JP5081674B2 - Communication terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal such as a mobile phone that can receive content from a server via a communication network.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of communication terminal, a mobile phone terminal that accesses a content server, displays a menu content list for a menu screen, and can download menu content selected by the user from the list from the server is known. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). In this mobile phone terminal, the downloaded menu content is stored in a memory, and a list of a plurality of menu contents stored in the memory is displayed by a user operation, and the menu content selected from the list is used for a menu screen. Is set. With this setting, the display of the menu image displayed on the mobile phone terminal can be changed.
JP 2005-340941 A

  However, in the conventional mobile phone terminal, it is necessary to perform operation for downloading the menu screen data (menu content) from the server and setting the menu screen data selected from the list of the downloaded menu images. There is a problem that the operability is bad.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is application software that processes content received from a server without downloading a menu image of the application software that processes content received from the server. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal capable of improving operability when operating.

A communication terminal according to the present invention includes means for transmitting an acquisition request to a server via a communication network and receiving a response including predetermined content in response to the acquisition request; and application software for processing the content received from the server Means for displaying a menu image, a storage means for storing data of the menu image of the application software, and a preset identifier described in the response received from the server If the identifier is described in the response and the receiving means for determining whether or not there is, the menu image corresponding to the identifier is displayed using the data of the menu image stored in the storage means And control means for controlling as described above. In this communication terminal, when a predetermined identifier set in advance is described in a response including the content received from the server, the content describing the identifier is displayed by displaying a menu image corresponding to the identifier. As a menu image of application software to be processed, an easy-to-operate menu image suitable for the content can be selected and displayed. Moreover, since the menu image corresponding to the identifier is displayed using the menu image data stored in the storage means in the communication terminal, it is necessary to download the menu image data from the server on the communication network. There is no.
In the communication terminal, the storage unit stores data of a plurality of types of menu images for the application software, and when the identifier is described in the response, the control unit stores a menu corresponding to the identifier. You may control to select and display an image from a plurality of types of menu images stored in the storage means.
In the communication terminal, the storage unit stores data of a menu image including a plurality of menu items for the application software, and the control unit, when the identifier is described in the response, Control is performed so that the menu screen corresponding to the identifier described in the response is partially validated or invalidated to display the menu screen among a plurality of menu items on the menu screen stored in the storage means. Also good.
In the communication terminal, the storage unit stores data for generating a menu image for the application software, and the control unit stores the identifier in the response when the identifier is described in the response. A corresponding menu image may be generated using the data of the menu screen stored in the storage means, and the generated menu screen may be controlled to be displayed.

In the communication terminal, when an identifier for registering summary information of WEB content in the communication terminal is described in the response, the summary information is registered in the menu image of the browser application software. Control may be performed to display a menu image including the menu items. In this communication terminal, when an identifier for registering summary information of WEB content in the communication terminal is described in the response, a menu item for registering summary information is included in the menu image of the browser application software. This facilitates the operation of registering summary information.
In the communication terminal, the display of the menu item for registering the summary information may include a link display linked to a URL capable of acquiring the summary information.
In the communication terminal, the content received from the server is a file including music data, and the file includes a melody portion that can be set as an incoming call notification sound or an alarm sound based on the identifier. If it is determined, a menu image including a menu item for setting the melody portion as an incoming notification sound or an alarm sound may be displayed on the menu image of the reproduction application software. In this communication terminal, when a file containing music data received from a server includes a melody part that can be set as an incoming call notification sound or an alarm sound, a menu image of playback application software that performs playback processing on the file In addition, a menu item for setting the melody part as an incoming call notification sound or an alarm sound is included, thereby facilitating the setting operation of the melody feature as an incoming call notification sound or an alarm sound. Here, the melody part that can be set as the incoming call notification sound or the alarm sound may be the whole melody of the music piece or a melody characteristic part corresponding to the characteristic melody part of the music piece.
In the communication terminal, the content received from the server is a file including music data, and if it is determined that the entire music is not included in the file based on the identifier, playback is performed. You may control to display the menu image containing the menu item for downloading the file containing the whole said music on the menu image of application software. In this communication terminal, when it is determined that the entire music is not included in the file including the music data received from the server, the music is displayed on the menu image of the music playback application software that performs playback processing on the music file. By including a menu item for downloading a file including the whole of the file, the download operation of the file including the entire music becomes easy.
Note that the file including the music data received from the server may be a music file (music file) that does not include video (moving image), or may be a video file that includes video (moving image) together with the music.
In the communication terminal, at least a portion of the response in which the identifier is described is described in a markup language, and the identifier is described as a value of a type attribute of a link element in a head element of the response. It may be. In this communication terminal, the identifier used for controlling the display of the menu image is described as the value of the type attribute of a predetermined link element in the head element of the response. Read processing is facilitated. In particular, since a link element is used as a description destination of the identifier, even when a menu item on the menu screen accompanies access to a specific URL, link information to the URL is described in the link element of the response. Thus, when the response is received, link information to the URL can be surely acquired.

  According to the present invention, when an acquisition request is transmitted to a server via a communication network and a response including predetermined content is received in response to the acquisition request, a preset identifier is described in the response received from the server. It is determined whether or not it has been done. When an identifier is described in the response, control is performed so that the menu image corresponding to the identifier is displayed using the menu image data stored in the storage means. By this control, an easy-to-operate menu image suitable for the content can be displayed as a menu image of application software for processing the content in which the predetermined identifier is described. Therefore, it is possible to improve the operability when operating the application software that processes the content received from the server without downloading the menu image data of the application software that processes the content received from the server. There is.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the case where the communication terminal is a mobile phone (mobile communication terminal) and the content received from the server by the mobile phone is summary information of WEB content will be described. The type of content is not limited to these.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the entire communication system according to the present embodiment. This communication system is configured using a mobile phone 10 as a mobile communication terminal (mobile communication terminal) and a mobile phone communication network 20 as a communication network managed by a mobile communication operator. . The cellular phone communication network 20 includes a base station 201, a switch (not shown) (circuit switch, packet switch), and the like, and is connected to another communication network such as the Internet 30 via a gateway server (not shown). In addition, the mobile phone communication network 20 and the Internet 30 are provided with servers 40 and 41 as content providing servers that provide web contents, music contents, multimedia contents such as videos, contents of application software, and the like. In the case of a WEB server that provides WEB content, the servers 40 and 41 may provide summary information of the WEB content. When various contents and summary information are downloaded from the servers 40 and 41 to the mobile phone 10, a predetermined communication protocol is used in each layer of the network. For example, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is used as a communication protocol of the application layer when downloading WEB contents and summary information thereof from a WEB server.

  The summary information of the WEB content is transmitted in a format called RSS, for example, in response to an acquisition request from a communication terminal such as a mobile phone. This RSS is an XML (Extensible Markup Language) based format in which metadata of WEB content summary information (which may include headlines and update information) provided by a WEB server is structured and described. There are several versions of RSS (RSS0.9X, RSS1.0, RSS2.0, Atom). Each version is called “Rich Site Summary”, “Really Simple Syndication”, and “RDF Site Summary”. It is. The document described in the RSS format is called “RSS feed”, and the application software that receives and displays the RSS feed is called “RSS reader”. When the WEB content is updated, an RSS feed reflecting the updated summary information of the WEB content is transmitted to the mobile phone in response to an acquisition request from the mobile phone. In the following embodiment, the case where the summary information of the WEB content received from the server is an RSS feed will be described, but the present invention can be similarly applied to the case of summary information other than the RSS feed.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the servers 40 and 41. The server includes a system bus 400, a CPU 401, an internal storage device, an external storage device 404, an input device 405, an output device 406, and an Internet communication device 407. The internal storage device includes a RAM 402, a ROM 403, and the like. The external storage device 404 includes a hard disk drive (HDD), an optical disk drive, and the like. The input device 405 includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like. The output device 406 includes a display, a printer, and the like. The communication device 407 communicates with other mobile phones and other servers via the mobile phone communication network 20 and communicates with various client terminals and other servers on the Internet 30 using a predetermined communication protocol. It is a device.

  The components such as the CPU 401 and the RAM 402 exchange data and program instructions with each other via the system bus 400. A program for operating the server 40 according to a predetermined procedure is stored in the ROM 403 and the external storage device 404, and is called up and executed in the work area on the CPU 401 or RAM 402 as necessary.

  Each of the servers 40 and 41 may be partially or entirely configured as a dedicated control device, or may be partially or entirely configured using a general-purpose computer system. Each of the servers 40 and 41 may be configured by a single computer, or may be configured by connecting a plurality of computers each having a plurality of functions via a network.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing extracted main functions of the server 40 according to the present embodiment. The main functions of the server 41 connected to the Internet 30 are the same as those of the server 40 in FIG. The server 40 includes a storage unit 410, a reception unit 411, and a transmission unit 412. The server 40 realizes the functions of the above means by executing a predetermined program on hardware such as a CPU.

  The storage unit 410 includes the internal storage device and the external storage device, and stores content data such as WEB content that can be downloaded by the mobile phone 10 and summary information thereof.

  The receiving unit 411 includes the CPU 401, the communication device 407, and the like, and receives an acquisition request for requesting any one of a plurality of types of web contents and summary information stored in the storage unit 410. 10 from.

  The transmission unit 412 includes the CPU 401, the communication device 407, and the like, and transmits the content selected based on the acquisition request to the mobile phone 10 as a response to the acquisition request. In this response, a predetermined identifier set in advance is described. For example, when the content transmitted to the mobile phone 10 is described in a markup language and includes an identifier for registering an RSS feed, the link element in the head element of the response described in the markup language It is described as the value of the type attribute. Specific examples of the value of the type attribute include “application / rss + xml” and “application / atom + xml”. When the value of the type attribute described in the response is “application / rss + xml” or “application / atom + xml”, the link element of the response registers the RSS feed. It can be determined that the information to be included is included.

Further, the overall attribute of the link element including information for registering the RSS feed is configured as follows, for example.
rel attribute: alternate
type attribute: application / rss + xml or application / atom + xml
title attribute: RSS feed title
href attribute: URI of RSS feed

The entire link element is described as follows, for example.
<link rel = "alternate" type = "application / rss + xml" title = "RSS-Test" href = "http: //www.○○○.com/rss/test/1.0/ex1.rdf"/>
<link rel = "alternate" type = "application / atom + xml" title = "Atom-Test" href = "http: //www.○○○.com/rss/test/atom03/atom.xml"/>

Further, the entire attribute of the link element when downloading the contents of the music file is configured as follows, for example. Also in this example, an identifier used for menu image display control is described in the type attribute.
rel attribute: alternate
type attribute: audio / mpeg
title attribute: Title of the song
href attribute: URI that can download music files

  Based on the description content (value) described in the type attribute as the identifier, for example, it is determined whether or not the music file includes a melody part that can be set as an incoming call notification sound or an alarm sound. be able to. If it is determined that the music file includes a melody part that can be set as an incoming call notification sound or an alarm sound, the melody part is displayed on the menu image of a playback application such as a media player. It is possible to control to display a menu image including a menu item for setting as.

In addition, as an entire attribute of the link element in the case of downloading the contents of the music file, for example, as shown below, a “start attribute” in which the time of the audition start position is described and a time of the audition end position are described “Stop attribute” may be added. By adding the attribute information, it is possible to specify a location where the downloaded music file is to be auditioned, rather than preparing a music file for auditioning. This eliminates the need to upload extra contents (music files for trial listening) to the server. That is, it is not necessary to prepare two types of files, a full-size music file and a music file for trial listening, and a single music file can be used.
rel attribute: alternate
type attribute: audio / mpeg
title attribute: Title of the song
href attribute: URI that can download music files
start attribute: time of audition start position
stop attribute: Time of the audition end position

  Also, the melody part of the trial listening specified by the time described in the start attribute and stop attribute of the music corresponds to the melody characteristic part corresponding to the characteristic melody part of the music. Based on the description contents (values) described in the start attribute and stop attribute as identifiers, for example, whether or not the music file includes a melody feature that can be set as an incoming notification sound or an alarm sound. Can be determined. When it is determined that the music file includes a melody feature that can be set as an incoming call notification sound or an alarm sound, the melody feature is displayed on the menu image of a playback application such as a media player. It can be controlled to display a menu image including a menu item for setting as an alarm sound.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram illustrating another configuration example of the server 40. The storage means 410 of the server 40 stores the contents of music files that can be played back by the mobile phone 10. The receiving unit 411 receives an acquisition request for requesting the content of the music file stored in the storage unit 410 from the mobile phone 10. Then, the transmission unit 412 transmits the content of the music file selected based on the acquisition request to the mobile phone 10.

  FIG. 5 is an external view showing a configuration example of the mobile phone 10, and FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 10. The mobile phone 10 is a clamshell (folding) type mobile phone, and includes a system bus 100, a CPU 101, a storage device such as a RAM 102 and a ROM 103, an input device 104, an output device 105, and a communication device 106 for a mobile phone communication network. Yes. Components such as the CPU 101 and the RAM 102 exchange various data and program instructions with each other via the system bus 100.

  The CPU 101 reads and executes a predetermined program from the storage device, thereby performing various functions such as a voice call function and application software (hereinafter referred to as “application”) on the basic software OS of the native telephone platform. Can be realized. As a function by this application, there are a WEB browser for browsing WEB content, an RSS reader for browsing summary information of WEB content, a mailer, data transmission / reception with an external device, address book management, scheduler, memo pad, and the like.

  The CPU 101 can construct an application execution environment for executing an application on the native telephone platform by reading and executing a predetermined program from the storage device. In the application execution environment, various applications such as an application preinstalled in the mobile phone 10 and an application downloaded and registered by the user can be executed. As this application, an application such as the WEB browser can be executed.

  The input device 104 includes a data input key (ten key, * key, # key) 11, a call start key 12, an end key 13, a scroll key 14, a multi-function key 15, a microphone 16, and the like. The numeric keypad 11, the call start key 12, the call end key 13, and the like of the input device 104 constitute an operation unit that can be operated by the user. By operating this operation unit, the user inputs data such as the URL of the content acquisition destination to the mobile phone 10, starts and ends a call when receiving a call, selects an application, It can be started and stopped. Further, the user can download and register contents such as WEB contents, RSS feeds, music files, and multimedia files from the servers 40 and 41 by operating the operation unit. In addition, by operating the operation unit, the user can select a predetermined menu item on various menu screens, display WEB contents and RSS feeds, and play music files and multimedia files. it can.

  The output device 105 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) 17 as display means, a speaker 18 as sound output means, and the like. An output unit including an output device including the liquid crystal display (LCD) 17 and the speaker 18 displays a Web content, an RSS feed, various menu images received via the mobile phone communication network 20 on the liquid crystal display (LCD). ) And used to notify the user that information has been received from the cellular phone communication network 20. Specifically, when the information is received, an incoming call notification image is displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 17 of the output unit, or a ringing tone is output from the speaker 18. The speaker 18 may be configured by separately providing a receiver speaker (receiver) for listening to a voice during a call and an external output speaker for outputting a ring tone or music. You may comprise by one speaker so that the speaker for receivers and the speaker for external outputs may be combined.

  The mobile phone communication network communication device 106 includes a modem, a synthesizer, a frequency converter, a high frequency amplifier, and the like, and communicates with other mobile phones, the servers 40, 41, etc. via the mobile phone communication network 20. Used for. The mobile phone communication network communication device 106 exchanges mails with other mobile phones via the mobile phone communication network 20, or external communication networks such as the Internet from the mobile phone communication network 20 via a gateway server. And is used as a communication means for exchanging electronic mail on the Internet. Further, the mobile phone communication network communication device 106 downloads various contents provided by the servers 40 and 41 via the mobile phone communication network 20 and receives distribution information including position information of the current position. Also used as information receiving means.

  FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing extracted main functions of the mobile phone 10 according to the present embodiment. The cellular phone 10 includes communication means (transmission means, reception means) 110, display means 111, storage means 112, and display control means 113.

  The communication unit 110 includes the communication device 106 and the like, and performs communication via the mobile phone communication network 20 using a predetermined communication protocol such as HTTP. The communication unit 110 is used as a content acquisition unit that acquires the WEB content, RSS feed, music file, video media content, and the like from the servers 40 and 41.

  The display unit 111 is configured by the display or the like. For example, when receiving the content such as the WEB content or the RSS feed, the display unit 111 displays a menu image for executing processing such as content registration in an application such as a WEB browser or RSS reader. Or display content such as received WEB content or RSS feed. The display unit 111 displays a menu image for executing processing such as content registration in an application such as a media player when receiving multimedia content such as the music file, or displays a multi-media such as a received music file. Display a playback screen for playing media content.

  The storage unit 112 includes a storage device such as the RAM 102 or the ROM 103, and stores electronic data of the multimedia content. This multimedia content may be pre-installed in the mobile phone 10, or may be downloaded by the user from the servers 40, 41, and the like.

  The display control means 113 is composed of the CPU 101 and the like. For example, based on a predetermined identifier described in a response including content received from the servers 40 and 41, a menu image corresponding to the identifier is displayed on the display means 111. Control to display. For example, based on the identifier included in the response, control is performed such that a menu image corresponding to the identifier is selected from a plurality of types of menu images stored in the storage unit 112 and displayed on the display unit 111.

  More specifically, when an identifier for registering the RSS feed is described in the response including the WEB content received from the servers 40 and 41, the RSS feed is updated in the menu image of the browser application software. Control is performed to select and display a menu image including a menu item to be added to the target list. In addition, when an identifier related to registration / display of multimedia contents such as music files and video files is described in the response including the WEB contents received from the servers 40 and 41, the menu image of the browser application software includes: Control is performed so as to select and display a menu image including menu items for downloading multimedia contents and acquiring and displaying information (artist information) of the multimedia contents.

  When a response including the contents of the music file is received from the servers 40 and 41, and it is determined that the music file includes the melody feature of the music based on the identifier described in the response. A menu image for setting the melody feature as an output sound at the time of a predetermined operation (when a predetermined event occurs) such as an incoming call notification sound or an alarm sound in a menu image of music playback application software such as a media player You may control to select and display. Note that the content included in the response in this case may be a multimedia file including music and video.

  If a response including the contents of the music file is received from the servers 40 and 41 and it is determined that the music file does not include the entire music based on the identifier described in the response, the media Control may be performed so that a menu image including a menu item for downloading a file including the entire music is selected and displayed on a menu image of music playback application software such as a player. Note that the content included in the response in this case may also be a multimedia file including music and video.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a processing example when the mobile phone 10 having the above-described configuration activates a browser and receives WEB content that does not include an identifier for registering the RSS feed. First, the user operates the mobile phone 10 to activate a browser application (S1). Next, when the server 40 (or the server 41) is accessed on the browser screen and an operation for requesting a WEB page with a predetermined URI is performed, the HTML file data of the WEB page is received. For example, FIG. A web page 910a as shown is displayed on the screen (S2, S3). Next, when “Menu” 910b is selected with a soft key at the bottom of the screen on which the WEB page 910a is displayed, a browser menu screen 911a shown in FIG. 9B is displayed (S4). In this browser menu screen 911a, menu items “bookmark”, “favorite”, “text copy”, and “update” are displayed. By selecting one of these various menu items, the WEB page is bookmarked. It can be registered as a favorite, text data of the WEB page can be copied, and the WEB page can be updated (S5).

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a processing example when the mobile content 10 having the above-described configuration activates a browser and receives WEB content including a predetermined identifier for registering the RSS feed. First, the user operates the mobile phone 10 to activate a browser application (S1). Next, when the server 40 (or the server 41) is accessed on the browser screen and an operation for requesting a WEB page of a predetermined URI is performed, the HTML file data of the WEB page is received. For example, FIG. A web page 920a as shown is displayed on the screen (S2, S3). On the WEB page 920a, for a link destination providing an RSS feed, a predetermined icon indicating that the RSS feed can be registered is displayed on the right side of the display unit (in the illustrated example, an icon including characters “RSS”). ) 920b is displayed. In addition, a predetermined pictogram 920c corresponding to the RSS feed is displayed in a picto display area that is a system display area set at the top of the screen.

  Next, when “menu” 920d is selected with a soft key at the bottom of the screen on which the WEB page 920a is displayed, a browser menu screen 921a shown in FIG. 11B is displayed (S4). Unlike the above-described browser menu screen 911a, a menu item “Register in RSS feed list” 921b is additionally displayed on the browser menu screen 921a. When this “registration to RSS feed list” is selected, an RSS feed list screen 922a shown in FIG. 11C is displayed (S5). In the RSS feed list, a plurality of RSS feed titles corresponding to each identifier are displayed based on the plurality of identifiers described in the WEB page.

  Next, when one of a plurality of RSS feed titles displayed on the RSS feed list screen 922a is selected, the selected RSS feed is registered in the RSS feed list as shown in FIG. A screen 923a for confirming registration in the RSS feed list is displayed (S6). When “Yes” is selected on this screen, the selected RSS feed is registered in the RSS feed list and is subject to periodic update confirmation processing in the mobile phone 10 (S7).

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a processing example when WEB content including a predetermined identifier for starting a browser and registering and displaying music content is received in the mobile phone 10 having the above-described configuration. First, the user operates the mobile phone 10 to activate a browser application (S1). Next, when the server 40 (or the server 41) is accessed on the browser screen and an operation for requesting a WEB page of a predetermined URI is performed, the data of the HTML file of the WEB page is received. For example, FIG. A WEB page 930a showing the download ranking of the music content as shown is displayed on the screen (S2, S3).

  Next, when one of the music contents of the download ranking displayed on the WEB page 930a is selected and “menu” 930d is selected with a soft key at the bottom of the screen, the menu shown in FIG. A browser menu screen 931a is displayed (S4). Unlike the above-described browser menu screen 911a, a menu item “music information” 931b is additionally displayed on the browser menu screen 931a. When this “music information” is selected, a submenu screen 932a relating to music information shown in FIG. 13C is displayed (S5). In the submenu screen 932a of this example, there are three submenus “ring tone setting”, “trial listening”, and “artist information” related to the music content selected by the user on the download ranking screen 930a of FIG. Is displayed. The “ring tone setting” is a submenu for setting the music content selected by the user on the download ranking screen 930 a as the ring tone of the mobile phone 10. Further, the “trial listening” is a submenu for accessing and previewing a site that provides the music content selected by the user. The “artist information” is a submenu for accessing and displaying the artist information by accessing a site that provides the music content selected by the user.

  Here, for example, when “ring tone setting” is selected from a plurality of submenus displayed on the submenu screen 932a (S6), the designated music content selected by the user on the download ranking screen 930a is displayed. Processing for registering and setting a ring tone is executed (S7).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when an acquisition request is transmitted to the server 40 (or the server 41) via the communication network and a response including WEB content is received in response to the acquisition request, the response received from the server Then, it is determined whether or not a predetermined identifier for registering an RSS feed that is summary information of the WEB content is described. When the predetermined identifier is described in the response, a menu image including a menu item for registering the RSS feed of the WEB content is extracted from a plurality of types of menu images stored in the storage unit 112. Control to select and display. By this control, a menu image including a menu item for registration of the RSS feed can be selected and displayed as a menu image of browser software for displaying the WEB content received from the server. Therefore, it is intended to improve the operability when performing an operation of additionally registering the RSS feed of the WEB content received from the server to the RSS feed list subject to the update check process without downloading the menu image data of the browser software. Can do.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications can be made to the disclosed embodiments within the scope of the technical matters described in the claims without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention. Can be added.

For example, the display control mode of the menu image based on the identifier described in the response of the WEB content received from the server is selected from a plurality of types of menu images stored in advance in the storage unit 112 as in the above embodiment. It is not limited to the mode displayed. For example, data of a basic menu image that can correspond to a plurality of different types of identifiers and menu correction contents for correcting the basic menu image so as to correspond to each identifier are stored in the storage unit 112. deep. When the WEB content including any of the plurality of identifiers is received, the basic menu image is corrected and displayed based on the menu correction content corresponding to the identifier in the received WEB content. Also good. Further, basic menu image data including all menu items corresponding to a plurality of identifiers and menu item selection data relating to validity or invalidity of each menu item corresponding to each identifier are stored in the storage unit 112. May be. In this case, when the WEB content is received, the menu item selection data corresponding to the identifier in the received WEB content is invalidated so that some of the menu items included in the basic menu image cannot be used. May be displayed. For example, a gray-out process may be performed in which a portion of a menu item to be invalidated is hidden or grayed out so that it cannot be selected.
Also, data for generating basic menu images corresponding to various types of identifiers, for example, data of various templates used for generating menu images and elements such as text and icon images of screen elements combined with each template Data is stored in the storage unit 112. When the WEB content including the identifier is received, a template, text, or icon image is combined based on the identifier in the received WEB content, and a menu image corresponding to the identifier is generated and displayed. Also good.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone and can be applied to various communication terminals provided with a display means. That is, as the “communication terminal” in the present invention, a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) method, a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) method, a TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) method mobile phone, IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications) -2000, etc. Standardized mobile phone, TD-SCDMA (MC: Multi Carrier) mobile phone, one of TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), automobile phone, fixed A telephone having a telephone call function such as a telephone is exemplified. Examples of the “communication terminal” include a communication terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) or a portable personal computer having a call function in addition to the telephone set.

  Further, the processing and control in the communication terminal such as the mobile phone and the server can be realized by executing a predetermined program on a computer provided therein. Delivery of the program used in the computer may be performed using a recording medium such as an FD or CD-ROM in which the program is recorded as digital information, or may be performed using a communication network such as a computer network.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The block diagram of the hardware constitutions of a server. The functional block diagram of a server. The functional block diagram which shows the other structural example of a server. FIG. The block diagram of the hardware constitutions of a mobile telephone. The functional block diagram of a mobile telephone. The flowchart of the example of a process when the web content which does not contain the identifier for registering an RSS feed in a mobile telephone is received. (A) And (b) is explanatory drawing of a screen transition when the web content which does not contain the said identifier is received. The flowchart of the process example when the web content containing the identifier for registering an RSS feed is received in a mobile telephone. (A)-(d) is explanatory drawing of a screen transition when the web content containing the said identifier is received. The flowchart of the example of a process when receiving the web content containing the identifier which can display the browser menu containing the menu item regarding the music information of music content in a mobile telephone. (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing of a screen transition when the web content containing the said identifier is received.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile phone 20 Mobile phone communication network 30 Internet 40,41 Server 110 Communication means 111 Display means 112 Storage means 113 Display control means

Claims (8)

Means for transmitting an acquisition request to a server via a communication network and receiving a response including content in response to the acquisition request; and means for displaying a menu image of application software for processing the content received from the server. Communication terminal,
Storage means for storing menu image data of the application software;
Determination means for determining whether or not a predetermined identifier is described in the response received from the server;
Control means for controlling the menu image corresponding to the identifier to be displayed using the data of the menu image stored in the storage means when the identifier is described in the response; ,
Feeds WEB content identifier to register with the communication terminal, wherein the case that is described in response to a menu image browser application software, a menu image including menu items for registering the feed A communication terminal which is controlled to display. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
Wherein the display of the menu item for registering the feed, the communication terminal characterized in that it comprises a link display that is linked to the feed can be acquired URL. Means for transmitting an acquisition request to a server via a communication network and receiving a response including content in response to the acquisition request; and means for displaying a menu image of application software for processing the content received from the server. Communication terminal,
Storage means for storing menu image data of the application software;
Determination means for determining whether or not a predetermined identifier is described in the response received from the server;
Control means for controlling the menu image corresponding to the identifier to be displayed using the data of the menu image stored in the storage means when the identifier is described in the response; ,
The content received from the server is a file containing music data,
If it is determined that the file contains a melody part that can be set as an incoming call notification sound or an alarm sound based on the identifier, the melody part is displayed as an incoming call notification sound or an alarm on the menu image of the playback application software. A communication terminal which controls to display a menu image including a menu item for setting as a sound. Means for transmitting an acquisition request to a server via a communication network and receiving a response including content in response to the acquisition request; and means for displaying a menu image of application software for processing the content received from the server. Communication terminal,
Storage means for storing menu image data of the application software;
Determination means for determining whether or not a predetermined identifier is described in the response received from the server;
Control means for controlling the menu image corresponding to the identifier to be displayed using the data of the menu image stored in the storage means when the identifier is described in the response; ,
The content received from the server is a file containing music data,
If it is determined that the entire music is not included in the file based on the identifier, a menu including a menu item for downloading a file including the entire music in the menu image of the reproduction application software A communication terminal that is controlled to display an image.   In the communication terminal in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4,
  The storage means stores a plurality of types of menu image data for the application software,
  When the identifier is described in the response, the control unit performs control so that a menu image corresponding to the identifier is selected from a plurality of types of menu images stored in the storage unit and displayed. A communication terminal characterized by that.   In the communication terminal in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4,
  The storage means stores data of a menu image including a plurality of menu items for the application software,
  When the identifier is described in the response, the control means includes a menu item corresponding to the identifier described in the response among a plurality of menu items on the menu screen stored in the storage means. A communication terminal characterized in that the menu screen is displayed with partly enabled or disabled.   In the communication terminal in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4,
  The storage means stores data for generating a menu image for the application software,
  When the identifier is described in the response, the control means generates a menu image corresponding to the identifier using the data of the menu screen stored in the storage means, and the generated menu A communication terminal that is controlled to display a screen. In the communication terminal in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 7 ,
The portion of the response in which at least the identifier is described is described in a markup language,
The communication terminal, wherein the identifier is described as a value of a type attribute of a link element in a head element of the response.