unit 120 determines whether the data is template data or message data, depending on how the communication unit 110 receives the data. That is, the data received by the control unit 120 by starting the mail program 152 is regarded as message data, the data downloaded from the template providing server 2 is regarded as template data, and stored in advance in the storage unit 130 as template data. If it is a thing, it is regarded as template data. Since template data is transmitted by starting the mail program 152, for example, the contents of a mail header generally added to the mail data are checked to determine whether the data is message data or template data. May be.

  The second data distinction method is a distinction method based on a description indicating template data or message data included in received data. That is, in the specific example of the template data shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 7, a description indicating that it is template data is made as in the fifth line. In such a case, the description is confirmed to determine whether the data is template data or message data. In this case, although not described in the message data writing process described above, in the message data writing process, a description indicating that it is template data shown in the fifth line of FIG. 16 or FIG. 17 is omitted. Processing is required.

  In the second embodiment, as described above, whether the acquired data is template data or message data is determined by the data reading unit 1311 or the syntax analysis unit 1312 in the mobile phone 1.

  Next, the flow of processing of message data read by the data reading unit 1311 will be described. In the following description, a mode in which the data read by the playback / editing engine program 131 is determined to be message data and operates is referred to as a “View mode”.

  First, a case will be described in which the message data read by the data reading unit 1311 is the message data (FIG. 20) mentioned in the first specific example of the message data writing process described above.

  In this case, the syntax analysis unit 1312 determines that the media data playback layout or timing portion and the media data portion of the message data shown in FIG. 20 are message browsing areas, and the playback data writing unit 1316 displays the message browsing. The part determined to be a work area is written out.

  In FIG. 26, the part determined as the message browsing area in the message data shown in FIG. 17 is shown with an underline. Here, tags other than the <meta> tag and the <prompt> tag are determined as message browsing areas. That is, the syntax analysis unit 1312 determines the message browsing area based on the tag information in the message data.

  Further, the syntax analysis unit 1312 passes the analysis result to the execution control unit 1313 and the time management unit 1314.

  The time management unit 1314 creates a time table based on the analysis result passed from the syntax analysis unit 1312. Then, the time management unit 1314 passes the created time table to the execution control unit 1313. In addition, the event management unit 1315 detects the occurrence of an event. Then, the event management unit 1315 passes the detection result to the execution control unit 1313.

  Based on the time table passed from the time management unit 1314, the event occurrence detection result passed from the event management unit 1315, and the analysis result passed from the syntax analysis unit 1312, the execution control unit 1313 displays / Control the playback process.

  The flow of reproduction processing and editing processing executed by the mobile phone 1 by being controlled by the execution control unit 1313 is the same as the processing shown in FIG. 9 in the first embodiment. At this time, FIG. 27 shows a specific example of the time table created by the time management unit 1314 according to the second embodiment. In the View mode according to the second embodiment, each media data included in the message data is displayed along the time table of FIG.

  In the View mode, the event detected in step S17 in FIG. 9 is based on the template data generated by the user from the message data in addition to the event of reaching the terminal when the time table reaches the terminal. The key code input device 142 includes an operation for instructing the creation of template data for creating message data, and a Select key operation used as a UI for activating the function shown in FIG. From the event.

  FIG. 28 shows a flow of event processing in the View mode according to the second embodiment.

  Upon receiving the event occurrence detection information from the event management unit 1315 in step S17 described above, in step S51, the execution control unit 1312 temporarily stops the time table being executed.

  In step S52, the content of the event whose occurrence is detected in step S17 is determined. As a result of the determination in step S52, if the event whose occurrence has been detected is an event indicating that the end of the time table has been reached (YES in S52), the process returns to step S16 in FIG. That is, the process is returned to the beginning of the time table again. However, it may be a process of ending reproduction after being executed once or a predetermined number of times.

  On the other hand, the event whose occurrence is detected in step S17 is an operation for instructing creation of template data in order to create template data from message data and create message data based on the template data. If YES (YES in S53), in the template data writing process in step S57, using the message data read from the data reading unit 1311, the syntax interpreting unit 1312 performs syntax analysis of the data, and the template data writing is performed. The unit 1318 writes template data that can be reused for creating message data, and ends the event processing. The template data written in step S57 is stored in the storage unit 130, and is used when creating message data again. The process of reading the template data and creating the message data is as described in the first embodiment. The template data writing process for writing template data from the message data in step S57 differs depending on the first to third specific examples of the message data writing process shown in the first embodiment, and the details Will be described later.

  In addition, it is an event indicating that the occurrence of the event has reached the end of the time table, or an operation for instructing the creation of template data in order to create message data based on the template data. If not (NO in S52 and NO in S53), the process determined in steps S54 to S55 is executed. That is, based on the time table of FIG. 11, when the Select key is operated as an event, a program to be started corresponding to the operated time is extracted. At this time, if a plurality of programs to be started are extracted in step S54, a determination process for determining which program to start is performed in step S55. These operations are the same as the operations in steps S24 to S25 in FIG. However, in the specific example of the message data shown in FIG. 26, since the <prompt> tag for designating the activation function is not written, the function to be activated does not occur. An example in which a function to be activated occurs will be described later.

  Finally, in step S56, the function specified in the application execution process is executed. The application execution process in step S56 is the same as that in step S26.

  Further, the template data writing process in the template data writing unit 1318 in step S57 described above will be described. This process is equivalent to the process of writing the message creation auxiliary area from the message data shown in FIG.

  When the read message data is the message data (FIG. 20) shown in the first specific example of the message data writing process described in the first embodiment, in step S57, the template writing unit 1318 is executed. Can be simply written as template data without editing the read message data. At this time, the difference between the template data (for example, FIG. 6) that is the basis and the created message data (for example, FIG. 16) is the part indicated by the underline in FIG. 16 and the media data part. is there. Therefore, by executing the template data writing process in step S57, the written template data is not exactly the same as the base template data, but the media data of the written template data is not the same. Since the playback layout or timing part, editable area specification part, activation function or guidance part is the same as that of the base template data, the written template data is used as the base template data. It can be reused as template data that is almost the same as usability. However, the reproduction data included in the template data that is the basis is replaced with the reproduction data indicated by the underline in FIG.

  When the read message data is the message data (FIG. 21) shown in the second specific example of the message data writing process described in the first embodiment, in step S57, the template writing unit 1318 is displayed. Extracts and writes the second SMIL portion of the message data of FIG. Next, the media data used by the extracted SMIL portion is extracted from the media data portion and written. Thereby, the template data based on the read message data can be completely restored. The SMIL portion to be extracted may be described in the role attribute of the <meta> tag of the SMIL portion (the fifth line in FIG. 6 or FIG. 7), and the last data in the message data is template data. It may be determined in advance according to the position in the data. In addition, in the header portion of the message data, which data in the message data is the template data portion or which data is the message data portion may be described. By including such template data component information in the header portion of the template data, it is possible to easily determine which part is the message creation auxiliary area in the mobile phone 1, and the intended message for the template creator. It is possible to provide a creation method.

  Further, such a part representing the contents of each area of the message data may be included in one file instead of the header format and can be determined by interpreting the file. By including the template data component information in the file format, it is possible to easily determine which part is the message creation auxiliary area in the mobile phone 1, and it is possible to have more complicated information.

  When the read message data is the message data shown in the third specific example of the message data writing process described in the first embodiment, the second message data writing process described above is also used. The writing method corresponding to the specific example may be the same. The difference between the message data shown in the third specific example of the message data writing process and the message data shown in the second specific example is the first SMIL portion shown in FIG. This is because the template data obtained when the method is taken out is the same.

  As described above, the template data extraction method may differ depending on the message data writing process. Therefore, when extracting the template data, the message data writing method is determined when selecting the extraction method. There is a need. A method for writing message data and a method for extracting template data corresponding thereto may be determined in advance. That is, the method may be determined in advance by the terminal on the transmission side and the terminal on the reception side, or information identifying the method may be added to the header of the mail at the time of mail transmission. The template data may be designated by a <meta> tag or the like.

  FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a specific example of screen transition when the created message data shown in FIG. 19 is received by the mobile phone 1 and displayed for viewing. The specific example of the screen transition shown in FIG. 29 is a specific example of the screen transition when the message data (FIG. 20) shown in the first specific example of the message data writing process described above is read and displayed. is there.

  Referring to FIG. 29, the guidance portion is not displayed when the received message data is reproduced. Also, the function is not activated, and the designated media data is only displayed with the designated layout and timing. Next, in order to create template data from the received message data and create further message data based on the template data, the Option key is pressed as an operation for instructing the creation of template data. When selected, the template data is written out as described above, and the screen shown in FIG. 30 is displayed by reading the template data. The processing flow at this time is almost the same as the processing flow described using the specific example of the screen transition in FIG. 18, and the difference is the text data “FirstText.txt” included in the original template data. , Image data “SecondImage.jpg”, and text data “InputtedText.txt”, image data “InputtedImage.jpg”, and audio data “InputdSound.mp3” are included instead of the audio data “SecondSound.mp3”. The information necessary for creating message data, such as information indicating the editable area, information for specifying the function to be activated, and guidance, can be used in the same manner as the information included in the original template data. . Of course, when the message data shown in the second specific example and the third specific example of the message data writing process is read and the template data is restored, the text data “FirstText” included in the original template data before editing is restored. .Txt ”, image data“ SecondImage.jpg ”, and audio data“ SecondSound.mp3 ”can be restored.

  In the description so far, the method of creating and transmitting message data using the template data in the form as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 and restoring the template data from the message data after receiving the transmitted message data. Said. Next, a case where template data in other forms is used will be described.

  FIG. 31 is a diagram showing another specific example of template data, in which message data is created using the template data, and the tag shown in the first embodiment and the message data are viewed as messages. A specific example of template data in such a form that the tag used when displaying for the purpose can be distinguished by the <switch> tag is shown. That is, in the template data whose specific example is shown in FIG. 31, “compositon” is specified in the mode attribute of the <switch> tag on the 17th line, and is surrounded by this <switch> tag. The 18th line is interpreted only when message data is created using the template data. Similarly, the 26th and 27th lines surrounded by the <switch> tag specified in the 25th line are also interpreted only when the message data is created using the template data.

  This means that the distinction between the message browsing area and the message creation auxiliary area shown in FIG. 5 can be specified by the <switch> tag. That is, when creating message data using the template data, data for creating message data is written in step S14 and step S19 of FIG. 9, but at this time, there is no normal <switch> tag. However, the range in which “compositon” is specified in the mode attribute of the <switch> tag is written, and when other than “compositon” is specified, this range is not written. In other words, the mobile phone 1 uses the tag to determine the layout information or playback timing of media data, the designation of editable media data, the function activated for media data editing, and guidance effective for creating message data. It can be used to determine where in the template data the message creation auxiliary area. In addition, since the message creation assistance area in the template data is clearly described in the tag, the message creation assistance area in the template data can be easily identified on the mobile phone 1, which is also intended for the template creator. A message creation method can be provided. In addition, since the message browsing area when the created message data is displayed for browsing is clearly described in the tag, the message browsing area can be easily identified on the mobile phone 1, and the message For creators, it is possible to provide a display method for viewing intended message data, and for template creators, it is possible to provide a method for creating intended message data and a display method for viewing message data. It becomes.

  Further, when displaying the message data as the template data for browsing the message data, in the case of using the edited message data in FIG. 26 to extract the message browsing area, < The area other than the meta> tag and the <prompt> tag is determined as the message browsing area. By using the <switch> tag, a tag to be ignored and a tag to be adopted are displayed for each tag. Need not be stored in advance, and there is an advantage that only the <switch> tag needs to be interpreted.

  Furthermore, FIG. 32 is a diagram showing another specific example of template data, and shows an example in which “view” is specified in the mode attribute of the <switch> tag as shown in the 20th line. . In this case, the 21st line is used only when the template data is displayed as a message for browsing, and is not used when creating message data based on the template data.

  The 21st line starts the WWW browser and displays the website “hoge.com” when any user operation such as pressing the Select key occurs during reproduction of the moving image data “FirstMovie.mpg”. The access is specified. Such a function used for guiding to a website is not necessary when creating message data using the template data, but is used when displaying the template data as a message for viewing. May be. In that case, it is preferable to specify such.

In this way, by designating on the 21st line and the 21st line, the designated website can be accessed during the display for viewing the message data, and the web page can be accessed while creating the message data. You can prevent access to the site. Such a function can be applied to EC (Electronic Commercial) services, for example.

  FIG. 33 is a diagram for explaining functions that can be executed when message data is acquired by accessing the EC site. Referring to the figure, it is assumed that a user purchases a product (in this case, Wisky) by accessing a certain EC site using a WEB browser. The EC site transmits message data including the meaning of purchase confirmation to the user. This message data is message data from which template data can be restored as described above. Here, it is assumed that message data including two slides arrives from the EC site.

  When the first slide is displayed, the Reuse menu can be selected after selecting the Option key. On the other hand, when the second slide is displayed, after selecting the Option key, the Reuse menu can be selected, and the Connect menu can also be selected. When the Connect menu is selected, the EC site is accessed and the EC site home page is displayed.

  FIG. 34 is a diagram for explaining functions that can be executed after Reuse is selected. As shown in the figure, when Reuse is selected, message data can be created. Here, the message data of the first slide can be changed. The procedure for creating the message data is the same as that described in the example of FIG. 26, and therefore description thereof will not be repeated here. On the other hand, when Reuse is selected, the EC site cannot be accessed.

  When the user changes the first slide, the changed new message data is transmitted to a friend's third party. A third party can receive this message data and display the message data for viewing, similar to the user who sent the message data. In addition, a third party can access the EC site during display for viewing the message data, like the user. As a result, the third party learns that there is a service (Whisky Shop) provided by the EC site, and the service provided by the EC site is distributed. Further, since the third party has received this message data from the friend, it can be expected that the service provided by the EC site can be used with confidence, and the distribution of the service is promoted.

  On the other hand, the third party can create the message data of the first slide, like the user who sent the message data, but cannot access the EC site while creating the message data. As a result, during the creation of message data, a third party accesses the EC site and the home page of the EC site that is not directly related to the creation of the message data is displayed, which hinders the work of creating the message data. Can be prevented.

  In addition, the EC site is not accessed by selecting the Connectc menu, but the EC site may be accessed by pressing any key separately from the Connect menu, and the EC site can be accessed. Some message indicating that it is present may be displayed at the same time.

  The message creation auxiliary area of the template data shown in FIG. 5 includes all of the media data playback layout part, the media data timing part, the editable area designating part, the activation function part, the guidance part, and the media data, but not all of them. May not be included. As will be described below, the template data message creation auxiliary area only needs to include at least one of them.

  The media data reproduction layout portion is unnecessary when media data is displayed in a predetermined layout. Also, the media data timing part is unnecessary when media data is displayed at a predetermined timing.

  The editable area designating portion is unnecessary when an editable area is predetermined or when the editable area can be notified to the user by guidance. For example, in the template data of FIG. 16, in the sixth to eighth lines, an area where “Inputted Text.text”, “InputtedImage.jpg”, and “Second Sound.mp3” are displayed is an editable area. Specify that. However, if the user is notified by guidance that the area in which these are displayed is an editable area, the editable area designating portion may not be provided.

  The activation function portion can activate an available application depending on the type of media data even if it is not present, and is not essential. For example, in the template data of FIG. 16, on the sixth to eighth lines, applications (“Text edit”, “camera”, “mic”) are activated to edit the media data. However, if it is predetermined that “Text edit” is activated when editing text, “camera” is activated when editing an image, and “mic” is activated when editing audio, There may be no activation function.

  Guidance is also unnecessary if there is no need to guide the user. The media data is necessary when the message data is displayed for browsing, but is not always necessary when creating the message data.

  As described above, the media data playback layout part, the media data timing part, the editable area designating part, the activation function part, the guidance part, and the media data are not essential for the message creation auxiliary area of the template data. The message creation auxiliary area may include at least one of them. Therefore, the message creation auxiliary area of the template data may include only guidance, for example.

  The template data shown in FIG. 32 is a specific example of template data that allows network access when the template data is displayed for viewing as a message. Such a description may be included. That is, a description for performing network access may be made in a line surrounded by <switch> tags in which the mode attribute described above is “composition”. With this description, when creating message data using the template data, it is possible to access services and the like that provide data and functions for assisting the creation of message data. Such data and functions can be used. That is, it is possible to write out template data that can be used to create message data using the same network function that was used when the message data was created. For example, it is conceivable to access media functions and acquire media data, or to edit media data using a function for processing media data. By making the template data into such a data structure, the processing as described above is executed, and when the template data is reused, the message data creation assistance service is accessed again. Can contribute to the distribution of services.

  In other words, by making the template data into such a data structure, it is possible to use functions on the network in the process of creating the message data, and receiving the message data created using this template data. The user can use the same network function when creating message data by reusing the message creation auxiliary area from the message data. This makes it possible to distribute functions on the network.

  FIG. 35 is a diagram showing another specific example of template data, and is a diagram showing a specific example of template data that can correct the contents of the <prompt> tag. In other words, this is a specific example of template data that allows the user to modify the function to be activated specified in the template.

  Referring to FIG. 35, in the <prompt> tag on the 26th line, the command is specified by a file “url.txt”, and on the 31st line, the file “url. It is specified that “txt” can be corrected. The <prompt> tag on the 31st line is used only when message data is created using the template data. Conversely, the <prompt> tag on the 26th line is used to view the template data as a message. It is only used when displayed. Accordingly, for example, a user who creates message data using the template data can easily insert a function for accessing a site created by the user into the message data. Further, when the recipient who has received the message data extracts the template data from the message data and creates the message data again using the template data, the access destination can be corrected.

  FIG. 36 is a diagram showing another specific example of template data. Processing the template data shown in FIG. 36 results in the same operation as when the template data shown in FIG. 35 is processed. However, the template data shown in FIG. The position of the <switch> tag is different from the template data shown in FIG. However, as shown in FIG. 36, the frame of almost the entire description is separated by the <switch> tag, so that the display when the message data is created using the template data and the template data is viewed as the message data. It is also possible to create template data that is completely different from the display at the time of display.

  Another specific example of template data close to this is template data such as the message data shown in the second specific example and the third specific example of the message data writing process. That is, the portion used when creating the message data and the portion used for displaying for viewing the message data are not included in one description but are template data included in different descriptions. Referring to the specific example of the message data shown in the third specific example of the message data writing process, the template data in this case is the first SMIL portion of the template data in FIG. This is template data that is used for display for browsing and has no editable area designation portion and no activation function or guidance portion. That is, from the beginning, the message browsing area (the first SMIL part from which the editable area designating part and the activation function or guidance part are omitted) and the message creation auxiliary area (second SMIL part) are separated. It is also considered that the template data is prepared, and the template data itself may be prepared in this form from the beginning.

  In this case, first, in step S14 and step S19 in FIG. 9, when reading the template data and writing the message data creation data in order to create the message data, the message creation auxiliary area which is the second SMIL portion. Is written and executed. Further, when the display for browsing the message data is performed, it is the same as the display for browsing the message data shown in the second specific example and the third specific example of the message data writing process described above. What is necessary is just to display by processing. A method for extracting a part used when writing data for creating message data is the same as the method for extracting template data from the message data exemplified in the second specific example of the message data writing process. is there. That is, it may be described in the role attribute of the <meta> tag of the SMIL part (the fifth line in FIG. 6 or FIG. 7), and the last data in the template data is the template data. The position in the data may be determined in advance. Alternatively, in the header portion of the template data, which data in the template data is the message creation auxiliary region portion or which data is the message browsing region portion may be described. In addition, such a portion representing the contents of each area of the message data is not a header format but a single file, and it may be determined by interpreting the file. In the above example, the description language of the message creation auxiliary area and the message browsing area are both SMIL. However, since these areas can actually be completely separated, they are not visible. Of course, it is possible to create different template data, but it is also possible to create even template data in which the description languages of the message creation auxiliary area and the message browsing area are different from each other.

  In the above-described embodiment, the description as template data, that is, the description for assisting message creation is described in the message data. However, instead of the description for assisting message creation, the template data source information In the message data, a URL that is access information to a device that provides the template data for which the template data can be obtained may be described. This template data source information is originally described in the template data itself as information on the source of the template data, and may be used, or the template data source information when the template data is acquired May be stored and included in the message data when the mobile phone 1 creates the message data.

  In this case, when creating the template data from the received message data, it is possible to create the necessary template data by accessing the other device based on the URL. In this way, by describing the source of the template data in the message data, the message data recipient can use the template used when creating the message data without including the contents of the message creation auxiliary area in the message data. Data can be easily obtained.

  In the second embodiment described above, the template data is created when the user performs an instruction. However, when the template data can be restored when the message data is received, the message is created. Template data restoration may be performed immediately upon data reception. In this case, if the mobile phone 1 already stores the same template data, the template data may not be restored. Further, as described above, when the received message data includes a URL that is access information to another device from which the template data is obtained, the template data is obtained immediately upon reception of the message data. The URL may be accessed, or if the template data has already been obtained, the URL may not be accessed.

  In the first embodiment, the method for re-editing the message data using the template ID has been described. It has been described that the message data to be transmitted may be message data having a structure as shown in FIG. 24 including the template ID.

  FIG. 37 shows a playback / editing program corresponding to the case where message data including a template ID is received. Referring to FIG. 37, in reproduction / editing program 1330 in FIG. 37, template discrimination unit 1331 and template acquisition unit 1312 are added to reproduction / editing program 131 in FIG.

  Based on the template ID included in the message data read by the data reading unit 1311, the template determination unit 1331 determines the template data used when creating the message data.

  When the determined template data has been acquired and stored in the various data storage unit 157, the template acquisition unit 1332 instructs the data reading unit 1311 to read it.

  Further, when the determined template data has not been acquired, the template acquisition unit 1332 instructs the communication unit 110 to transmit the template ID to the Internet providing server 2. The Internet providing server 2 specifies template data corresponding to the template ID, and transmits the specified template data. The communication unit 110 stores the received template data in the various data storage unit 157. The template acquisition unit 1332 instructs the data reading unit 1311 to read the template data stored in the various data storage unit 157.

  The syntax analysis unit 1312 performs syntax analysis on the read template data. The process of creating message data from the result of parsing is the same as that described above.

  The mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment corresponding to the data processing apparatus according to the present invention executes the above-described processing, whereby message data creation processing and message data browsing as shown in FIGS. 38 and 39 are performed. -Creation processing is possible.

  That is, with reference to FIG. 38, in the message data creation process, the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment includes a message browsing area used when browsing the message data as shown in FIG. When creating new message data using template data including a message creation auxiliary area used when creating message data, as shown in FIG. 38B, a message creation auxiliary area is created from the template data. Extract and use. The message creation auxiliary area includes whether or not an edit area edited in the process of creating message data is included. In the mobile phone 1, the editing area shown in FIG. 38C is edited according to the contents of the message creation auxiliary area, and message data is created. For this reason, the created message data has a form in which the editing area of the original template data is changed. Then, when transmitting the created data, the cellular phone 1 is characterized by transmitting not only the message browsing area but also the message creation auxiliary area as shown in FIG.

  As described above, since the cellular phone 1 creates message data including the data in the message creation auxiliary area included in the template data, it is used when the message data is created on the receiver side that reads the message data. It is possible to reuse the message creation auxiliary area.

  In addition, in the message creation auxiliary area, layout information or playback timing of media data, specification of editable media data, a function to be activated for editing media data or guidance effective for creating message data, or media data to be played back Therefore, it is possible for the template data creator to intentionally create message data using a function that specifies a more complicated message.

  Referring to FIG. 39, when the message data created and transmitted in the message data creation process shown in FIG. 38 is received, the message data includes a message as shown in FIG. A browsing area and a message creation auxiliary area are included. In the message data browsing / creating process, the mobile phone 1 reads the message data shown in FIG. 39A and displays the message data for browsing the message as shown in FIG. 39B. In addition, the message browsing area is extracted and used. For this reason, display and operation unnecessary for browsing are not performed. When message data is created by the same operation as when the message data was created, a message creation auxiliary area is extracted from the received message data and used as shown in FIG. . This makes it possible to restore the same operation as when the message data was created.

  That is, the cellular phone 1 according to the present embodiment performs message data creation processing and message data browsing / creation processing using the above-described template data, so that the message browsing area and message creation assistance in the template data are performed. An area can be extracted, and processing can be performed by using different areas when browsing the message data and when creating the message data. Also, the recipient who has received the created message data can restore the same operation as when the message data was created.

  Also, when editing message data, the same media data is used for the message creation auxiliary area data and the message browsing area data in order to simultaneously edit the message creation auxiliary area and the message browsing area. When there is a relation, for example, it becomes easy to make a change accompanying the change of the data in the message creation auxiliary area to the data in the message browsing area.

  In addition, since data editing according to the message creation auxiliary area and final message data creation are separated, data manipulation during data editing can be minimized.

  In addition, when editing the message data, in order to add the message creation auxiliary area in the template data to the message data as it is without editing, the recipient who has received the message data also creates the received message data. It is possible to reuse the used message creation auxiliary area as it is. For this reason, useless data in the message browsing area is omitted, and the message data can be reduced.

  39 is different from the contents of the editing area of the message data based on the contents of the editing area. Therefore, when the message data is created, the operation or display is not completely the same as when the original message data is created. In order to achieve the same operation, for example, the data structure of the message data is changed to a data structure that does not include the editing area in the message creation auxiliary area as shown in FIG. A method of creating and transmitting message data that does not include an editing area in the creation auxiliary area is exemplified.

  Further, in order to facilitate the extraction of the message browsing area and the message creation auxiliary area, more simply, as shown in FIG. 41, in the message data, there is a separate message browsing area in the message data. Then, there is a method of including data component information that describes where the message creation auxiliary area is.

[Third Embodiment]
In the first embodiment, the editing of the message data as shown in FIG. 20 or FIG. 21 is all performed at the terminal on the message transmitting side. In this embodiment, a message server that relays message data edits the message data according to the processing capability of the terminal that receives the message data.

FIG. 42 shows the configuration of the message server 3. With reference to the figure, the message server 3 includes a data receiving unit 310, a terminal address extracting unit 322, a processing capability table storage unit 321, a terminal processing capability specifying unit 320, a data editing unit 330, and a data transfer unit. 340.
The data receiving unit 310 receives message data. Similar to the first embodiment, the message data includes a message browsing area and a message creation auxiliary area, and further includes an address of the receiving terminal.

  The processing capacity table storage unit 321 stores a processing capacity table. The processing capability table defines the correspondence between the address of the receiving terminal and the processing capability level of the receiving terminal. When the processing capability level is “1”, the processing capability is low, when the processing capability level is “2”, the processing capability is medium, and when the processing capability level is “3”, the processing capability is high. .

  The terminal address extracting unit 322 extracts the address of the receiving terminal included in the received message data.

  The terminal processing capability specifying unit 320 refers to the processing capability table and specifies the level of processing capability of the receiving terminal at the extracted terminal address.

  The data editing unit 330 edits the received message data according to the specified processing capability level of the receiving terminal. For example, when the processing capability level is “1”, the data editing unit 330 determines that the receiving terminal cannot process the editable area designating part, the activation function designating part, and the guidance part. delete. Further, when the processing capability level is “2”, the data editing unit 330 determines that the receiving terminal cannot process the editable area designating part and the activation function designating part, and deletes these parts. . Further, when the processing capability level is “3”, the data editing unit 330 determines that the receiving terminal can process all the parts and does not delete any part.

  The data transfer unit 340 transmits the edited message data to the terminal having the extracted address.

  FIG. 43 shows an example of message data received by the message server 3. FIG. 44 shows an example of message data after the message server 3 has edited the message data shown in FIG. Since the level of the processing capability of the receiving terminal is specified as “1”, the message data in FIG. 44 includes the editable area designation part, the activation function part, and the guidance in the twentieth line in the sixth to eighth lines in FIG. The part and the guidance part on the 26th to 27th lines are deleted.

  FIG. 45 shows another example of message data after the message server 3 has edited the message data shown in FIG. Since the processing capability level of the receiving terminal is specified as “2”, the message data in FIG. 45 is obtained by deleting the editable area designation part and the activation function part in the sixth to eighth lines in FIG. .

  As described above, the message server according to the present embodiment edits message data so that the receiving terminal can process according to the processing capability of the receiving terminal. Message data can be edited and created without worrying about. In addition, it is possible to prevent message data from being transmitted to the receiving side terminal even though it cannot be processed by the receiving side terminal, and to avoid unnecessary load on the network.

  In the present embodiment, the processing capability of the receiving terminal is specified based on the address of the receiving terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the processing capability of the receiving terminal may be specified based on the telephone number of the receiving terminal. Further, the processing capability of the receiving terminal may be specified depending on the type of the receiving terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer.

A message data creation method and message data browsing / creation method using template data, which are executed by the mobile phone 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, can also be provided as a program. Such programs include a flexible disk, CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), ROM, RAM attached to the computer.
It can also be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a memory card and provided as a program product. Alternatively, the program can be provided by being recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk built in the computer. A program can also be provided by downloading via a network.

  The provided program product is installed in a program storage unit such as a hard disk and executed. The program product includes the program itself and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the data communication system in this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the specific example of the hardware constitutions of the mobile telephone 1 which is a reproduction | regeneration / editing apparatus contained in a data communication system. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a structure of each program memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the mobile telephone. 3 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a playback / editing engine program 131. FIG. It is a figure which represents typically the data structure of template data. It is a figure which shows the example of specific template data. It is a figure which shows the example of specific template data. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the table which prescribes | regulates a response | compatibility with a starting function and the guidance displayed at that time. 6 is a flowchart showing template data reproduction and editing processing in the mobile phone 1; It is a figure which shows the specific example of the media reproduction process time table showing the timing which performs reproduction | regeneration processing. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the activation function time table showing the timing of the activation function activated according to the time which the event generate | occur | produced. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the guidance display time table showing the timing which displays a guidance. It is a flowchart which shows the process according to the event performed by step S18. It is a flowchart which shows the application execution process in step S25. It is a flowchart which shows the application execution process in step S25. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the rewritten template data. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the rewritten template data. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a screen transition when the reading process with respect to template data is performed. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen in the state where each function was started and data was edited. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a structure of the message data written by the message data writing process which is a 1st specific example. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a structure of the message data written by the message data writing process which is a 2nd specific example. It is a figure which shows the modification of a reproduction | regeneration / editing program. 14 is a flowchart obtained by adding processing for temporarily storing message data to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 13. It is a figure which shows the 4th specific example of a structure of message data. FIG. 10 is a flowchart in which processing for re-editing message data is added to the flowchart shown in FIG. 9. It is a figure which shows specifically the part judged to be a message browsing area | region among message data. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the time table which the time management part 1314 concerning 2nd Embodiment produced. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the event process in View mode concerning 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen transition in the mobile telephone. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen transition in the mobile telephone. It is a figure which shows the other specific example of template data. It is a figure which shows the other specific example of template data. It is a figure for demonstrating the function which can be performed when accessing EC site and acquiring message data. It is a figure for demonstrating the function which can be performed after Reuse is selected. It is a figure which shows the other specific example of template data. It is a figure which shows the other specific example of template data. It is a figure which shows the reproduction | regeneration / editing program corresponding to the case where the message data containing template ID are received. It is a figure explaining the creation processing of message data. It is a figure explaining the browsing / creation process of message data. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the data structure of template data. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the data structure of template data. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a message server 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the message data which the message server 3 received. It is a figure which shows the example of the message data after the message server 3 edited the message data shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows another example of the message data after the message server 3 edits the message data shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 mobile phone, 2 template providing server, 3 message server, 110 communication unit, 120 control unit, 130 storage unit, 131, 1310, 1330 playback / editing engine program, 132 UI display program, 133 image capturing program, 134 image data display Playback program, 135 sound data playback program, 136 audio data recording program, 137 video / animation data display playback program, 138 text data display playback program, 139 text editing program, 140 input / output unit, 142 key code input device, 144 display, 146 Microphone, 148 Speaker, 149 Camera, 150 GPS, 151 WWW Browser Program, 152 Mail Program, 153 Call Program, 154 Location Acquisition Program RAM, 155 address book program, 156 file acquisition program, 157 various data storage unit, 310 data receiving unit, 320 terminal processing capability specifying unit, 321 processing capability table storage unit, 322 terminal address extracting unit, 330 data editing unit, 340 data Transfer unit, 1311
Data reading unit, 1312 Syntax analysis unit, 1313 Execution control unit, 1314 Time management unit, 1315 Event management unit, 1316 Playback data writing unit, 1317 Message data writing unit, 1318 Template data writing unit, 1319 Message data reading unit , 1320, 1331 Template discrimination unit, 1332 Template acquisition unit.

Claims (2)

A data processing device that relays message data transmitted to any message processing terminal,
Each of which includes a plurality of pieces of information that are components of one or both of message creation auxiliary information used when creating message data and message browsing information used to browse message data; and A communication unit for receiving message data including an identifier of the message processing terminal;
An identifier extraction unit for extracting the identifier from the received message data;
For each of a plurality of message processing terminals, a storage unit that stores a table that defines the correspondence between identifiers and processing capabilities;
With reference to the table, a specifying unit that specifies the processing capability of the message processing terminal of the extracted identifier;
A message data editing unit that selects information according to the specified processing capability from among a plurality of pieces of information included in the message data;
The communication unit transmits the edited message data to the message processing terminal ,
The message data includes one or more media data, first information designating editable ones of the one or more media data, and an external device activated for editing the media data. Second information representing a function, and third information representing guidance for identifying the editable media data,
The message data editing unit selects one or more of the first information, the second information, and the third information according to the specified processing capability, or does not select any of them. , Data processing equipment. The processing capability of the message processing terminal is expressed in one of three levels,
The message data editing unit deletes the first information, the second information, and the third information when the specified processing capability is low level, and when the specified processing capability is medium level , Deleting the first information and the second information, and deleting the first information, the second information, and the third information when the specified processing capability is at a high level. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

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