JP5000552B2 - Mobile phone charger, mobile phone terminal, content storage system, control method, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a mobile phone charger, a mobile phone terminal, a content storage system, a control method, a program, and a recording medium, and in particular, a mobile phone charger, a mobile phone terminal, a content storage system, a control method, a program, and a recording medium provided with a recording means. It relates to the medium.

Recently, mobile phones that are widely used are required to be lightweight, and it has been difficult to increase the capacity of a memory (also referred to as a storage unit). Further, in the invention related to the memory, since it is not known when the cellular phone to carry is lost or the like, a technology that can easily perform data backup has been proposed (see Patent Documents 1 and 2). Also, a method for exchanging data of mobile phones has been proposed (see Patent Document 3).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-237876 JP 2002-281126 A JP 2004-336421 A

  However, in a content distribution system that distributes content to mobile phones by communication, the content distribution side does not particularly take into account the remaining storage capacity of the receiving mobile phone terminal, so the content received by the receiving mobile phone terminal is not stored in the remaining storage section. The problem is that it cannot be accommodated in the quantity.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to allow a charger to receive and store content that cannot be accommodated in the remaining amount of a storage unit included in a mobile phone.

The first mobile phone charger according to the present invention stores the content when the mobile phone battery cannot be accommodated in the storage unit of the mobile phone due to a shortage of remaining power, and charging means for supplying a constant power to the battery of the mobile phone. Recording means, communication means for performing wireless communication with an external device, output means for outputting content recorded in the recording means by the communication means, and input for inputting content to the recording means by the wireless communication means And means.

The first mobile phone terminal according to the present invention operates content stored in the recording means of the first mobile phone charger by using an application operating on the mobile phone and using a screen and a key of the mobile phone. An operation means is provided.

  A first content storage system according to the present invention includes the first mobile phone charger and the first mobile phone terminal.

A first control method according to the present invention includes: a charging unit that supplies and charges a battery of a mobile phone with a certain amount of power; and a storage that stores the content when the storage unit of the mobile phone cannot be accommodated due to insufficient remaining capacity And a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with an external device, and stores content received via the communication unit in the storage unit and / or storage in the storage unit A step of outputting the processed content via the communication unit.

A first control program according to the present invention includes a charging unit that supplies and charges a battery of a mobile phone with a certain amount of power, and a storage that stores the content when the storage unit of the mobile phone cannot be accommodated due to insufficient remaining capacity. And a communication program for wireless communication with an external device, wherein the content received via the communication unit is stored in the storage unit and / or stored in the storage unit The computer is caused to execute a processing step of outputting the processed content via the communication unit.

  The first recording medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium that records the processing of the first control program of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, the charger can receive and store content that cannot be accommodated in the remaining capacity of the storage unit included in the mobile phone.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and thus various technically preferable limitations are given. However, the scope of the present invention is particularly limited in the following description. As long as there is no description of the effect, it is not restricted to these aspects.

  The mobile phone and the mobile phone charger according to the embodiment of the present invention include a short-range wireless communication function (14 and 22 in FIG. 1), a storage unit in the mobile phone charger (23 in FIG. 1), and a home appliance recorder. The configuration includes a short-range wireless communication function (32 in FIG. 1).

  Specifically, the mobile phone 10 includes a control unit 11, a mobile phone wireless unit 12 that performs wireless communication for mobile phones, a storage unit 13 that stores content (text, images, moving images, applications, application data, etc.), a mobile phone A short-range wireless unit 14 for communicating with the control unit 21 of the telephone charger 20 and a charging unit 15 for receiving charging from the mobile phone charger 20 are provided.

  The mobile phone charger 20 includes a control unit 21, a short-range wireless unit 22 that communicates with the control unit 11 of the mobile phone 10, and a storage unit 23 that stores content (text, images, moving images, applications, application data, and the like). The home phone recorder 30 includes a short-range wireless communication unit 32. The charging unit 24 charges the mobile phone 10.

  The content storage method according to the present embodiment provides a method for storing content outside the mobile phone and supplies a method for transferring content between the external content storage device and the mobile phone.

  By using the screen and key of the mobile phone according to the application installed in the mobile phone according to the present embodiment, the content of the storage unit of the mobile phone and the storage unit of the mobile phone charger or the content of the home appliance recorder storage unit is transferred by key operation. Is performed by wireless communication.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the present embodiment. In the block diagram shown in FIG. 1, 10 is a mobile phone, 20 is a mobile phone charger (also referred to as a charger) with a wireless communication function and an information storage function, and 30 is a device having a wireless communication function and a storage function. In this embodiment, it will be described as a home appliance recorder.

  The mobile phone 10 includes a mobile phone wireless unit 12 that transmits and receives mobile calls and contents (email, images, videos, texts, music files, applications, and data thereof), a storage unit 13 that stores contents, and a charger. A short-range wireless unit 14 that performs wireless communication, a charging unit 15 that receives charging from the charger 20, and a control unit 11 that controls them all.

  The charger 20 includes a short-range wireless unit 22 that performs wireless communication with a mobile phone, a storage unit 23 that stores content, a charging unit 24 that charges the mobile phone, and a control unit 21 that controls all of them.

The home appliance recorder 30 includes a short-range radio unit 32 that performs radio communication in addition to the functions of a general home appliance recorder (including a control unit 31 and a storage unit 33 as a recording unit ).

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation process when the received content is stored in the storage unit 13 of the mobile phone 10 or the storage unit 23 of the charger 20.

  The control unit 11 of the mobile phone 10 confirms the remaining amount of the storage unit 13 when receiving content via the mobile phone wireless unit 12 or during reception of the content (step A1 in FIG. 2) (step A2). When it is determined that the remaining capacity of the storage unit 13 is insufficient (step A2 / No), the received content is transferred to the storage unit 23 of the charger 20 via the short-range wireless unit 22 (steps A6 to A11). . Further, the received content can be transferred to the home appliance recorder 30 by setting the charger 20.

  The mobile phone wireless unit 12 notifies the control unit 11 of content reception. The control unit 11 checks the remaining amount of the storage unit 13, and if there is a sufficient remaining amount (step A2 / Yes), the received content is stored in the storage unit 13 (step A3). When the remaining amount of the storage unit 13 is not sufficient, as described above, the control unit 11 performs wireless communication to the charger 20 via the short-range wireless unit 14 and receives the received content to the storage unit 23 of the charger 20. And instruct to save (steps A6 to A11). The control unit 21 of the charger 20 confirms the setting and determines whether the received content is stored in the storage unit 23 or transferred to the home appliance recorder 30 via wireless communication and instructed to be stored.

  If the setting is to save to the storage unit 23, the remaining amount of the storage unit 23 is confirmed. If there is a sufficient remaining amount, the received content is saved to the storage unit 23. When the remaining capacity of the storage unit 23 is not sufficient, and when it is set to transfer to the home appliance recorder, the control unit 21 performs wireless communication to the home appliance recorder 30 via the short-range wireless unit 22 and the home appliance recorder 30 The received content is transferred to the storage unit 33 and instructed to be saved.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation process when moving content between the mobile phone 10, the charger 20, and the home appliance recorder 30.

  The user activates an application for content management built in the mobile phone 10. The movement source (mobile phone 10, charger 20, or home appliance recorder 30) is selected by key operation of the mobile phone 10 (steps B1 and B2 in FIG. 3). When the mobile phone 10 is selected as the movement source, the contents of the storage unit 13 are displayed in a list (step B3). When the charger 20 is selected as the movement source, the mobile phone 10 and the charger 20 perform wireless communication, and a content list in the storage unit 23 of the charger 20 is displayed (step B9). When the home appliance recorder 30 is selected as the movement source, the mobile phone 10, the charger 20, and the home appliance recorder 30 perform wireless communication, and a list of contents in the storage unit 33 of the home appliance recorder 30 is displayed (step B15).

  After selecting the content to be moved, the destination is selected (the mobile phone 10, the charger 20, or the home appliance recorder 30), and the content is moved by instructing execution (steps B4 to B8, B10 to B14, B16 to B20).

  According to the above embodiment, since the control unit of the mobile phone transfers and stores the received content to the storage unit on the charger side in consideration of the remaining amount of the storage unit, the content exceeding the remaining storage unit of the mobile phone is distributed. Can also be received.

  In addition, since the mobile phone and the charger can communicate wirelessly, the content stored in the storage unit of the mobile phone and the storage unit of the charger can be exchanged even when the mobile phone and the charger are not connected. become.

  In addition, since contents are operated with a wireless function using a screen and a key of a mobile phone, there is no need to provide a display unit or an operation panel on the charger side, and the charger can be realized in a small size.

  Another embodiment of the present invention will be described. The storage unit 23 of the charger 20 may use a removable storage medium such as a memory card.

  Further, when the mobile phone 10 has a one-segment broadcasting reception function, the content stored in the storage unit 23 of the charger 20 or the storage unit 30 of the home appliance recorder 30 can be the contents of the one-segment broadcasting.

  Note that the program for the CPU to execute the processing shown in the flowcharts of the drawings constitutes a program according to the present invention. As a recording medium for recording the program, a semiconductor storage unit, an optical and / or magnetic storage unit, or the like can be used. By using such a program and a recording medium in a system having a configuration different from that of each of the above-described embodiments and causing the CPU to execute the program, substantially the same effect as the present invention can be obtained.

  Although the present invention has been specifically described above based on the preferred embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described ones and can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof.

It is a block block diagram of the mobile telephone which concerns on embodiment of this invention, a mobile telephone charger, and a household appliance recorder. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement process at the time of preserve | save the received content based on embodiment of this invention to the memory | storage part of a mobile telephone, or the memory | storage part of a charger. It is a chart which shows the operation | movement process at the time of moving a content between the mobile telephone which concerns on embodiment of this invention, a mobile telephone charger, and a household appliance recorder.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile phone 11, 21, 31 Control part 12 Mobile phone radio | wireless part 13, 23, 33 Memory | storage part 14, 22, 32 Short-distance radio | wireless part 15, 24 Charging part 20 Cell phone charger 30 Home appliance recorder

Claims (7)

Charging means for charging the mobile phone battery by supplying a certain amount of power;
If the storage unit of the mobile phone can not be accommodated due to insufficient remaining capacity, recording means for storing this content ,
A communication means for performing wireless communication with an external device;
Output means for outputting the content recorded in the recording means by the communication means;
And an input means for inputting content to the recording means by the wireless communication means.   The mobile phone charger according to claim 1, wherein the external device is a mobile phone or / and a home appliance recorder. A mobile phone comprising operation means for operating the content stored in the recording means of the mobile phone charger according to claim 1 by using an application operating on the mobile phone and using a screen and a key of the mobile phone. Terminal.   A content storage system comprising the mobile phone charger according to claim 1 or 2 and the mobile phone terminal according to claim 3. A communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a charging unit that supplies a certain amount of power to a battery of a mobile phone, and a storage unit that stores the content when the mobile phone storage unit cannot be accommodated due to a shortage of remaining capacity. And a method for controlling a mobile phone charger comprising:
A control method comprising: storing content received through the communication unit in the storage unit and / or outputting content stored in the storage unit through the communication unit. A communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a charging unit that supplies a certain amount of power to a battery of a mobile phone, and a storage unit that stores the content when the mobile phone storage unit cannot be accommodated due to a shortage of remaining capacity. A mobile phone charger control program comprising:
A control program for causing a computer to execute a processing step of saving content received via the communication unit in the storage unit and / or outputting content saved in the storage unit via the communication unit .   A computer-readable recording medium for recording the process of the control program according to claim 6.

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