JP5396507B2 - COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, APPLICATION EXECUTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal, an application distribution system for distributing an application to the communication terminal, an application execution method in the communication terminal, and a program.

  In recent years, many portable communication terminals such as mobile phones, smartphones, and tablet terminals have been used. These communication terminals not only perform telephone and mail communications, but can also download and execute arbitrary application programs from a server that distributes various application programs.

  There are many application programs executed on the communication terminal on the Internet, and downloading to the own communication terminal can be easily executed, so there may be many applications installed on the communication terminal. In addition, there are many similar applications, and there are cases where applications with overlapping functions are installed at the same time.

  In such a case, management of the application by the user becomes complicated, and the burden on the user increases. There are also techniques for recommending an application suitable for the user (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for selecting and recommending an optimum application for an information processing apparatus or a user based on a user profile, a device profile, an execution history of an application of another user, or the like in an information processing apparatus. Is described. Further, in Patent Document 2, an application distribution server specifies an application having the same or similar function as an application owned by the user, and recommends an application selected based on the past distribution record to the user. The technology to do is described.

JP 2010-157207 A JP2012-58987A

  Some applications installed in the communication terminal function as part of services provided by the company to the user, and there are many types of applications depending on the types of services.

  Even if an application suitable for the user is recommended based on the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, or one application is recommended to be one application, there are many types of applications. It is difficult to grasp the existence and functions of all installed applications.

  In addition, since the technologies described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 recommend applications that have been installed by the user or other users, or applications that have equivalent functions, applications related to new services Etc. were difficult to get into the recommendation. For this reason, there also existed a problem that a user cannot utilize a new application effectively.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a communication terminal or the like that allows a user to easily select and execute a necessary application.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication terminal according to the first aspect of the present invention provides:
Storage means for storing a plurality of application programs;
Receiving means for receiving the recommendation information from a server for transmitting recommendation information for recommending an application selected from the plurality of applications;
It has a first display page and a second display page, and it is possible to switch the display so that one of the first display page and the second display page is displayed and the other is not displayed. Display means for displaying an application index indicating an application on one of the first display page and the second display page, respectively;
An application execution unit that reads out and executes a program of an application selected from the applications of the application index displayed on the first display page from the storage unit;
When the display means displays the application index of the application specified based on the recommendation information received by the receiving means on the second display page, the application index disappears from the second display page. And display on the first display page,
It is characterized by that.

  When the application program indicated by the application index displayed on the first display page has not been executed for a predetermined period, the display means causes the application index of the application to disappear from the first display page, You may make it display on a said 2nd display page.

  The display means reduces the size of the application index when the application program indicated by the application index displayed on the first display page is not executed for a predetermined period, and is not executed for a predetermined period. In this case, the application index of the application may be deleted from the first display page and displayed on the second display page.

  The display means acquires the frequency of execution of the program of the application indicated by the application index displayed on the first display page, increases the size of the application index of the program with high execution frequency, and executes the execution The size of the application index of a program with a low frequency may be reduced.

The storage means further stores main user information for identifying a main user of the communication terminal, and third party information for identifying a third party other than the main user and approved by the main user,
The display means further displays a main user index corresponding to the main user information and a third party index corresponding to the third party information on the first display page, and the main user index or the third user index is displayed. The person indicator can be moved on the first display page based on a user operation,
The application execution means, when the display means moves the main user index or the third party index so as to contact either of the application indices, the application program indicated by the application index You may make it perform using user information or the said third party information.

A communication terminal according to the second aspect of the present invention is
Storage means for storing a plurality of application programs;
Receiving means for receiving the recommendation information from a server for transmitting recommendation information for recommending an application selected from the plurality of applications;
It has a 0th display page, a 1st display page, and a 2nd display page, and displays any one of the 0th display page, the 1st display page, and the 2nd display page. The display can be switched to hide the page, and the application index indicating the plurality of applications is set to any one of the 0th display page, the 1st display page, and the 2nd display page, respectively. Display means for displaying;
An application execution unit that reads out and executes a program of an application selected from the applications of the application index displayed on the zeroth display page from the storage unit;
When the application index of the application specified based on the recommendation information received by the receiving unit is displayed on the second display page, the application index is extinguished from the second display page, and the first When the application index of the application displayed on one display page and specified based on the user's operation is displayed on the first or second display page, the application index is displayed on the first or second display page. Disappear from the display page and display on the 0th display page;
It is characterized by that.

  When the application program indicated by the application index displayed on the 0th display page or the first display page has not been executed for a predetermined period, the display means displays the application index of the application in the 0th display page. It may disappear from the page or the first display page and be displayed on the second display page.

  The display means reduces the size of the application index when the application program indicated by the application index displayed on the 0th display page or the first display page has not been executed for a predetermined period. If it is not executed for a predetermined period, the application index of the application may disappear from the 0th display page or the 1st display page and be displayed on the 2nd display page.

  The display means acquires the frequency of execution of the application program indicated by the application index displayed on the 0th display page or the first display page, and the application index of the program with high execution frequency is obtained. The size of the application index of the low-executed program may be reduced.

The storage means further stores main user information for identifying a main user of the communication terminal, and third party information for identifying a third party other than the main user and approved by the main user,
The display means further displays a main user index corresponding to the main user information and a third party index corresponding to the third party information on the 0th display page, and the main user index or the third user index is displayed. The person indicator can be moved on the 0th display page based on a user operation,
The application execution means, when the display means moves the main user index or the third party index so as to contact either of the application indices, the application program indicated by the application index You may make it perform using user information or the said third party information.

In the communication terminal according to the first aspect or the communication terminal according to the second aspect,
The storage means further stores authentication information used to determine whether or not each application program can be executed,
The application execution unit may acquire the authentication information of the application from the storage unit when executing a program of the application, and execute the authentication process of the application using the acquired authentication information.

In the communication terminal according to the first aspect or the communication terminal according to the second aspect,
The storage means further stores authentication information used to determine whether or not each application program can be executed in correspondence with the main user information or the third party information,
When the application execution means executes an application program using the main user information or the third party information, the storage means stores the authentication information of the application corresponding to the main user information or the third party information. The authentication process of the application may be executed using the acquired authentication information.

  The application executing means displays a screen prompting the user to perform a predetermined operation to determine whether or not to permit acquisition of the authentication information before acquiring the authentication information from the storage means. And the authentication information may be acquired from the storage means when the user's operation for that is a predetermined operation.

The storage means further stores an integrated application program for executing the plurality of application programs,
By executing the integrated application program, the receiving unit may receive the recommendation information, the display unit may display the application index, and the application executing unit may execute the selected application program. .
The receiving means receives priority information indicating the priority for displaying the application index of the plurality of applications from the server,
Whether the display means increases the size of the high-priority application index or sets the display position at the top of the screen and reduces the low-priority application index based on the priority information. Alternatively, the display position may be at the bottom of the screen.

  The application execution means transmits predetermined message data or image data to the third party communication terminal when the main user index is moved so as to contact any of the third party indices. It may be.

An application distribution system according to the third aspect of the present invention is:
A communication terminal according to the first aspect or a communication terminal according to the second aspect;
A server for transmitting, to the communication terminal, a program of a plurality of applications, and recommendation information for recommending an application selected from the plurality of applications;
An application distribution system having
The server, when requested by the communication terminal, transmits a new application program or an updated application program to the communication terminal or the recommendation information to the communication terminal.
It is characterized by that.

An application execution method according to the fourth aspect of the present invention includes:
A storage step for storing programs of a plurality of applications;
A receiving step for receiving the recommendation information from a server for transmitting recommendation information for recommending an application selected from the plurality of applications;
The display is switched so that one of the first display page and the second display page is displayed and the other is not displayed, and application indexes indicating the plurality of applications are respectively displayed in the first display page and the second display. A display step to display on one side of the page,
When the application index of the application specified based on the recommendation information received in the reception step is displayed on the second display page, the application index is extinguished from the second display page, and the first An indicator display change step to be displayed on one display page;
An application execution step of reading out and executing a program of an application selected from among the applications of the application index displayed on the first display page from the storage unit;
It is characterized by having.

A program according to the fifth aspect of the present invention is:
In a computer that stores programs for multiple applications,
A receiving procedure for receiving the recommendation information from a server that transmits recommendation information for recommending an application selected from the plurality of applications;
The display is switched so that one of the first display page and the second display page is displayed and the other is not displayed, and application indexes indicating the plurality of applications are respectively displayed in the first display page and the second display. Display steps to display on one side of the page,
When the application index of the application specified based on the recommendation information received in the reception procedure is displayed on the second display page, the application index is extinguished from the second display page, and the first An indicator display changing procedure to be displayed on the display page of 1;
An application execution procedure for reading out and executing a program of an application selected from the applications of the application index displayed on the first display page from the storage unit;
Is executed.

  According to the present invention, a user can easily select and execute a necessary application.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the application delivery system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the flow of the data in the application delivery system which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the application delivery server which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the communication terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the procedure which downloads an integrated application. It is a figure for demonstrating the service application list | wrist and authentication information which concern on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the screen at the time of integrated application execution concerning Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the screen at the time of service application execution. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an integrated application execution process according to the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a 1st page display process. It is a figure which shows the screen at the time of integrated application execution concerning Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of integrated application execution processing according to the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows the screen at the time of integrated application execution which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the authentication information which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating a simple transmission function.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  The application distribution system 1 according to the first embodiment is a system that distributes application programs to the communication terminal 50. As shown in FIG. 1, the application distribution system 1 includes a company server 10, an application distribution server 20, a base station 30, a network 40, and a communication terminal 50. The enterprise server 10, the application distribution server 20, and the base station 30 are connected to each other via a network 40, and the communication terminal 50 and the base station 30 are connected by wireless communication. The network 40 is an arbitrary network such as a mobile phone network, the Internet network, or a LAN. The company server 10, the application distribution server 20, and the communication terminal 50 transmit and receive data as shown in FIG. 2 via the network 40.

  The company server 10 has a service application program executed by the communication terminal 50 in order for the user to receive services of each company. The company server 10 provides this program to the application distribution server 20 (step S1). One or more service application programs may be provided by one enterprise server 10.

  Further, when a user who can use the service is registered in advance, the company server 10 also holds information such as a user ID and a password for identifying the user.

  The application distribution server 20 stores a service application program provided from the company server 10. In addition, a plurality of service applications are collected on the communication terminal 50, and an application program having a function of selecting and executing an arbitrary service application from the plurality of service applications is stored. Since this application has an effect of integrating a plurality of service applications, it is hereinafter referred to as an integrated application (shown as IAP in the figure).

  The communication terminal 50 is a small wireless communication terminal such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal, and is a terminal that performs data communication with another terminal, a server, or the like via the base station 30 and the network 40.

  When receiving a request for downloading an application program from the communication terminal 50 (step S2), the application distribution server 20 transmits the service application and the integrated application program held by the application distribution server 20 to the communication terminal 50 (step S3). ). The communication terminal 50 downloads a service application or an integrated application program from the application distribution server 20 and installs it.

  In addition, the application distribution server 20 transmits recommendation information for identifying the recommended service application to each communication terminal 50. When there is a recommendation information inquiry from the communication terminal 50 (step S4), the application distribution server 20 transmits the recommendation information to the communication terminal 50 if there is recommendation information corresponding to the communication terminal 50 (step S4). S5).

  In addition, when an application update information inquiry is received from the communication terminal 50 (step S6), the application distribution server 20 transmits update information such as a new service application program or an existing application update program to the communication terminal. 50 (step S7).

  The communication terminal 50 accesses each company server 10 by executing the installed service application program, and acquires necessary information from each company server 10. When accessing the company server 10, if login is required, information including a user ID, password, etc. is transmitted to make a login request (step S 8). In response to this, the company server 10 issues a login request. If accepted, information indicating a service menu is transmitted from the company server 10 to the communication terminal 50 (step S9).

  The application distribution server 20 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the application distribution server 20 includes a server computer including a control unit 210, a storage unit 220, a communication unit 230, and an operation unit 240.

  The control unit 210 includes an arithmetic processing unit, an internal memory, and the like, and executes a control program stored in the storage unit 220, whereby a service application program acquisition unit 211, an application program output unit 212, and a user information acquisition unit 213. It functions as each functional unit such as the recommendation information generation unit 214.

  The storage unit 220 includes a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk, and stores a service application program 221, an integrated application program 222, user information 223, and service user attribute information 224. The storage unit 220 also stores a control program executed by the control unit 210.

  The service application program 221 is service application program data received from each company server 10. Each service application program 221 has an application ID and a storage date and time, and is stored together with an icon image file to be displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal 50.

  The integrated application program 222 is a program that functions on the communication terminal 50, and is a program for realizing a function of selecting and executing an arbitrary service application from a plurality of service applications.

  The user information 223 is information related to the user of the communication terminal 50 and is received from each communication terminal 50 and acquired. The user information 223 includes, for example, information such as the date of birth, gender, residence area, presence / absence of a spouse, date of birth of a child, and the like of the communication terminal 50 automatically acquired by the communication terminal 50. It includes arbitrary information such as the current position, service application execution history, destinations and passing points of traffic guidance applications, terms used in e-mails, pictograms, and the like. The user information 223 also includes information on the date and time when each service application program 221 is transmitted to each communication terminal 50.

  The service user attribute information 224 is information indicating an attribute of a person who mainly uses a specific service application. The service user attribute information 224 may be received together with the service application program 221 from the company server 10. The administrator may enter.

  The communication unit 230 transmits / receives data to / from the enterprise server 10 and the communication terminal 50 using a predetermined communication method.

  The operation unit 240 receives an input operation from the user and outputs a signal related to the received input to the control unit 210. The operation unit 240 includes a keyboard including character keys, numeric keys, direction keys, enter keys, function keys, and the like.

  The operation of the application distribution server 20 configured as described above will be described.

  The communication unit 230 receives the service application program 221 transmitted from the company server 10 via the network 40. The service application program acquisition unit 211 of the control unit 210 causes the storage unit 220 to store the service application program 221 received by the communication unit 230. When an update program is received from the company server 10 for what is already stored in the storage unit 220 as the service application program 221, the service application program 221 stored in the storage unit 220 is updated. In addition, the latest storage date and time is stored for each service application program 221.

  When the application output unit 212 receives a signal requesting to download the integrated application program 222 from the communication terminal 50, the application output unit 212 reads the service application program 221 and the integrated application program 222 from the storage unit 220, and receives a request from the communication unit 230. The communication terminal 50 is transmitted. Also, an icon image file corresponding to each service application program 221 is transmitted from the communication unit 230 to the communication terminal 50. At this time, the application output unit 212 causes the storage unit 220 to store the date and time when the service application program 221 and the like are transmitted to the communication terminal 50 as the user information 223 for each communication terminal 50.

  In addition, when there is an inquiry about update information of the service application program 221 from the communication terminal 50, the application output unit 212 transmits the previous service application program 221 to the communication terminal 50 included in the user information 223. When there is a service application program 221 stored after the previous service application program 221 is transmitted to the communication terminal 50, the storage date and time of each service application program stored in the storage unit 220 is inquired. Transmits the program and icon image from the communication unit 230 to the communication terminal 50.

  The communication unit 230 receives the user information 223 of the communication terminal 50 from the communication terminal 50, and the user information acquisition unit 213 stores the user information 223 received by the communication unit 230 in the storage unit 220 and identifies each communication terminal 50. The information is stored in correspondence with the information.

  When the recommendation information generation unit 214 receives an inquiry about recommendation information from the communication terminal 50, the recommendation information generation unit 214 compares the service user attribute information 224 stored in the storage unit 220 with the user information 223 of the communication terminal 50, and the communication terminal 50 The recommendation information including the application ID for identifying the service application 221 recommended to 50 is generated. Then, the generated recommendation information is transmitted to the communication terminal 50 that has received the inquiry.

  For example, it is assumed that the service user attribute information 224 related to the service application program 221 of the company that operates the infant music classroom includes that the child is 3-5 years old. On the other hand, when it is derived from the date of birth of the user's child included in the user information 223 of a certain communication terminal 50 that the child's age is four years old, the recommended information generation unit 214 displays the infant music classroom The recommendation information addressed to the communication terminal 50 including the application ID of the service application is generated. And the communication part 230 transmits the produced | generated recommendation information with respect to this user's communication terminal 50. FIG.

  In addition, the service user attribute information 224 related to the service application program 221 of a company operated by a sightseeing bus company in a specific region A includes that the current location of the user or the destination of the traffic guidance application is the region A. Suppose that On the other hand, if the current location of the communication terminal 50 included in the user information 223 of a certain communication terminal 50 or the destination of the traffic guidance application of the communication terminal 50 indicates the A region, recommended information generation The unit 214 generates recommendation information addressed to the communication terminal 50 including the application ID of the service application of the sightseeing bus company. And the communication part 230 transmits the produced | generated recommendation information with respect to this user's communication terminal 50. FIG.

  In addition, in the service user attribute information 224 related to the service application program 221 of the company operated by the company that sells soccer game tickets, the term frequently used in e-mails is “soccer” and the pictogram is a soccer ball. Include that. On the other hand, if the term frequently used in e-mails included in the user information 223 of a certain communication terminal 50 is “soccer” and the pictogram is a soccer ball, the recommended information generation unit 214 sells the ticket. Recommendation information for the communication terminal 50 including the application ID of the service application of the company is generated. And the communication part 230 transmits the produced | generated recommendation information with respect to this user's communication terminal 50. FIG.

  Next, the communication terminal 50 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the communication terminal 50 includes a control unit 510, a display unit 520, a storage unit 530, an operation unit 540, and a communication unit 550.

  First, in order for the communication terminal 50 to download and install the service application program 221 and the integrated application program 222 from the application distribution server 20, the communication terminal 50 must transmit a download request signal to the application distribution server 20. Don't be.

  In order to establish communication connection with the application distribution server 20, it is necessary to obtain destination information such as the URL of the application distribution server 20. The destination information can be obtained by any method. For example, the application can be obtained by reading the two-dimensional code or the like described in the advertisement 60 with a camera provided in the communication terminal 50 as shown in FIG. The URL of the distribution server 20 can be acquired.

  Here, the advertisement 60 on which the two-dimensional code is posted may be posted together with the name of the service application, the name of the company that provides the service application program 221, the service content, and the like.

  When the service application program 221 and the integrated application program 222 are installed in the communication terminal 50, each component of the communication terminal 50 functions as follows.

  The control unit 510 includes an arithmetic processing unit, an internal memory, and the like, but includes an application acquisition unit 511, a recommendation information acquisition unit 512, a display control unit 513, a service application execution unit 514, an authentication unit 515, a user information generation unit 517, and the like. It functions as each functional part.

  The display unit 520 is configured by a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), for example, and performs information display output of figures, characters, symbols, and the like. When the integrated application program 222 is installed in the communication terminal 50, an icon (IAP icon) of the integrated application program 222 is displayed on the main page of the display unit 520 as shown in FIG.

  The storage unit 530 includes a readable / writable nonvolatile semiconductor memory such as a flash memory, and stores a service application program 221 and icon images corresponding to the service application programs 221. Also, a service application list 532 listed with application IDs is stored for all service application programs 221.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the service application list 532 includes an application ID, a file name of the service application program 221, a file name of an icon image to be displayed on the screen, a display page indicating an icon display position, and an icon size. The last execution date and time information indicating the date and time when the service application program 221 was last executed is stored in association with each other.

  The storage unit 530 stores user authentication information 533 and user information 223 of the communication terminal 50. As shown in FIG. 6B, the authentication information 533 includes information such as an application ID, a user ID and a password required for user authentication for an application that requests user authentication when the service application program 221 is executed. Are stored in association with each other.

  The user information 223 includes the date of birth, gender, residence area, presence / absence of spouse, date of birth of child, current position, service application execution history, based on information input by the user to the operation unit 540 and user operation history. This is information generated by the user information generation unit 516 of the control unit 510 based on arbitrary information such as destinations and passing points of the traffic guidance application, terms used in e-mails, pictograms, and the like.

  The storage unit 530 also stores various programs such as the integrated application program 222 executed by the control unit 510.

  The operation unit 540 has a function of receiving a user application selection, execution instruction, and the like, and includes, for example, a direction key, a determination key, a dial, a touch pad, and the like. In the present embodiment, a case where the operation unit 540 includes a touch pad will be described. In other words, a touch pad is provided on the screen of the display unit 520, and the relationship between the display position of a figure or the like in the image displayed on the screen and the position where a human finger or the like on the touch pad is detected is touched. Based on this, the operation unit 540 receives an operation input.

  The communication unit 550 transmits and receives data to and from the enterprise server 10 and the application distribution server 20 using a predetermined communication method.

  The operation of the communication terminal 50 configured as described above will be described.

  In the communication terminal 50 in which the integrated application program 222 is installed, in order for the user to execute the integrated application program 222, the icon of the integrated application program 222 displayed on the main page is touched as shown in FIG. . In the figure, a hatched icon indicates a touched state. When the integrated application program 222 is executed, the screen is displayed in a manner indicating that the first page 52 and the second page 53 overlap as shown in FIGS. 7B and 7C.

  The first page 52 displays icons of the service application program 221 selected for use by the user and the service application program 221 selected based on the recommendation information received from the application distribution server 20 (FIG. 7B). ), Icons of all other service application programs 221 are displayed on the second page 53 (FIG. 7C). The icon of the service application program 221 is an index in which a service logo or the like related to the service application program 221 is designed, and the icon image file is downloaded from the application distribution server 20 together with the service application program 221 and stored in the storage unit 530. Has been. In the service application list 532, the icon image file and the service application program 221 are associated with each other.

  When the integrated application program 222 is executed, the first page 52 is usually displayed on the screen.

  When the first page 52 is displayed, the service application program 221 can be executed by the user touching one of the icons of the displayed service application program 221. When the program is executed, it connects to the company server 10 that provides the service application program 221 to transmit and receive information.

  Here, when the service application program 221 of the icon displayed on the first page is not executed for a certain period of time, the icon size is reduced as in the “tour bus” icon shown in FIG. . Further, if the program is not executed for a certain period, it is erased from the first page 52 and displayed on the second page 53.

  When the first page 52 is displayed on the screen, the second page 53 can be temporarily displayed. In order to display the second page 53, a location indicating the edge of the page at the lower right of the screen is touched.

  When the user touches the edge of the page at the lower right of the screen, the second page 53 is displayed for a certain period of time as shown in FIG. When the second page 53 is displayed, the application distribution server 20 is inquired about the update information of the service application program 221 every time or at regular intervals. If there is update information, an update program and an icon image are downloaded and displayed on the second page 53 including the updated service application program 221 icon.

  In order to execute the service application program 221 of the icon displayed on the second page 53, it is necessary to move the icon of the service application program 221 to the first page 52. If the service application program 221 icon is touched while the second page 53 is displayed, a submenu 54 as shown in FIG. 7D is displayed, and the display is changed from the submenu 54 to the first page. The icon is displayed on the first page 52 and is erased from the second page 53.

  The operation when the service application program 221 for the icon displayed on the first page 52 is executed will be described with reference to the example of FIG.

  FIG. 8 shows a case where the service application execution unit 514 executes the service application program 221 of the company that provides the home delivery service indicated by the “home delivery” icon displayed on the first page 52. As shown in FIG. 8A, when the user touches the icon of the service application program 221 displayed as “delivery”, a login screen as shown in FIG. 8B is displayed. Here, a screen prompting the user to enter a terminal security code or the like is displayed. If the user's input corresponding to the screen is the same as the preset input, reference to authentication information 533 is permitted. The authentication unit 515 refers to the authentication information 533 stored in advance in the storage unit 530 and transmits the necessary authentication information 533 to the company server 10. When the authentication is successful in the company server 10, a service menu as shown in FIG. 8C is displayed on the display unit 520. On the other hand, when the user operates, it is possible to receive a service of requesting collection or re-delivery or checking the delivery status.

  In addition, the user information generation unit 516 of the control unit 510 generates user information 223 and stores it in the storage unit 530, and causes the generated user information 223 to be periodically transmitted from the communication unit 550 to the application distribution server 20.

  Of the functions of the communication terminal 50 described above, execution processing of the integrated application program 222 will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  When the IAP icon 51 indicating the integrated application program 222 is touched by the user, the control unit 510 starts the integrated application execution process shown in the flowchart of FIG. First, the first page display process shown in FIG. 10 is executed (step S101).

  The recommendation information acquisition unit 512 causes the communication unit 550 to transmit a signal for inquiring recommendation information to the application distribution server 20 (step S201). On the other hand, when a signal indicating that there is no new recommendation information addressed to the communication terminal 50 is received from the application distribution server 20 (step S202: No), the process proceeds to step S206. On the other hand, when a signal indicating that there is new recommendation information addressed to the communication terminal 50 is received from the application distribution server 20 (step S202: Yes), the recommendation information acquisition unit 512 sends the communication unit 550 to the application distribution server. The recommendation information transmitted from 20 is received (step S203). Here, the recommendation information is information including an application ID for identifying the service application program 221 recommended for the communication terminal 50.

  The display control unit 513 determines whether the icon of the service application program 221 having the application ID included in the recommendation information is displayed on the first page 52. (Step S204). That is, with reference to the service application list 532 shown in FIG. 6A, it is determined whether or not the value of the display page of the application ID included in the received recommendation information is 1 (first page). If the value of the display page corresponding to the application ID included in the received recommendation information is 2 (step S204: No), the value of the display page is changed to 1 (step S205), and the process proceeds to step S206.

  On the other hand, when the value of the display page corresponding to the application ID included in the received recommendation information is 1 (step S204: Yes), the process proceeds to step S206 as it is.

  In step S206, it is determined whether or not there is a service application program 221 in which m hours have elapsed in an unexecuted state among the service application programs 221 displaying icons on the first page 52. Specifically, the value of the last execution date / time in the service application list 532 of the storage unit 530 and the clock built in the control unit 510 are inquired, and the last execution date / time among the application IDs whose display page is 1 is displayed. It is determined whether there is an application ID for which m hours have elapsed.

  If there is no service application program 221 in which m hours have elapsed in an unexecuted state (step S206: No), there is a service application program 221 in which n hours (n <m) have elapsed in an unexecuted state. It is determined whether or not (step S207).

  If there is a service application program 221 in which n hours have passed in an unexecuted state (step S207: Yes), the icon size of the icon of the service application program 221 is set to “tour bus” in FIG. (Step S208). Then, the icon size value of the service application list 532 is changed from large to small.

  If there is no service application program 221 in which n hours have passed in an unexecuted state (step S207: No), the process proceeds to step S210 as it is.

  When there is a service application program 221 in which m hours have elapsed in an unexecuted state (step S206: Yes), the value of the display page of the service application program 221 is changed from 1 to 2 (step S209). . That is, the icon of the service application program 221 is deleted from the first page 52 and added to the second page 53.

  Then, all icons of application IDs whose display page column of the service application list 532 is 1 are displayed on the first page 52 (step S210).

  When the first page display process in step S101 of the flowchart of FIG. 9 is completed according to the above procedure, it is determined whether or not the user's operation on the operation unit 540 is an instruction to display the second page 53 (step S102). That is, it is determined whether or not the edge of the page at the lower right of the screen is touched when the first page 52 is displayed.

  If the user's operation on the operation unit 540 is not an instruction to display the second page 53 (step S102: No), it is determined whether or not the operation is an instruction to execute any service application program 221. (Step S103). That is, it is determined whether any of the icons of the service application program 221 displayed on the first page 52 is touched.

  When the user's operation on the operation unit 540 is an instruction to execute the service application program 221 (step S103: Yes), the service application execution unit 514 executes the service application program 221 as shown in FIG. A login screen is displayed (step S104). Here, when user authentication is required at the time of login, the user is prompted to input a terminal security code in order to perform user confirmation for using the authentication information 533 stored in the storage unit 530.

  If the authentication unit 515 determines that the terminal password input by the user is correct (step S105: Yes), the authentication information 533 stored in the storage unit 530 is referred to. Note that the terminal security code may be given several times even if it is not correctly input once.

  Here, the authentication information 533 includes a user ID, a password, etc. for each service application program 221 as shown in FIG. The authentication unit 515 acquires the user ID, password, and the like corresponding to the service application program 221 to be executed from the authentication information 533 (step S106), and acquires the acquired information from the communication unit 530 to the service application program 221. Is transmitted to the company server 10 of the provider (step S107).

  If the authentication is successful based on the user ID and password information transmitted to the company server 10, the service application execution unit 514 continues to execute the service application program 221 (step S108).

  If it is determined in step S103 that the user operation on the operation unit 540 is not an instruction to execute the service application program 221 (step S103: No), or if authentication based on the terminal security code input is not successful in step S105 ( Step S105: No), it proceeds to step S117. In step S117, it is determined whether or not the user's operation on the operation unit 540 is an end process. If it is an end process (step S117: Yes), the process ends. If it is not an end process (step S117: No), the process returns to step S101.

  If the user's operation on the operation unit 540 is an instruction to display the second page 53 in step S102 (step S102: Yes), the application acquisition unit 511 transmits the communication to the application distribution server 20 from the communication unit 550. Then, a signal for inquiring service application update information is transmitted (step S109). On the other hand, when a signal indicating that there is no update information including a new service application program 221 or an existing service application update program is received from the application distribution server 20 (step S110: No), step S112 is performed. Proceed to On the other hand, when a signal indicating that there is a new service application program 221 or an existing service application update program is received from the application distribution server 20 (step S110: Yes), the application acquisition unit 511 receives the application distribution server 20. The update information is received (step S111), and a new service application program 221 or icon image is stored in the storage unit 530, or the existing service application program 221 is updated. At that time, it is also added to the service application list 532 of the storage unit 530. Thereafter, an icon of the service application program 221 in which the display page of the service application list 532 is 2 is displayed on the second page 53 (step S112).

  Next, in a state where the second page 53 is displayed on the screen, the user operates the operation unit 540 to determine whether any icon of the service application program 221 is selected (step S113). . When an icon of a specific service application program 221 is selected (step S113: Yes), a submenu as shown in FIG. 7D is displayed (step S114). It is determined whether or not there is a display change instruction for the first page 52 in the submenu (step S115). If a display change instruction for the first page 52 is selected from the menu (step S115: Yes), The value of the display page of the service application program 221 of the selected icon is changed from 2 to 1 (step S116), and the icon disappears from the second page 53.

  If no icon of any service application program 221 is selected in step S113 (step S113: No), or if the display change instruction to the first page 52 is not given in the service menu in step S115 (step S113) S115: No), the process proceeds to step S117. If the user's operation on the operation unit 540 is an end process (step S117: Yes), the process is ended. If the operation is not an end process (step S117: No), the process returns to step S101.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the communication terminal 50 displays the icons of the plurality of service application programs 221 provided by the company server 10 on one of the first page 52 and the second page 53, and the second Of the icon service application programs 221 displayed on the page 53, the icon of the service application program 221 selected based on the user's operation or the recommendation information received from the application distribution server is deleted from the second page. In addition, the service application program 221 displayed on the first page is selected and executed.

  Thus, by displaying only icons of applications that are likely to be executed on the first page 52 when the integrated application program 222 is executed, the user can easily select and execute the necessary application.

(Embodiment 2)
Hereinafter, Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  The application distribution system 1 according to the second embodiment has the same system configuration as that of the first embodiment, and the processing content of the control unit 510 is different from that of the first embodiment.

  In the second embodiment, when the integrated application program 222 is executed by touching the IAP icon on the main page of the communication terminal 50, it is composed of three pages, page 0 to page 2, as shown in FIG. 11. Is displayed.

  The first page 52 displays an icon of the service application program 221 selected based on the recommendation information received from the application distribution server 20, and the 0th page 55 is displayed on the first page 52 and the second page 53. Of the icons that have been set, only the icon of the service application program 221 selected by the user is displayed. Further, on the second page 53, icons of service application programs 221 other than the service application programs 221 of icons displayed on the 0th page 55 and the first page 52 are displayed. In other words, the service application list 532 stored in the storage unit 530 stores either 0, 1, or 2 as the display page value.

  The execution processing of the integrated application program 222 having the page configuration described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the user touches the IAP icon 51 of the integrated application program 222, the control unit 510 starts the integrated application execution process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

  First, the 0th page 55 is displayed. On the 0th page 55, an icon of the service application program 221 whose display page value of the service application list 532 is 0 is displayed, but nothing is displayed on the 0th page 55 in the initial state (step). S401). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the user's operation on the operation unit 540 is an instruction to display the first page 52 (step S402). That is, it is determined whether or not an instruction to select the first page 52 is made by touching the lower right of the screen when the 0th page 55 is displayed. When the user's operation on the operation unit 540 is not an instruction to display the first page 52 (step S402: No), the processing after step S102 in FIG. 9 is executed.

  On the other hand, when the user's operation on the operation unit 540 is an instruction to display the first page 52, the first page display process shown in FIG. 10 is executed. Then, in a state where the first page 52 is displayed on the screen, the user operates the operation unit 540 to determine whether an icon of any service application program 221 is selected (step S404). When an icon of a specific service application program 221 is selected (step S404: Yes), a submenu as shown in FIG. 7D is displayed (step S405). It is determined whether or not there is a display change instruction for the 0th page 55 in the submenu (step S406). If a display change instruction for the 0th page 55 is selected (step S406: Yes), The value of the display page corresponding to the icon selected in the service application list 532 is changed from 1 to 0 (step S407), and the icon disappears from the first page 52.

  Within a predetermined time after displaying the first page 52, no icon of any service application program 221 is selected in step S404 (step S404: No), or the 0th page 55 of the service menu in step S406. If there is no instruction to change the display to (No at step S406), the processing after step S102 in FIG. 9 is executed.

  The processing contents after step S102 in FIG. 9 are the same as those in the first embodiment. However, in steps S115 and 116, the display page of the service application program 221 of the selected icon is changed from 2 to 1, but the display page of the service application program 221 of the selected icon is changed from 2 to 0. You may do that.

  If the process proceeds to step S117 in FIG. 9 and the user operation on the operation unit 540 is an end process in step S117 (step S117: Yes), the process ends. (Step S117: No), it returns to Step S401.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the icon of the service application program 221 selected based on the recommendation information received from the application distribution server 20 is displayed on the first page 52, and the other is displayed on the second page 53. The service application program 221 icon is displayed. On the 0th page 55, only the icon selected by the user's operation from the service application program 221 icons displayed on the first page 52 and the second page 53 is displayed. It was decided to. As a result, among the applications predicted to be highly likely to be executed, only the icon of the application selected by the user is displayed on the 0th page 55, and only the application judged to be necessary by the user can be easily selected. Can be executed.

(Embodiment 3)
Hereinafter, Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  The application distribution system 1 according to the third embodiment has the same system configuration as that of the first embodiment.

  In the third embodiment, when the integrated application program 221 is executed by touching the IAP icon 51 on the main page of the communication terminal 50, the first to third pages are configured as shown in FIG. Are displayed.

  On the first page 52, in addition to the icon of the service application program 221 in the first embodiment, a user icon indicating a user is displayed. The user icon corresponds to an owner who is a main user of the communication terminal 50 or a user approved by the owner. In the user information 223, identification information such as a user name and a unique ID given from the application distribution server 20, and information including attribute information such as age and sex is stored for each user. User icons are registered corresponding to the information. The user icon is composed of an arbitrary image that can be determined by the user, such as a photograph of the user.

  The user information indicated by the user icon may be browsed by touching the location where the user icon is displayed.

  The first page 52 includes a service application program 221 selected for use by the user and a service application program 221 selected based on recommendation information received from the application distribution server 20 as shown in FIG. In addition, a user icon indicating the owner of the communication terminal 50 and an icon indicating the user selected by the owner among all registered user icons are displayed.

  In the example shown in FIG. 13, an icon of a service application program 221 of a company that provides a delivery service, an icon of a service application program 221 of a company that provides a security service, a user icon that indicates the “owner” of the communication terminal 50, A user icon indicating “eldest daughter” is displayed.

  On the second page 53, as shown in FIG. 13B, icons of all service application programs 221 that are not displayed on the first page 52 are displayed. Although the first page 52 is normally displayed on the screen, the second page 53 can be temporarily displayed. In order to display the second page 53, the location indicating the edge of the page at the lower right of the screen is touched, and switching to the second page 53 is selected.

  On the third page 56, as shown in FIG. 13C, among the users approved and registered by the owner, all user icons that are not displayed on the first page 52 are displayed. In order to display the third page 56, the location indicating the edge of the page at the lower right of the screen is touched, and switching to the third page 56 is selected.

  The icon indicating the service application program 221 displayed on the second page 53 can be changed to be displayed on the first page 52 by the processing of steps S113 to S116 of FIG. 9 described in the first embodiment. Further, the user icon displayed on the third page 56 can also be changed to be displayed on the first page 52 by the same process as the process of steps S113 to S116 of FIG.

  When the user wants to execute the service application program 221 displayed on the first page 52, the user moves the finger while touching the icon indicating the specific user as shown in FIG. An operation is performed so that the icon touches the icon of a specific service application program 221. Accordingly, the service application program 221 can be executed using the user information 223 of the selected user. In the example of FIG. 13D, since the eldest daughter's user icon is touched by the “security” icon, the service application program 221 of the company providing the security service is executed, and the identification information of the eldest daughter is stored in the company server of the company. 10 and can receive services such as obtaining information on security such as the current position of the eldest daughter from the company server 10.

  Here, the authentication information 533 stored in the storage unit 530 may include a user ID and a password corresponding to each application ID for each user, as shown in FIG. In this case, the authentication unit 515 reads the authentication information 533 of the selected user and transmits the information to the company server 10.

  The configuration of the present embodiment may have a simple transmission function for sending data such as simple messages. When the user icon of the owner displayed on the first page 52 is touched with another user icon, a transmission screen of a fixed sentence etc. is displayed, and the user approves this function. Sending data. An example of this function will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the example of FIG. 15, user icons of users indicated as “owner” and “mother” are displayed on the first page 52 (FIG. 15A). As shown in FIG. 15B, when the owner's user icon is touched to the “mother” user icon, the standard sentence transmission screen (FIG. 15C) stored in the storage unit 530 in advance is displayed. . Here, the fixed sentence is assumed to be stored corresponding to each user.

  Here, if the user touches “OK” on the screen of FIG. 15C, the fixed sentence data, “owner” identification information, and “mother” identification information are transmitted to the application distribution server 20. Is done. The application distribution server 20 transmits the received standard sentence data as a message from the “owner” to the communication terminal 50 to which the “mother” identification information is attached, that is, the communication terminal 50 possessed by the “mother”. The communication terminal 50 possessed by the “mother” displays the received fixed phrase from the “owner”. On the other hand, when “send another fixed sentence” is touched on the screen of FIG. 15C, a transmission screen of another fixed sentence is displayed.

  The data sent from the “owner” communication terminal 50 to the “mother” communication terminal 50 via the application distribution server 20 may be arbitrary data such as image data set in advance in addition to the fixed form data. Good. Moreover, you may have the function to edit with respect to a fixed phrase etc. The communication means for sending these data from the “owner” communication terminal 50 to the “mother” communication terminal 50 is not limited to the means via the application distribution server 20, and the existing electronic mail function and Internet telephone function Any means may be used such as using.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the first page 52 displays the icon of the selected service application program 221 and the user icon, and detects that the user icon has been touched by the icon of the service application program 221. In this case, the service application program 221 is executed using the user information. Thereby, services such as acquisition of information related to users other than the owner can be received.

  Further, when it is detected that the user icon of the owner displayed on the first page 52 is touched with another user icon, data such as a fixed phrase is transmitted. Thereby, it is possible to attach a function of transmitting data by a simple operation.

  As described above, according to the present invention, application indexes of a plurality of applications are displayed on one of the first display page and the second display page, and displayed on the second display page based on the recommendation information received from the server. The application index selected from the plurality of application indices that have been displayed is erased from the second display page and displayed on the first display page, and the user selects the display index displayed on the first display page When an operation is detected, the application indicated by the display index is executed. Thereby, the user can easily select and execute the necessary application.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, Of course, the various change in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention is possible.

  For example, in the first embodiment, among the icons of the service application program 221, all the icons of the service application program 221 that are not displayed on the first page 52 are displayed on the second page 53, but only a part may be displayed. . Moreover, you may display on the several page after the 2nd page. As a result, when many service application programs 221 are stored, selection by the user is facilitated by extracting or classifying and displaying the service application programs 221. Also, the first page 52 and the second page 53 are displayed in an overlapped manner, but the page display method is arbitrary, such as by scrolling the first page so that the second page appears from below. .

  Further, when the integrated application program 222 is downloaded and installed from the application distribution server 20, all the service application programs 221 are downloaded and stored in the storage unit 530. However, when the integrated application program 222 is installed, the service application program 221 is installed. Only the icon is downloaded and displayed on the second page 53, and when changing the display of the specific icon from the second page 53 to the first page 52, the service application program 221 indicated by the icon is downloaded. Good. Thereby, the capacity | capacitance of the data memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 530 can be reduced.

  The recommendation information transmitted from the application distribution server 20 to the communication terminal 50 is recommended information corresponding to each communication terminal 50. The recommendation information uses a specific service application program 221 and its application. Information indicating general attributes of the user may be associated. For example, information that associates a music school service application for infants with information that the child's age is 3 to 6 may be used as recommended information. When the user information 223 stored in the storage unit 530 of the communication terminal 50 that has received the recommendation information includes information that matches the recommendation information, the icon of the service application program 221 related to the recommendation information is displayed on the first page. 52 is displayed. Thereby, the process which transmits a user's information from the communication terminal 50 to the application delivery server 20 is omissible.

  In addition, among the icons displayed on the 0th and 1st pages, the size of the icon of the service application program 221 that has not been executed for n hours is reduced, but the size of the icon of the frequently executed service application program 221 is increased. It may further have a function of That is, the display control unit 513 acquires the frequency of execution of the service application program 221, increases the size of the icon of the service application program 221 that is executed frequently, and sets the icon of the service application program 221 that is executed less frequently. Reduce the size.

  Further, the communication terminal 50 receives the icon image together with the service application program 221 from the application distribution server 20 and displays all icons except for the icons displayed on the 0th page 55 and the first page 52 on the second page 53. However, the communication terminal 50 may also receive information indicating the priority regarding the arrangement of icons from the application distribution server 20 and change the arrangement of icons on the second page 53 based on the information. For example, an icon with a high priority may be displayed above the second page 53 with a large icon size, and an icon with a low priority may be displayed below the second page 53 with a small icon size. Alternatively, any display form that alerts the user to the icon, such as displaying a high priority icon so as to vibrate, may be used.

  For example, the priority of the user information 223 held by the application distribution server 20 or the execution history of the service application program 221 of another user is high so that the priority of the one that is likely to be used is high. The control unit 210 of the application distribution server 20 determines.

  Further, although the service application program 221 is provided from the enterprise server 10 to the application distribution server 20, the service application program 221 may be generated by the application distribution server 20.

  In the third embodiment, the display mode includes the first to third pages. However, based on the recommendation information received from the application distribution server 20 by adding a page corresponding to the zeroth page in the second embodiment. Of the selected service application programs 221, only the icon of the service application program 221 selected by the user may be displayed on the 0th page.

  In addition, by applying the program executed by the CPU of the above embodiment to an existing terminal such as a mobile phone or a smartphone, the terminal can also function as a communication terminal according to the present invention.

  Such a program distribution method is arbitrary. For example, a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read-Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), an MO (Magneto Optical Disk), or a memory card. It may be stored and distributed in the network, or distributed via a communication network such as a mobile phone network or the Internet.

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Claims (19)

Storage means for storing a plurality of application programs;
Receiving means for receiving the recommendation information from a server for transmitting recommendation information for recommending an application selected from the plurality of applications;
It has a first display page and a second display page, and it is possible to switch the display so that one of the first display page and the second display page is displayed and the other is not displayed. Display means for displaying an application index indicating an application on one of the first display page and the second display page, respectively;
An application execution unit that reads out and executes a program of an application selected from the applications of the application index displayed on the first display page from the storage unit;
When the display means displays the application index of the application specified based on the recommendation information received by the receiving means on the second display page, the application index disappears from the second display page. And display on the first display page,
A communication terminal characterized by that. When the application program indicated by the application index displayed on the first display page has not been executed for a predetermined period, the display means causes the application index of the application to disappear from the first display page, Displaying on the second display page;
The communication terminal according to claim 1. The display means reduces the size of the application index when the application program indicated by the application index displayed on the first display page is not executed for a predetermined period, and is not executed for a predetermined period. If it is, the application index of the application disappears from the first display page and is displayed on the second display page.
The communication terminal according to claim 1. The display means acquires the frequency of execution of the program of the application indicated by the application index displayed on the first display page, increases the size of the application index of the program with high execution frequency, and executes the execution Reduce the size of the application index for less frequent programs,
The communication terminal according to claim 1. The storage means further stores main user information for identifying a main user of the communication terminal, and third party information for identifying a third party other than the main user and approved by the main user,
The display means further displays a main user index corresponding to the main user information and a third party index corresponding to the third party information on the first display page, and the main user index or the third user index is displayed. The person indicator can be moved on the first display page based on a user operation,
The application execution means, when the display means moves the main user index or the third party index so as to contact either of the application indices, the application program indicated by the application index Execute using user information or third party information;
The communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: Storage means for storing a plurality of application programs;
Receiving means for receiving the recommendation information from a server for transmitting recommendation information for recommending an application selected from the plurality of applications;
It has a 0th display page, a 1st display page, and a 2nd display page, and displays any one of the 0th display page, the 1st display page, and the 2nd display page. The display can be switched to hide the page, and the application index indicating the plurality of applications is set to any one of the 0th display page, the 1st display page, and the 2nd display page, respectively. Display means for displaying;
An application execution unit that reads out and executes a program of an application selected from the applications of the application index displayed on the zeroth display page from the storage unit;
When the application index of the application specified based on the recommendation information received by the receiving unit is displayed on the second display page, the application index is extinguished from the second display page, and the first When the application index of the application displayed on one display page and specified based on the user's operation is displayed on the first or second display page, the application index is displayed on the first or second display page. Disappear from the display page and display on the 0th display page;
A communication terminal characterized by that. When the application program indicated by the application index displayed on the 0th display page or the first display page has not been executed for a predetermined period, the display means displays the application index of the application in the 0th display page. Disappear from the page or the first display page and display on the second display page;
The communication terminal according to claim 6. The display means reduces the size of the application index when the application program indicated by the application index displayed on the 0th display page or the first display page has not been executed for a predetermined period. If not executed for a predetermined period, the application index of the application is extinguished from the 0th display page or the first display page and displayed on the second display page.
The communication terminal according to claim 6. The display means acquires the frequency of execution of the application program indicated by the application index displayed on the 0th display page or the first display page, and the application index of the program with high execution frequency is obtained. Increasing the size and reducing the size of the application index of the less frequently executed program,
The communication terminal according to claim 6. The storage means further stores main user information for identifying a main user of the communication terminal, and third party information for identifying a third party other than the main user and approved by the main user,
The display means further displays a main user index corresponding to the main user information and a third party index corresponding to the third party information on the 0th display page, and the main user index or the third user index is displayed. The person indicator can be moved on the 0th display page based on a user operation,
The application execution means, when the display means moves the main user index or the third party index so as to contact either of the application indices, the application program indicated by the application index Execute using user information or third party information;
The communication terminal according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein The storage means further stores authentication information used to determine whether or not each application program can be executed,
The application execution unit acquires the authentication information of the application from the storage unit when executing a program of the application, and executes an authentication process of the application using the acquired authentication information.
The communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 9. The storage means further stores authentication information used to determine whether or not each application program can be executed in correspondence with the main user information or the third party information,
When the application execution means executes an application program using the main user information or the third party information, the storage means stores the authentication information of the application corresponding to the main user information or the third party information. And executing authentication processing of the application using the acquired authentication information,
The communication terminal according to claim 5 or 10, characterized in that The application executing means displays a screen prompting the user to perform a predetermined operation to determine whether or not to permit acquisition of the authentication information before acquiring the authentication information from the storage means. The authentication information is acquired from the storage means when the user's operation for that is a predetermined operation.
The communication terminal according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that:   The storage means further stores an integrated application program for executing the plurality of application programs,
  By executing the integrated application program, the receiving means receives the recommendation information, the display means displays the application index, and the application executing means executes the selected application program.
  The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein The receiving means receives priority information indicating the priority for displaying the application index of the plurality of applications from the server,
Whether the display means increases the size of the high-priority application index or sets the display position at the top of the screen and reduces the low-priority application index based on the priority information. Or the display position is at the bottom of the screen,
Communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that. The application execution means transmits predetermined message data or image data to the third party communication terminal when the main user index is moved so as to contact any of the third party indices.
The communication terminal according to claim 5 or 10, characterized in that The communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 16 ,
A server for transmitting, to the communication terminal, a program of a plurality of applications, and recommendation information for recommending an application selected from the plurality of applications;
An application distribution system having
The server, when requested by the communication terminal, transmits a new application program or an updated application program to the communication terminal or the recommendation information to the communication terminal.
An application distribution system characterized by that. A storage step for storing programs of a plurality of applications;
A receiving step for receiving the recommendation information from a server for transmitting recommendation information for recommending an application selected from the plurality of applications;
The display is switched so that one of the first display page and the second display page is displayed and the other is not displayed, and application indexes indicating the plurality of applications are respectively displayed in the first display page and the second display. A display step to display on one side of the page,
When the application index of the application specified based on the recommendation information received in the reception step is displayed on the second display page, the application index is extinguished from the second display page, and the first An indicator display change step to be displayed on one display page;
An application execution step of reading out and executing a program of an application selected from among the applications of the application index displayed on the first display page from the storage unit;
An application execution method comprising: In a computer that stores programs for multiple applications,
A receiving procedure for receiving the recommendation information from a server that transmits recommendation information for recommending an application selected from the plurality of applications;
The display is switched so that one of the first display page and the second display page is displayed and the other is not displayed, and application indexes indicating the plurality of applications are respectively displayed in the first display page and the second display. Display steps to display on one side of the page,
When the application index of the application specified based on the recommendation information received in the reception procedure is displayed on the second display page, the application index is extinguished from the second display page, and the first An indicator display changing procedure to be displayed on the display page of 1;
An application execution procedure for reading out and executing a program of an application selected from the applications of the application index displayed on the first display page from the storage unit;
A program for running

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