JPH1188503A - Information communication system, information communication terminal, server equipment and information communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience of the user of the information communication terminal where advertising information gives no hindrance to acquire main information. SOLUTION: A membership terminal 1 receives selection input from a common server equipment 2 as to whether or not addition of advertisement to served information is permitted and sends selection information in response to the selection input and included to a transmission request to the common server equipment 2. The common server equipment 2 receives a request from the membership terminal 1 and serves the information with the advertisement added thereto to the membership terminal 1 being a request source in the case that the selection information included in the received request indicates the permission of the addition of the advertisement to the served information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an information communication system, an information communication method, and an information communication method for performing a data communication service such as facsimile communication, e-mail communication, or information providing service in response to a request from an information communication terminal. It relates to a terminal and a server device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the spread of portable wireless communication terminals such as PHS terminals and the increase in transmission speed of data communication using these portable wireless communication terminals, not only voice communication but also text data and image data, for example, have been developed. Wireless data communication services for wirelessly communicating various types of data have attracted attention.

For example, in a case where a PHS terminal is used, data communication at a transmission speed of 32 kbit / sec becomes possible, and the transmission speed of 28.8 kbit / sec or 33.3 kbit / sec when a modem is used on an analog telephone line. The transmission speed is about the same as 6 kbits / sec.
The environment where facsimile communication and the like can be performed from outdoors using a portable wireless communication terminal has been established.

[0004]

By the way, there is a demand for using a data communication service such as facsimile communication, e-mail communication, or information providing service using an information communication terminal as inexpensively as possible. In particular, for users of portable wireless communication terminals that use data communication services through wireless communication lines, line usage fees may be higher than those of general public lines through telephone cables, and various types of data communication are inexpensive. Demand for services is high.

[0005] Therefore, when providing a data communication service, it is conceivable to provide the data communication service with an advertisement of a company or a product. For example, the main information provided by the data communication service is provided with the advertisement information attached to the information communication terminal, and the main information and the advertisement information are displayed on the display screen of the information communication terminal. As described above, the advertisement information is provided to the user of the information communication terminal, the advertisement fee is collected from the advertiser, and this is used for the cost required for providing the data communication service. At a low price.

[0006] Therefore, a user of an information communication terminal receiving a data communication service with an advertisement can use the data communication service at a low price, and can use the advertisement information to obtain information that he or she needs, for example, Since it is possible to obtain information on a product that the user is trying to purchase, the advantage of using a data communication service with an advertisement is great.

However, since the advertisement information is displayed on the display screen of the information communication terminal together with the main information, the display area of the main information is narrowed and the amount of the main information is large because the advertisement information is displayed. In some cases, the advertisement information may hinder the viewing of the main information. In particular, when the information communication terminal is a portable wireless communication terminal, miniaturization and weight reduction are required in terms of portability, and the size of the display area of the display screen is limited. There is a high possibility that viewing of the main information will be hindered.

[0008] As described above, the advertisement information is not always displayed when the amount of the main information is large, or when the user of the information communication terminal wants to watch only the main information while paying attention. , It is likely to hinder viewing of the main information.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has been made in consideration of the above problems, and has been made in consideration of the above problems.
An object of the present invention is to provide an information communication terminal and a server device used for the information communication method and the information communication system.

[0010]

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information communication system in which a server device and an information communication terminal are connected via a network, and the server device is connected to the information communication terminal from the information communication terminal. An information communication system for providing information according to the request of,
The information communication terminal includes: an advertisement availability input receiving unit that receives an input as to whether or not to allow the addition of an advertisement to the information requested to be provided to the server device; and the addition of the advertisement received by the advertisement availability input receiving unit. Request sending means for sending the request including information on whether or not to permit the request to the server device, the server device receiving means for receiving the request information from the information communication terminal, and the information communication When the request information from the terminal is information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted, an information transmission unit that adds an advertisement to information provided to the information communication terminal and transmits the information to the information communication terminal is provided. It is characterized by the following.

According to the information communication system of the present invention, when a request for providing information from the information communication terminal to the server device is made, the addition of an advertisement to the requested information received by the advertisement availability input means is permitted. The information is transmitted together with the selection information as to whether or not to perform.

[0012] In the server device, the request for information provision from the information communication terminal is received by the receiving means, and when the request permits the addition of the advertisement, the information transmitting means transmits the request to the information communication terminal of the request source. Advertising information is added to the information provided to the terminal and transmitted. When the information provision request from the information communication terminal indicates that the addition of the advertisement is not permitted, the information provided to the requesting information communication terminal is transmitted without addition of the advertisement. As described above, the user of the information communication terminal can select whether or not to permit the addition of the advertisement to the information provided from the server device.

[0013] With this, when there is no problem that the requested information becomes difficult to see even if an advertisement is added to the information requested to the server device, the information with the advertisement is provided. An information provision service can be inexpensively used by receiving a discount such as an information provision fee or a line use fee by receiving an advertisement. In addition, for example, when a user of an information communication terminal receives important information, the advertisement is added even if there is no discount such as an information provision fee and a line usage fee due to receiving the advertisement. If you want to receive information that is not available, you can receive information without advertising.

An information communication system according to a second aspect of the present invention is the information communication system according to the first aspect, wherein the network connecting the information communication terminal and the server device is a portable telephone. The information communication terminal includes a terminal network, and the information communication terminal includes a wireless communication unit for communicating through a wireless base station for the portable telephone terminal.

According to the information communication system of the second aspect of the present invention, the information communication terminal is constituted by a portable terminal having a wireless communication function. Therefore, the user of the information communication terminal can receive the provision service as needed from an arbitrary place such as a destination. Also in this case, the user of the information communication terminal can select whether or not to allow an advertisement to be added to the information provided from the server device.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of an information communication system, an information communication method, an information communication terminal and a server device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, a plurality of information communication terminals having a contractual relationship with this server device are connected to one common server device via a network to form an information communication system.

In the case of this embodiment, the information communication terminal
It is configured as a portable wireless communication terminal and has a function to receive provision services such as an information provision service from a common server device, and a telephone function of a PHS (Personal Handy Phone System) and a data communication function of facsimile and e-mail. The configuration is also provided. The information providing service, the facsimile communication, and the e-mail communication are configured to be performed by cooperation of the individual portable wireless communication terminals and the server device.

Further, in this embodiment, the server device provides facsimile data and e-mail data addressed to the portable radio communication terminal in response to a request from the portable radio communication terminal, When providing an information provision service that provides information in response to a request from a company, facsimile data and e-mail data provided to mobile wireless communication terminals, or information provided by the information provision service, advertising information from companies etc. It can be provided additionally.

As described above, when the data communication service is provided, the advertisement information is also provided so that the advertisement fee is collected from the advertiser such as the company providing the advertisement, and the collected advertisement fee is converted into the data. By using as a part of the cost for providing the communication service, the user of the portable wireless communication terminal can be provided with the data communication service at a low fee.

However, in a case where the user of the portable radio communication terminal views only the main information of interest without advertising information, as described in detail later, the user of the portable radio communication terminal will be described. However, when a user of the portable wireless communication terminal does not permit the addition of the advertisement information by selecting whether or not the addition of the advertisement information is permitted, the provision of the advertisement information can be prevented.

[Description of Network System] FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conceptual configuration of a communication network system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
In the figure, 1 is a portable wireless communication terminal having a contractual relationship with the common server device, and 2 is a common server device. A plurality of portable wireless communication terminals 1 and a common common server device 2 include a network 3 for portable wireless communication terminals, and a dedicated backbone connected to the network 3 through one or more access points 4. It is connected through the network 5.

The portable wireless communication terminal network 3 includes:
Other portable wireless communication terminals that are not in contract with the common server device 2 are also connected. However, the portable wireless communication terminals that can receive a data communication service from the common server device 2 as described later must Only the portable wireless communication terminal 1 contracted with the device 2. In order to avoid confusion with a portable wireless communication terminal having no contractual relationship with the common server device 2, in the following description, a portable wireless communication terminal having a contractual relationship with the common server device 2 will be referred to as a member terminal.

Each of the plurality of member terminals 1 and other portable wireless communication terminals of the same type is wirelessly connected to a wireless base station 6 provided in a predetermined area unit in consideration of, for example, a range where radio waves can reach. In the network 3 for a portable wireless communication terminal such as a connection between the wireless base stations 6, an optical cable is used, for example.

A network management server 7 for managing the network 5 is connected to the dedicated backbone network 5. This network management server device 7
Manages so-called routing between the common server device 2 and the member terminal 1. Therefore, from the viewpoint of routing management in the network management server device 7, the common server device 2 can be positioned as one of the terminal devices connected to the dedicated backbone network 5. In this case, the network management server device 7 is also connected to the Internet 8.

In this embodiment, the network management server device 7 is also directly connected to the common server device 2 and stores the access history of the member terminal 1 to the common server device 2 and the like. The management server 7 is configured to send the information to the common server 2. That is, in the present embodiment, the common server device 2 is configured to perform general member management such as charging log collection of the member terminal 1.

That is, in the case of this embodiment, the member terminal 1 has a contract relationship with the common server device 2 and
It does not have a contract relationship with the network management server device 7. The common server device 2 manages the member terminal 1 on the network connection by using the network management server device 7.
And there is also a contract relationship between the common server device 2 and the network management server device 7. Therefore, the common server device 2 can be connected to another dedicated backbone network and its network management server device in exactly the same relationship as the dedicated backbone network 5 and the network management server device 7 described above. .

In the case of this embodiment, the common server device 2
As seen from the above, a specific dedicated backbone network is assigned to each member terminal 1, and access from each member terminal 1 to the common server device 2 must be performed by the dedicated backbone assigned to that member terminal. Although the management is performed so as to pass through the network, when viewed from the member terminal 1, the contract relationship between the common server device 2 and the network management server device 7 is completely irrelevant. Only the common server device 2 is accessed and managed by the common server device 2 only.

According to such a network management configuration, for example, by providing the common server device 2 with all the service functions of the individual network management server devices 7, the user of the member terminal 1 In order to receive various services provided by the network management server device 7 of
Instead of making a contract with the common server device 2, various services provided by the common server device 2 can be received only by creating a contract relationship with the common server device 2, which is very convenient.

The common server device 2 is connected to a public line network 9, and as described later, the member terminal 1 is connected to a communication terminal 10 such as a facsimile terminal or a personal computer connected to the public line network 9. A function is provided for enabling transmission and reception of communication data between the devices.

Further, in this embodiment, the common server device 2 includes a storage unit which is a part of a provided information database in order to provide the member terminal 1 with an information providing service. Further, the common server device 2 is connected to the content providing device 11, and acquires information from the content providing device 11, which is a part of a database of information provided to the member, and provides the acquired information to the member terminal 1. To

The content providing device 11 is provided by a providing company having unique providing information, and provides the information to the member terminal 1 through the common server device 2 according to a contract with a service company having the common server device 2. Is what you do. In FIG. 1, the content providing device 11
Although only the number is shown, a plurality of content providing apparatuses 11 may be connected to the common server apparatus 2.

The connection between the common server device 2 and the content providing device 11 may be connected through a dedicated line or connected through a network such as the Internet.

In the case of this embodiment, information from the content providing device 11 connected to the common server device 2 through these dedicated lines or the network is
However, when there is a service provision request from the member terminal 1, the content providing device 11 is accessed and acquired, and is provided to the requesting member terminal 1.

It is also conceivable to obtain information from the content providing device 11 as needed and store it in the built-in memory unit of the common server device 2 to keep the contents stored in the built-in memory unit up to date. When the number of providing devices 11 increases and the amount of provided information increases, there is a problem that the memory unit of the common server device 2 must be enlarged.

On the other hand, as in this embodiment,
When the common server device 2 acquires only the requested information from the content providing device 11 and provides it to the member terminal 1 when a request is made from the member terminal 1, the memory of the common server device 2 can be obtained. The size of the department will not be large.
If the information provided in the content providing device 11 is constantly updated, the common server device 2 can always provide the latest information to the member terminal 1 simply by acquiring the information from the content providing device 11. it can.

In this embodiment, the common server device 2 is connected to one or a plurality of content providing devices 11 and collects information from these content providing devices 11 in a concentrated manner to form a member terminal. 1, the member terminal 1 does not need to make a contract with each of the content providing devices 11, and regardless of the format of information from the plurality of content providing devices 11, etc. Necessary information can be received from the common server device 2.

As a method of providing content to the common server device 2 by a provider having unique provided information, the content is not provided to the common server device 2 by connecting through a dedicated line or a network as described above. There is also a mode in which a content provider provides a recording medium such as a CD-ROM to the common server device 2 and stores the recording medium in the storage unit of the common server device 2.

In this embodiment, when a contract between the user of the portable wireless communication terminal 1 and the company that owns the common server device 2 is made, as described above, the portable wireless communication terminal 1
Becomes the member terminal 1. For example, the purchase of the member terminal 1 by the user can be regarded as the occurrence of a contract relationship with the common server device 2.

That is, the portable radio communication terminal is connected to the member terminal 1
When the user makes a purchase, the member terminal 1
As described above, the address information of the common server device 2 through the specific dedicated backbone network for each terminal is given in advance and stored in the nonvolatile memory. In addition, the non-volatile memory indicates a member terminal and a member ID such as a member number for identifying a user of the member terminal.
Identification information (member identification information) such as D and a password is also stored. However, the address information and the member identification information of the common server device 2 may be written and registered in the member terminal 1 by a terminal salesperson or a purchaser when the member terminal 1 is purchased. It is good to register. In that case, there is no need to enter the address, so
Member terminal 1 without making the user aware of the common server device
Can be used.

Then, as described later, the member terminal 1
When receiving the information providing service of the common server device 2 and when the member terminal 1 starts the processing of facsimile communication or e-mail communication, the address information and the member identification stored in advance are stored before the processing is started. Using the information, the member terminal 1 automatically executes a process of connecting to the common server device 2.

In this embodiment, the member terminal 1
Is excellent in portability, and can be provided with various information providing services simply by accessing the common server device 2 at any time and from any place.

Further, in this embodiment, the member terminal 1 realizes its facsimile communication and e-mail communication functions and related functions by cooperating with the common server device 2. That is, the member terminal 1 does not have a large-capacity memory for these communications. Instead, the common server device 2 includes a memory or a memory area for receiving data of each member terminal 1. Member terminal 1
, The application for realizing various functions except the application for the minimum required processing (software of the microcomputer), for example, the application for the display application, is left to the common server device 2. . That is, in the member terminal 1, when the user performs a key operation, for example, corresponding to a request for obtaining a target function, the request is sent to the common server device 2, and the common server device 2 The application runs. Then, the processing result of the application is sent to the member terminal 1.

The above is the outline of the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention. A more specific configuration will be described below.

FIG. 2 shows the concept of the communication network system shown in FIG. 1 more concretely. In this case, the member terminal 1 has a multifunction peripheral configuration of a PHS telephone terminal and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) having a data communication function. In addition to the PHS telephone function, the member terminal 1 has a facsimile communication It has a function and an e-mail communication function, and also has a function of receiving an information providing service from the common server device 2.

In this example, the network 3 for the portable radio communication terminal to which the radio base station 6 is connected is a PHS / ISD
N network 3n. Therefore, the member terminal 1 can perform telephone communication with another member terminal 1 or a non-member PHS terminal through the wireless base station 6-PHS / ISDN network 3n-wireless base station 6, and also has the wireless base station 6-PHS / ISDN.
Telephone communication can be performed with a general subscriber telephone terminal through the network 3n.

In this example, the dedicated backbone network 5
The network is managed by an ISP (Internet Service Provider). That is, 5N is the ISP backbone, that is, a network such as a LAN, and the ISP backbone 5N and the PHS / I
The SDN network 3n is PIAFS (PHS Int), which is an industry standard method of 32 Kbit / s transmission rate for PHS.
ernet Access Forum Standa
rd) through the access point 4P.

Reference numeral 5N denotes an ISP router through which the ISP backbone 5N and the ISP server 7 corresponding to the network management server 7 are connected.
I and the common server device 2 are connected.

As described above, the ISP server device 7I authenticates the access from the member terminal 1 by the trust of the common server device 2 side. That is,
The ISP server device 7I includes the ISP server device 7I
Terminal 1 that accesses common server device 2 via
Is registered in advance, for example, a member ID such as a member number and a password.
I, when there is access to a terminal connected to the ISP backbone 5N, whether or not the accessing terminal is the member terminal 1 to be connected to the common server device 2 through the ISP backbone 5N Authenticates, and if it is a member terminal 1, the access is
An incoming call is made to the common server device 2 through R.

Then, the ISP server device 7I stores the access history (log) of the member terminal 1 in the common server device 2
Send to The common server device 2 receives access history information of each of the plurality of member terminals from the one or more ISP server devices 7I, and comprehensively manages the billing of each of the member terminals.

In this example, the content providing device 11
It is connected to the common server device 2 via the Internet 8, and when the common server device 2 is needed, information to be provided from the content providing device 11 is acquired via the Internet 8 and provided to the member terminal 1. As described above, the content providing device 11 can be connected to the common server device 2 not through the Internet 8 but through a dedicated line. Further, the ISP server device 7I can also be a content providing device.

[Configuration of Common Server Device 2] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the common server device 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the common server device 2 includes a master server 21, a mail server 22, a facsimile server 23, an incoming call notification server 24, and an HTTP (H
hyper Text Transfer Protocol
ol) A D server 25, a content server 26, and a content proxy server 27 are connected by a LAN (local area network). This LAN is also connected to the Internet 8.

The master server 21 performs management of member data, application for content options, etc., cancellation processing, and management and maintenance of the entire network. The master server 21 includes a memory 21M that stores member data (user information) including member identification information such as a member ID and a password.

The mail server 22 mainly manages and operates a mail service, and is a POP (Post).
Office Protocol) or IMAP
(Internet Message Access
(Protocol) server function, and performs interface processing with the member terminal 1. The mail server 22 includes a memory 22M called a mailbox for member terminals. The mail box 22M has a memory area divided for each of the member terminals 1, and stores received data of an e-mail addressed to each of the member terminals for each of the member terminals.

In this embodiment, as will be described later, a message transmitted from one member terminal to another member terminal is used.
Facsimile data in text data format that does not include image data (image data) is also stored in this mailbox 2
It is stored as e-mail data in the 2M memory area for the other member terminal.

The facsimile server 23 executes an application for a facsimile communication function. A mail server function is implemented for the interface with the member terminal 1, and a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) for G3 facsimile
It also has a communication line function and is connected to the ISDN 9. Further, a memory 23M called a facsimile box (hereinafter referred to as a facsimile box) for storing image data as facsimile data is provided. The FAX box 23M also has a memory area divided for each member terminal, and stores facsimile reception data including image data addressed to each member terminal for each member terminal 1.

When an incoming e-mail or facsimile is received at the member terminal, the
This is for notifying each member terminal 1 of the incoming call through an N line (ISDN network 9).

The HTTPD server 25 controls an interface with the member terminal 1. All processes when the member terminal 1 is connected to the common server device 2 are as follows:
Via the server 25, each functional server is connected.

The contents server 26 is a server for contents information processing provided by the common server device 2. The server 26 uses 2 for content information to be provided.
And two information storage memories 26A and 26B. The one memory 26A is for holding information to be provided in the server 26 in advance. Another memory 2
6B does not hold information to be provided in the common server device 2 and temporarily stores data obtained from the content providing device 11 via the Internet 8 in use in the embodiment of FIG. belongs to.

The content proxy server 27 is used to acquire content data from the external content providing device 11 via the Internet 8. The proxy server 27 functions in conjunction with a firewall (not shown) to create an environment in which the outside can be freely accessed from the inside of the firewall while preventing unauthorized access from the outside.

Then, the common server device 2 stores the member terminal 1
When a request accompanied by information to permit the addition of an advertisement arrives from the side, the advertisement information managed by the content server 26 is added to the requested information and provided. Member terminal 1
The advertisement information provided to the user is managed as a part of the content data.

[Regarding Member Terminal 1] Next, the member terminal 1
Will be described. FIG. 4 shows an example of the external appearance of the member terminal 1, and FIG. 5 shows an example of the internal circuit configuration of the member terminal 1. As described above, the member terminal 1 of this example
Has a configuration of a composite terminal having a PHS telephone function, a facsimile communication, an e-mail communication, and a data communication function for receiving an information providing service.

The member terminal 1 of this embodiment is different from the member terminal 1 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4A and FIG.
4A with the cover 101 openable and closable, and in a state of FIG. 4A in which the cover 101 is closed, a telephone mode operates as a PHS telephone terminal, and in a state of FIG. , A data communication mode in which a facsimile communication function, an e-mail communication function, and an information providing service receiving function can be obtained. Although not shown, a sensor for detecting the opening and closing of the lid 101 is provided for this mode switching.

As this sensor, for example, a projection is provided on the inside of the lid 101, and a pressing switch is provided at a position corresponding to the projection on the main body 100. Using a mechanical sensor that presses

Also, one of the lid 101 and the main body 100
A sensor switch having a configuration in which a magnet is provided and a switch made of a magnetic sensitive element is provided on the other side may be used.

As shown in FIG. 4A, a numeric keypad 102 for telephone (for dialing) is provided on the front side of the lid 101. 103 is an antenna for PHS.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4 (B), the member terminal 1 has a main body 10 which appears when the lid 101 is opened.
On the 0-side surface, a large LCD (liquid crystal display) 105
The display screen of the LCD 105 can display a communication message, a function list menu, a provided information list list, a received facsimile list, a received e-mail list, and the like. When a menu or list cannot be displayed on one screen, the entire screen can be displayed by scrolling the screen or switching to the next page.

In the state of FIG. 4A with the lid 101 closed,
LCD window 104 made of, for example, a transparent plastic plate
The display surface of the LCD 105 can be seen through.
In this case, with the lid 101 closed, the LCD display window 1
LC so that the display is performed only on the part that can be seen from 04
D105 is display-controlled.

In the member terminal 1 of this embodiment,
A transparent touch panel 106 is affixed to the surface of the LCD 105, and has a function of receiving a touch operation by a pen 107 detachably attached to the back side of the lid 101 as shown in FIG. I am preparing for it.

A plurality of key buttons 108 such as a menu key K1, an online connection key K2, a function key K3,... Are provided on the back side of the lid 101 as direct keys. Further, on the right side of the LCD 105, a jog dial key 109 having two functions of a rotation key and a push button key is provided. When the jog dial key 109 is rotated as a rotation key, for example, an item selection operation in a menu or the like can be performed.
When a push operation is performed as a push button key, it is handled as meaning to determine and input the selected item.

Next, a circuit block of the member terminal 1 shown in FIG. 5 will be described. The member terminal 1 of this example is roughly divided into a communication function unit 110 and a control unit 120.

The communication function unit 110 includes an antenna 111,
An RF processing unit 112, a transmission / reception data processing unit 113, a microphone amplifier 114, a speaker amplifier 115,
It comprises a microphone 100MC and a speaker 100SP.

The control unit 120 is constituted by a microcomputer, and includes a system control unit 121 constituted by a CPU, a ROM 122, and a DRAM 123.
And a flash memory 124 as a rewritable nonvolatile memory.

The system control unit 121 includes a cover 1
A switch SW that is turned on and off in response to opening and closing of the cover 101 is connected. The system control unit 121 detects whether the lid 101 is in an open state or a closed state by turning on or off the switch SW. In the state, the member terminal 1 is controlled as a PHS telephone terminal. When the lid 101 is open, the member terminal 1 is controlled as an information communication terminal, a facsimile communication terminal, or a mail communication terminal.

The system control unit 121 receives information indicating the state of the key switch group of the numeric keypad 102 and the state of the switch group of the key button 108 provided on the back side of the lid 101. When a user performs a key operation, the control unit 121 detects whether the key operation is one of the numeric keypad 102 and the key button 108, and executes a process corresponding to the detected key.

An LCD driver 125 is connected to the system control unit 121, and a ROM (to be described later)
LCD1 using the program 122 and display data
At 05, information provided from the common server device 2 is displayed, and other display images are displayed.

The system control unit 121 includes a buzzer 127 and an LED for notifying the user of an incoming call, facsimile and mail.
(Light emitting diode) 126 is connected.

In the ROM 122, a program for controlling a sequence for connection with the common server device 2 and a PH
Members such as a control program for S telephone communication, a control program for receiving an information providing service, a control program for facsimile transmission, a control program for mail transmission, a control program for receiving facsimile data and mail data, etc. A communication application program necessary for communication with the terminal 1 and an LCD
A display control program 105, display data such as a menu, and the like are stored.

As will be described later, the DRAM 123 temporarily stores received data obtained from the common server device 2 and has a memory area used as a work area.

As described above, the flash memory 124 stores the ISP server device 7I with respect to the common server device 2.
The address information on the network for automatic connection from the member terminal 1 through is stored in advance. In the flash memory 124, the member terminal 1 is a terminal having a contractual relationship with the common server device 2, and receives a facsimile communication service, an e-mail service, and an information providing service from the common server device 2. In addition to indicating that the terminal can be used, member identification information such as a member ID and a password for identifying the user of each member terminal is also stored.

As described above, the member information such as the member identification information is also stored in the main server 21 of the common server device 2 and managed by the common server device 2. Also, the ISP server device 7I performs authentication based on the member identification information as to whether or not the accessing is a member.

Further, the flash memory 124 has a D
Among the received data temporarily stored in the RAM 123, there are provided an area for storing data to be particularly stored, and an area for storing advertisement information transmitted from the common server device 2 as described later.

The operation of the member terminal 1 having the above configuration will be described below, including the operation of the related common server device.

First, the PHS telephone mode will be described. When the telephone number of the other party is dialed in using the numeric keypad 102 with the lid 101 closed, a call is made. In addition, when the member terminal 1 as a PHS telephone terminal receives an incoming call with the lid 101 closed, the user is notified by a buzzer 127, and when the user answers, the incoming call is received. Can be made, and it becomes a call state.

When a call is received with the lid 101 opened, a call can be made at any time by pressing a call key (not shown) provided on the main body 100 side. However, the call is performed with the lid 101 closed.

[0086] During the PHS telephone call, the member terminal 1 transmits a transmission signal and receives a reception signal while the transmission / reception data processing unit 113 receives control from the system control unit 121.

That is, the audio signal from the microphone 100MC is transmitted to the transmission / reception data processing unit 1 via the amplifier 114.
13 to be converted into transmission data and transmitted to the RF processor 1
12, data is transmitted to the wireless base station 6 via the antenna 111, and voice data from the other party is received by the antenna 111 from the wireless base station 6, and the received data is processed by the transmission / reception data processing unit 113. Being
The call voice signal of the other party is restored, and it is supplied to the speaker 100SP through the amplifier 115 and is emitted.

Next, the data communication mode will be described. In the data communication mode, the member terminal 1 is configured to realize a facsimile function, an electronic mail function, a WWW browser function, a memo function, and the like. A list menu of these functions is displayed on the screen of the LCD 105 by operating a menu key of the key buttons 108. Then, the user operates the LCD 1
By selecting and determining a desired function by rotating and pressing the jog dial key 109 from the function list menu displayed on the screen 05, the member terminal 1 is brought into a state of a mode for executing the function. Become.

In the member terminal 1 of this embodiment, when transmitting and receiving facsimile data,
The transmission and reception of electronic mail are all processed via the common server device 2.

Data exchange between the member terminal 1 and the common server device 2 is performed by a communication method compatible with the networks 3 and 5 irrespective of a predetermined communication method as a facsimile communication method. To do. That is, in the case of this embodiment, the facsimile data and the e-mail data
SMTP (Simple Mail), a standard procedure used to transfer e-mail over the Internet
Transfer Protocol (Transfer Protocol), and information from the common server device 2 in the WWW browser function is transmitted by HTTP (Hyper Text Tran).
The transmission data and the reception data are exchanged between the member terminal 1 and the common server device 2 by the PIAFS method using the PHS network using the S.A.

In this case, in the member terminal 1, the transmission data is temporarily stored in the DRAM 123, read out by the system control unit 121 by executing the transmission, and
In the communication protocol and the data format described above, the data is wirelessly transmitted via the transmission / reception data processing unit 113, the RF processing unit 112, and the antenna 111 in order.

The data received from the common server device 2 is received by the antenna 111 and is temporarily stored in the DRAM 123 by the system control unit 121 through the RF processing unit 112 and the transmission / reception data processing unit 113. Then, under the control of the system control unit 121, L
The data is sent as display data to the LCD 105 through the CD driver 125, and the display content based on the received data is displayed.

The memo function includes a "handwritten memo" for inputting using the pen 107 and the touch panel 106, and an LCD.
There is a "type memo" in which a keyboard is displayed on the screen 105 and a document is created using the display keyboard. In both cases of the handwritten memo and the type memo, the created image or document can be transmitted as facsimile data.

That is, in either the handwritten memo mode or the type memo mode, a menu bar including an icon of “FAX transmission (facsimile transmission)” is displayed on the screen of the LCD 105, and the “FAX transmission” is displayed.
Is selected with, for example, a pen, an input mode screen for a telephone number of a destination terminal to be transmitted or a facsimile title is displayed. Then, after inputting the telephone number and title of the partner terminal and selecting the "send" icon displayed in this mode, the image or document created by the handwritten memo or the type memo is transmitted as facsimile data. .

However, as described above, in this case, the facsimile data is transmitted to the common server device 2 as e-mail data, so that the image data and the document data are not bitmap data of facsimile communication, but
The image data is, for example, GIF (Graphics In)
(Change Format), and the document data is in a text data format.

When the destination is other than the member, the common server device 2 executes a process of converting the received data into bitmap data and transmitting the data by facsimile to a terminal other than the member. When the destination is the member terminal 1, the common server device 2 stores the received data in the mailbox 22 M or the FAX box 23 M, and sends the data to each member terminal 1 via the incoming call notification server 24. Notify that there was an incoming call. This incoming call notification is performed not only when facsimile data is received but also when e-mail data is received.

In this embodiment, as described above, the user of the member terminal 1 is
It is possible to select whether or not to allow the addition of the advertisement to the information provided from.

In this embodiment, the selection information as to whether or not the advertisement is allowed to be added to the information provided from the common server device 2 depends on the connection of the communication path from the member terminal 1 to the common server device 2. When making a request, the request is included in the connection request sent from the member terminal 1 and transmitted, so that the common server device 2 can determine it.

As described above, in the case where the connection request is transmitted including the selection information as to whether or not to permit the addition of the advertisement, the communication path connected in response to the connection request is disconnected. In the meantime, selection of permission or rejection of adding a collective advertisement to information provided by the common server device 2 in response to a request from the member terminal 1 is made.

[0100] It is possible to select whether or not to add an advertisement for each piece of information that the member terminal 1 requests to provide to the common server device 2. The case where the permission is selected will be described in a second embodiment.

In this embodiment, for example, a function list menu for selecting a function to be executed on the member terminal 1 includes, for example, a facsimile function with advertisement and a facsimile function without advertisement, such as information with advertisement. A function to receive the information and a function to receive the information without the advertisement are provided.

Therefore, even with the e-mail function,
There are an e-mail function with advertisement and an e-mail function without advertisement, and the WWW browser function can be selected from the WWW browser function with advertisement and the WWW browser function without advertisement.

When the facsimile function with advertisement or the facsimile function without advertisement is selected and the online connection key K2 of the key buttons 108 is pressed,
The member terminal 1 automatically performs a process for connecting to the common server device 2.

That is, the member terminal 1 sends a request to connect to the common server device 2 based on the address data in the flash memory 124. When the facsimile function with advertisement is selected, the member terminal 1 Generates and sends a connection request that includes information indicating that the addition of an ad is permitted in the extension header, and when the facsimile without advertisement function is selected, information relating to the addition of the advertisement is not added to the extension header. Generate and send a connection request. Then, the ISP server 7I, which is a network management server, authenticates whether the accessed terminal is a member terminal, and if it is a member terminal, performs a process of connecting to the common server device 2.

The common server device 2 recognizes the connected member terminal. Then, it is checked whether or not information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted is included in the extension header of the connection request. If the information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted is included, the present embodiment In, information indicating that the addition of an advertisement is permitted is stored in the memory of the common server device 2 until the communication path connected in response to the connection request is disconnected.

If the extension header of the connection request contains information indicating that the addition of an advertisement is permitted, a list of facsimile reception data received to the member terminal is created by adding the advertisement. Then, this is sent to the member terminal 1 concerned. In addition, if the extension header of the connection request does not include information indicating that addition of an advertisement is permitted, the common server device 2 creates a list of facsimile reception data received to the member terminal, Only this list is sent to the member terminal 1 concerned. in this way,
In this example, the online connection key K2 also has a role of a request key for the received information list.

The member terminal 1 receives a request from the common server 2
The data of the list is received and temporarily stored in the DRAM 123, and the list is displayed on the screen of the LCD 105. In this case, when the user of the member terminal 1 permits adding an advertisement to the information provided from the common server device 2, a list list to which the advertisement information is added is provided as described above. Therefore, a list with advertisements is displayed. When the user of the member terminal 1 does not allow the addition of the advertisement to the information provided from the common server device 2, the common server device 2 provides a list list to which the advertisement is not added. So, in this case,
Only list list is displayed.

The user of the member terminal 1 can select desired facsimile reception data from this list using the jog dial key 109 and the pen 107. The desired facsimile reception data is selected,
When the "Import" icon is selected, the member terminal 1
Sends the request for obtaining the received data to the common server device 2
Send to

When this request is received, the common server 2
Extracts the requested facsimile reception data. Then, information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted is recorded in the memory of the common server device 2, that is, the advertisement is added to the information to be provided by the user of the member terminal 1 requesting the information. It is confirmed whether or not is permitted.

If the addition of the advertisement information is permitted, the common server device 2 adds the advertisement information to the extracted facsimile reception data, and the requesting member terminal 1
Form the information to be provided to and send it. When addition of the advertisement is not permitted, the common server device 2 transmits only the facsimile reception data to the requesting member terminal 1 without adding the advertisement to the extracted facsimile reception data.

In this case, the facsimile reception data to which the advertisement information is transmitted from the common server device 2 to the requesting member terminal 1 or the facsimile reception data is transmitted to the member terminal 1 by SMTP of the electronic mail. The member terminal 1 stores the received data in the DRAM 123
, Is temporarily converted to display data, and is displayed on the screen of the LCD 105. Therefore, the user can select necessary facsimile data and view it on the LCD 105 screen.

Also in this case, as described above, the member terminal 1
In the case where the user accepts the addition of the advertisement to the information provided from the common server device 2, the facsimile reception data with the advertisement is provided, and the facsimile reception data with the advertisement is displayed on the LCD 105. Is displayed,
If the addition of the advertisement is not permitted, only the facsimile reception data is displayed on the LCD 105.

As described above, the user of the member terminal 1 makes a request to the common server device 2 and adds an advertisement to information to be provided, such as a list received from the common server device 2 or facsimile reception data. Whether to allow or not can be selected. Then, when the addition of the advertisement is permitted, the advertisement is added to the list and the facsimile reception data from the common server device 2 and provided. In this case, by receiving the advertisement, the cost for realizing the facsimile function is discounted, and the facsimile function can be used to obtain facsimile reception data addressed to itself at low cost.

If the addition of an advertisement is not permitted,
Since no advertisement is added to the information requested from the common server device 2 and provided from the common server device 2, only the requested information can be acquired and viewed.

Also, in the case of the electronic mail function, similarly to the case of the above-described facsimile function, the user of the member terminal 1 can select the electronic mail function with advertisement or the electronic mail function without advertisement. In this way, it is possible to select whether or not to allow the addition of an advertisement to a list of received data of e-mail received from the common server device 2 and to the received data of e-mail.

When the electronic mail function with advertisement or the electronic mail function without advertisement is selected and the online connection key K2 of the key buttons 108 is pressed, the facsimile function is selected. Similarly, the member terminal 1 automatically performs processing for connecting to the common server device 2. Then, the common server device 2
Now, create a list of the data received by email,
Send to the member terminal 1 concerned.

[0117] The member terminal 1 receives the data of the list, and displays the list on the screen of the LCD 105. The user can use the jog dial key 109 or pen 107 to select desired e-mail reception data from this list. When the desired received data of the e-mail is selected and the “capture” icon is selected, the member terminal 1 transmits a request to acquire the received data to the common server device 2.

Receiving this, common server device 2 extracts the received data of the requested e-mail and sends it to member terminal 1 by SMTP. The member terminal 1 temporarily stores the received data in the DRAM 123, converts the data into display data, and displays the display data on the screen of the LCD 105. Therefore, the user selects the e-mail that he / she deems necessary, and
It can be seen on the screen of D105.

Also in this case, similarly to the case of the facsimile function, when the electronic mail function with advertisement is selected,
Since it is possible to receive a list of received data of the e-mail to which the advertisement is added and the received data of the e-mail from the common server device 2, the e-mail function is used.
It is possible to obtain received data of an e-mail addressed to the user at low cost.

When the addition of an advertisement is not permitted,
The advertisement is not added to the list of received data of the e-mail and the received data of the e-mail which are requested from the common server device 2 and provided from the common server device 2, so that only the requested information is obtained. Can be viewed.

In this embodiment, the LCD 1
05 from the function list menu displayed on the display screen of
When the WW browser function is selected, the member terminal 1
Can be operated as an information reproducing terminal capable of acquiring and reproducing information provided from the common server device 2.

At this time, the common server device 2 and the member terminal 1
Exchange of data between the server and the server is performed using HTTP (Hyper
Text Transfer Protocol) is used, and is performed by a PIAFS method using a PHS network. The data format of the information provided from the common server device 2 is HTML (Hyper Text Makerup).
Language).

In this case, as in the case of the facsimile function and the e-mail function, the browser function with the advertisement and the browser function without the advertisement can be selected. It is possible to select whether or not to allow the addition of the advertisement information to the information provided by the company.

Then, when the WWW browser function is selected, the online connection key K2 of the key buttons 108
Is pressed, the member terminal 1 automatically performs a process for connecting to the common server device 2 in the same manner as when the facsimile function or the e-mail function is selected. Then, the common server device 2 sends a so-called homepage of the common server device 2 and advertisement information including a list of information that can be provided by the common server device 2 to the member terminal 1.

[0125] The member terminal 1 receives this home page and displays it on the screen of the LCD 105. Then, the user can use the jog dial key 109 and the pen 107 to select content information, which is information that can be provided by the common server device 2 desired by the user of the member terminal 1 from this homepage. When the desired content information is selected, the member terminal 1 transmits a request to acquire the content information to the common server device 2.

In response, common server device 2 sends the requested content information to member terminal 1. Member terminal 1
Temporarily stores the received content information in the DRAM 123, converts the content information into display data, and
Displayed at D105.

Also, in the case of the WWW browser function, when the WWW browser function with advertisement is selected, an advertisement is added from the common server device 2 as in the case of the facsimile function and the e-mail function described above. Web site and content information including a list of available content information can be provided.
The information service provided by the browser function can be used at low cost.

As described above, in this embodiment, the user of the member terminal 1 can select whether or not to permit the addition of the advertisement to the information provided from the common server device 2. Has been. The selection information as to whether or not to allow the addition of the advertisement is transmitted from the member terminal 1 to the common server device 2, and the common server device 2 determines whether or not to add the advertisement to the information to be provided for each member terminal 1. Can be controlled.

Therefore, the common server device 2 can recognize and manage a member terminal that provides information with an advertisement and a member terminal that provides information without an advertisement. Therefore, the data communication service such as the information provision fee and the line usage fee is provided only to the member terminals to which the advertisement is allowed and to which the common server device 2 actually provides the information to which the advertisement is added. The data communication service can be used at low cost by discounting the cost of receiving the data.

[0130] In the case where the addition of an advertisement is not permitted and information without an advertisement is provided,
Although a discount on the cost of receiving the data communication service cannot be received, the target information can be viewed without advertisement.

A member terminal of the information communication system in which the user of the member terminal 1 can select whether or not to add an advertisement to various information provided from the common server device 2 will be described below. 1 and the operation of the common server device 2 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the member terminal 1 receiving information provided from the common server device 2 by the facsimile function, the e-mail function, and the WWW browser function.

After the cover 101 of the member terminal 1 is opened with respect to the main body 100 to be in the data communication mode,
From the function list menu displayed on the display screen of the LCD 105, a facsimile function with or without advertisement, an e-mail function with or without advertisement,
When one of the WWW browser functions with or without advertisement is selected and the online connection key K2 of the key buttons 108 is pressed (step S11),
The member terminal 1 automatically performs a process for connecting to the common server device 2.

In this embodiment, first, it is determined whether the user of the member terminal 1 is allowed to add an advertisement to information provided from the common server device 2 (step S12). . That is, the determination processing in step S12 is performed by the user according to the facsimile function with the advertisement, the electronic mail function with the advertisement, and the W with the advertisement.
Whether the WW browser function is selected, facsimile function without advertisement, e-mail function without advertisement, W without advertisement
This is a process for determining whether the WW browser function has been selected.

In the determination processing of step S12, when the user of the member terminal 1 determines that the addition of the advertisement is permitted, the connection request in which the information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted is added to the extension header. (Step S1)
3). In addition, in the determination process of step S12, if it is determined that the user of the member terminal 1 does not allow the addition of the advertisement, the connection request is generated without adding the information regarding the advertisement information to the extension header ( Step S1
4).

In steps S13 and S14, the identification information (member identification information) of the member terminal 1 stored in the flash memory 124 and the connection information to the common server device 2 through the ISP server device 7I are used. Using the address data, a connection request for connecting the common server device 2 to the communication path is generated.

In this embodiment, as described above, only when the addition of the advertisement is permitted, the information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted is included in the extension header of the connection request. If there is no information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted in the extension header of the request, it is determined that the addition of the advertisement is not permitted.

Step S13 or step S14
Is sent from the member terminal 1 (step S15). Then, as described above, in response to this connection request, the ISP server 7I, which is the network management server, authenticates whether the accessed terminal is a member terminal or not. The process is performed using the member identification information indicating whether or not the terminal is a member terminal.

Then, the common server device 2 operates as a member terminal 1
, And recognizes which member terminal the connected member terminal is, and according to the function selected on the member terminal 1, a list of facsimile reception data to be provided to the member terminal 1; A list of received data of mail or a list of contents information that can be provided is sent to the member terminal 1. In this case, if the member terminal 1 that has transmitted the connection request is a member terminal that allows adding an advertisement to the information to be provided, the common server device 2 sends the advertisement to the member terminal 1. Provide the added list.

The member terminal 1 receives the list transmitted from the common server device 2 (step S16), and displays the received list on the LCD 105 (step S16).
17). In the process of step S17, when the user of the member terminal 1 permits the addition of the advertisement to the information from the common server device 2, a list with the advertisement added is provided. , A list to which the advertisement is added is displayed.

In the process of step S17,
When the user of the member terminal 1 does not allow the addition of the advertisement to the information from the common server device 2, the advertisement is not added and only the list is provided. , A list is displayed on the entire display area.

Next, the member terminal 1 accepts a selection input of information (provided information) requested by the user via the list (step S18). That is, in the member terminal 1, when the facsimile function is selected, the provided information requesting the provision is facsimile reception data addressed to the user, and when the e-mail function is selected, the provided information is addressed to the user. This is the received data of the e-mail. When the WWW browser function is selected in the member terminal 1, the provided information requested to be provided is content information that can be provided by the common server device 2.

As described above, the user of the member terminal 1 performs a rotating operation and a pressing operation of the jog dial key 109, or an operation of bringing the pen 107 into contact with the touch panel 106, thereby causing the common server device 2 to operate. The member terminal 1 accepts the selection of the provision information requested to be provided.

When the member terminal 1 receives the selection of the target information from the user in step S18, the member terminal 1 generates an information provision request for the selected information and sends it to the common server device 2. (Step S19).

The common server device 2 receives the information provision request from the member terminal 1, analyzes what the requested information is, extracts the provided information according to the request, and transmits it.

The member terminal 1 receives the provided information sent from the common server device 2 (step S20), displays the received provided information on the LCD 105, and presents it to the user of the member terminal 1 (step S21). .

In this case, from the common server device 2, if the member terminal 1 is a member terminal that allows the addition of the advertisement to the information provided from the common server device 2, the common server device 2 An advertisement is provided to the provided information provided in response to a request from the terminal 1. In this case, the provided information to which the advertisement information is added is displayed on the LCD 105.
Will be displayed.

When the user of the member terminal 1 is a member terminal that does not permit the addition of an advertisement to the provided information, the common server device 2 transmits only the provided information without adding the advertisement. Therefore, the information provided from the common server device 2 is displayed on the entire display screen of the LCD 105 of the member terminal 1.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining processing of the common server device 2 performed in response to a connection request from the member terminal 1. That is, the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 shows the processing of the common server device 2 performed corresponding to the processing of the member terminal 1 described with reference to FIG.

When the connection request is transmitted from the member terminal 1,
As described above, the network management server I
The SP server 7I authenticates whether the terminal is the member terminal 1, and if the terminal is the member terminal 1, a process of connecting to the common server device 2 is performed.

The common server device 2 first recognizes the member terminal based on the member identification information included in the connection request (step S31), and refers to the information of the extension header of the connection request from the member terminal 1. Then, it is determined whether or not the information provided by the user of the member terminal 1 from the common server device 2 includes information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted (step S32). That is, the determination process in step S32 determines whether or not the member terminal 1 whose communication path is connected to the common server device 2 is a member terminal that is allowed to add an advertisement to information provided from the common server device 2. to decide.

If it is determined in step S32 that the member terminal permits the addition of the advertisement, the common server device 2 stores the shared member terminal 1 in the memory of the common server device 2, for example. Information indicating that it is permitted to add an advertisement to the information provided from the server device 2 is stored (step S33). This information is held until the communication path connected between the common server device 2 and the member terminal 1 is disconnected by the current connection request.

Then, the common server device 2 acquires the advertisement information held in the common server device 2 (step S34), adds the acquired advertisement information to the list provided to the member terminal 1, and connects Is transmitted to the member terminal 1 that has requested (step S35).

In the determination process of step S32, when the member terminal 1 determines that the advertisement is not permitted to be added to the information provided from the common server device 2, the member terminal 1 acquires the advertisement information. Only the list is transmitted to the member terminal 1 that has requested the connection without adding the list (step S36).

[0155] Then, in the member terminal 1, the information to be provided is selected and input, and an information provision request for requesting the selected information is formed and transmitted. Upon receiving the request (step S3
7) Acquire provided information according to the information providing request (step S38).

Then, as described above, the common server device 2 transmits the information provision request based on the information stored in its own memory by the process of step S33, and the member terminal 1 transmits the request from the common server device 2. It is determined whether or not the member terminal allows the advertisement to be added to the provided information (step S39).

If the member terminal 1 that has transmitted the information provision request is determined to be a member terminal that is allowed to add an advertisement to the information provided from the common server device 2 by the determination processing of step S39, The advertisement information to be added to the information is obtained (Step S40), and Step S38 is performed.
The advertisement information acquired in step S40 is added to the provided information extracted in step S40, and transmitted to the requesting member terminal 1 (step S41).

In the determination process of step S39, when it is determined that the member terminal 1 that has transmitted the information provision request is a member terminal that does not permit adding an advertisement to the information provided from the common server device 2, Is a step S38
Is transmitted from the requesting member terminal 1 without adding the advertisement information (step S4).
2).

As described above, the user of the member terminal 1 can select whether or not to permit the addition of the advertisement to the information provided from the common server device 2. Then, the selection information as to whether or not to allow the addition of the advertisement to the information to be provided is notified to the common server device 2, and the common server device 2 determines whether the member who is allowed to add the advertisement to the information to be provided. An advertisement is added to the information provided only to the terminal and provided.

Therefore, the user of the member terminal 1 determines whether or not to allow an advertisement to be added to the information provided from the common server device 2 by, for example, the content of the provided information, his / her preference, and the like. Can be freely selected according to For example, when the important information for the user is provided from the common server device 2, the addition of the advertisement is not permitted. The target information can be displayed and viewed on the entire display screen.

If the user selects to allow the advertisement to be added to the information provided from the common server device 2, the user is provided with the information to which the advertisement is added, as described above. Since the advertisement is added, information can be provided at low cost.

[Second Embodiment] In the above-described embodiment, when the advertisement information is allowed to be added to the information provided from the common server device 2, the addition of the advertisement is permitted. The information shown is included in the extension header of the connection request transmitted from the member terminal 1 and transmitted, and an advertisement is added to all the information provided from the common server device 2 through the communication path connected in response to the connection request. Was allowed.

However, whether or not to allow the addition of an advertisement is determined by
It may change for each piece of information requested to be provided according to the content of the information requested to be provided to the common server device 2. For this reason, for example, when the user of the member terminal 1 selects desired facsimile reception data from a list of facsimile reception data, it is necessary to select whether or not to permit the addition of an advertisement for each facsimile reception data. It is convenient if you can.

This can be caused by the case where the user selects the desired received data of the e-mail from the list of the received data of the e-mail and requests the provision, or the list of the contents information that the common server device 2 can provide. The present invention is also effective when requesting provision by selecting target information.

[0165] In view of the above, information communication in which the user of the member terminal 1 can select whether or not to permit the addition of an advertisement for each information requested to be provided to the common server device 2 will be described below. The operation of the member terminal 1 of the system and the operation of the common server device 2 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

The member terminal 1 and the common server device 2 described below are configured similarly to the member terminal 1 and the common server device 2 of the information communication system described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the member terminal 1
The software executed in the common server device 2 is different from the member terminal 1 and the common server device 2 of the above-described embodiment.

That is, in the member terminal 1 of this embodiment, the facsimile function with or without advertisement, the e-mail function with or without advertisement, the WWW browser function with or without advertisement Is not selected, and the common server device 2
, It is possible to specify whether an advertisement is attached or not for each piece of information requested.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the member terminal 1 receiving the provision of information from the common server device 2 by the facsimile function, the e-mail function and the WWW browser function.

After the cover 101 of the member terminal 1 is opened with respect to the main body 100 to be in the data communication mode,
When one of the facsimile function, the e-mail function, and the WWW browser function is selected from the function list menu displayed on the display screen of the LCD 105 and the online connection key K2 of the key buttons 108 is pressed (step S51), The member terminal 1 automatically performs a process for connecting to the common server device 2. That is, using the identification information (member identification information) of its own member terminal 1 stored in the flash memory 124 and address data for connection to the common server device 2 through the ISP server device 7I, the common server device A connection request for connecting the communication path with the communication path 2 is generated (step S52), and transmitted (step S53).

As described above, in response to this connection request, the ISP server 7I, which is the network management server, authenticates whether or not the accessed terminal is a member terminal. It is performed using the member identification information of whether the terminal is a terminal, and if it is a member terminal,
A process for connecting to the common server device 2 is performed.

Then, the common server device 2 sets the member terminal 1
, And recognizes which member terminal the connected member terminal is, and according to the function selected on the member terminal 1, a list of facsimile reception data to be provided to the member terminal 1; A list of received data of mail or a list of contents information that can be provided is sent to the member terminal 1.

The member terminal 1 receives the list transmitted from the common server 2 (step S54), and displays the received list on the LCD 105 (step S54).
55). Next, the member terminal 1 receives a selection input of information (provided information) requested to be provided through the list by the user (step S56).

That is, in the member terminal 1, when the facsimile function is selected, the provision information requested to be provided is facsimile reception data addressed to the user, and when the e-mail function is selected, , Received data of an e-mail addressed to the user. Further, when the WWW browser function is selected in the member terminal 1, the provided information requesting the provision is transmitted to the common server device 2.
Is content information that can be provided.

In the process of step S56, the user of the member terminal 1 performs the operation of rotating and pressing the jog dial key 109 or the operation of bringing the pen 107 into contact with the touch panel 106, as described above. Thus, the provision information for requesting the provision to the common server device 2 is selected.

In the second embodiment, in this step S56, in addition to simply selecting the information to be provided, a selection input as to whether or not to add an advertisement to the selected information is permitted. Also do. That is, information for designating presence / absence of advertisement is added to each item constituting each list.

For example, in the case of a list of facsimile reception data, for each item corresponding to each facsimile reception data constituting the list, there are advertisements and no advertisements in addition to the reception date and time and the facsimile number of the destination. Is provided, and when information to be provided to the common server device 2 is selected, for each of the selected information, the presence or absence of an advertisement is selectively input.

[0177] The information selected as the information requested to be provided to the common server device 2 indicates whether the addition of an advertisement is permitted, that is, whether the presence of the advertisement or the absence of the advertisement is selected. Is determined (step S5)
7).

In the determination processing of step S57, the addition of an advertisement is permitted (the presence of an advertisement is selected).
If it is determined that the advertisement is added, an information provision request including information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted in the extension header is generated (step S58).

If it is determined in step S57 that adding an advertisement is not permitted (no advertisement is selected), an information provision request is sent without including additional information related to the advertisement in the extension header. It is generated (step S59).

Then, the information providing request generated in step S57 or S58 is transmitted to the common server device 2 (step S60).

The common server device 2 receives the information provision request from the member terminal 1, analyzes what the requested information is, extracts the provided information according to the request, and transmits it.

The member terminal 1 receives the provided information sent from the common server device 2 (step S61), displays the received provided information on the LCD 105, and presents it to the user of the member terminal 1 (step S62). .

In this case, if it is permitted from the common server device 2 to add an advertisement to the information requested by the member terminal 1, this is included in the extension header of the information provision request as described above. Thus, the common server device 2 provides an advertisement to the provided information provided in response to a request from the member terminal 1 with an advertisement. In this case, the provided information to which the advertisement information is added is stored in the LC of the member terminal 1.
Displayed at D105.

When the user of the member terminal 1 selects not to permit the addition of the advertisement to the provided information, the common server device 2 transmits only the provided information without adding the advertisement. Therefore, the information provided from the common server device 2 is displayed on the entire display screen of the LCD 105 of the member terminal 1.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the processing of common server device 2 performed in response to a connection request from member terminal 1. That is, the flowchart shown in FIG. 9 shows the processing of the common server device 2 performed in correspondence with the processing of the member terminal 1 described with reference to FIG.

When the connection request is transmitted from the member terminal 1,
As described above, the network management server I
The SP server 7I authenticates whether the terminal is the member terminal 1, and if the terminal is the member terminal 1, a process of connecting to the common server device 2 is performed.

Then, the common server device 2 first recognizes the member terminal based on the member identification information included in the connection request (step S71), forms a list provided to the member terminal 1, and establishes the connection. The request is transmitted to the requesting member terminal 1 (step S72).

[0188] When the member terminal 1 selects and inputs information to be provided and forms and transmits an information provision request for requesting the selected information, the common server device 2 transmits the information provision request. Upon receiving the request (step S7
3) Extract provided information according to the information providing request (step S74).

[0189] Then, the common server device 2 refers to the extension header of the information provision request, and determines whether or not it is permitted to add the advertisement information to the information requested to be provided by the information provision request from the member terminal 1. Is determined (step S7)
5) When it is determined by the determination processing in step S75 that adding the advertisement information to the information requested to be provided by the information provision request from the member terminal 1 is permitted,
The advertisement information to be added to the provided information is obtained (step S7).
6), the advertisement information acquired in step S76 is added to the provided information extracted in step S74, and transmitted to the requesting member terminal 1 (step S77).

In the determination processing of step S75, when it is determined that adding the advertisement information to the information requested to be provided by the information provision request from the member terminal 1 is not permitted, only the provision information extracted in step S74 is determined. Is transmitted from the requesting member terminal 1 without adding the advertisement information (step S78).

As described above, in the second embodiment, for each piece of information requested to be provided to the common server device 2, the user of the member terminal 1 determines whether or not to permit the addition of the advertisement. You can choose.

In this case, for the information to be viewed without the advertisement, the addition of the advertisement is not permitted, so that the advertisement provided to the common server device 2 is not added, and only the target information is obtained. Can be viewed.

[0193] On the other hand, for information determined to have no problem even with an advertisement, it is permitted to add an advertisement to the information provided from the common server device 2, and the information added with the advertisement is allowed. By receiving the information, it is possible to receive the information at low cost.

In the above-described embodiment, the extension header of the connection request sent from the member terminal 1 or the member terminal 1 only when the addition of the advertisement is permitted by the user of the member terminal 1. In the extension header of the information provision request sent from, the information indicating that the advertisement is allowed to be added to the information requested to be provided is included, and if it is not allowed to add the advertisement to the information requested to be provided, Did not include information on the addition of an advertisement in the above-mentioned extension header. In this case, the common server device 2
In the above, it is determined whether or not there is information indicating that the addition of an advertisement is permitted in the above-mentioned extension header, thereby determining whether or not the addition of the advertisement is permitted by the user of the member terminal 1. can do.

However, without being limited to this, the member terminal 1
When the addition of an advertisement is permitted to the extension header of the connection request sent from the member terminal 1 or the extension header of the information provision request sent from the member terminal 1, it is permitted to add the advertisement to the information requested to be provided. If information is not allowed to be added to the information requested to be provided, include information indicating that no advertisement is allowed to be added to the information requested to be provided. Is also good.

In this case, in the information providing service 2, whether the information indicating that the advertisement is allowed to be added to the information requested to be provided is added to the extension header or whether the information requested to be provided is added to the information requested to be provided. By determining whether information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is not permitted is added, it is possible to determine which one has been selected by the user of the member terminal 1.

The connection request from the member terminal 1 determines whether or not to allow an advertisement to be added to the list of facsimile reception data, the list of reception data of electronic mail, and the list of contents information that can be provided. May be included, and the information provision request may include, for each piece of information requested to be provided, information indicating whether or not to permit the addition of an advertisement.

In the first embodiment described above, by selecting, for example, the facsimile function with advertisement or the facsimile function without advertisement from the function list, information obtained by the function to be executed is obtained. The user is also allowed to select whether or not to allow the addition of an advertisement, but the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, an online connection key with advertisement,
An online connection key without advertisement may be provided in the member terminal 1 and the use of these two types of online connection key may be used to select whether or not to allow the addition of an advertisement to the information to be provided. In short, member terminal 1
Can select whether or not to allow the advertisement to be added to the information to be provided, and notify the common server device 2 of the selection information according to the selection input. You should be able to do it.

Also, in the case of the above-described second embodiment, the user of the member terminal 1 is provided for each piece of information requested to be provided.
A selection input as to whether or not to allow the addition of the advertisement can be performed, and the selection information corresponding to the selection input can be notified to the common server device 2.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the facsimile data and the e-mail data are described as being transmitted and received between the member terminal 1 and the common server device 2 using SMTP. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the communication protocol for transmitting and receiving information between the member terminal 1 and the common server device 2 may be unified by using HTTP. .

[0202] The advertisement information is not limited to image information, and the present invention can be applied to a case where the advertisement information is audio information. That is, the user of the member terminal 1 can select whether to receive the advertisement information regardless of whether the advertisement information is image information or audio information.

[0203]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the user of the information communication terminal selects whether or not to permit the addition of the advertisement information to the information provided from the server device. be able to. Accordingly, when it is permitted to add an advertisement to information provided from the server device, information can be provided from the server device at low cost, and an advertisement can be added to information provided from the server device. Is not permitted, only the requested information can be provided.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the information communication terminal is constituted by the portable terminal having the wireless communication function, the user of the information communication terminal can select an arbitrary place from an arbitrary place such as a place where he is going out. Occasionally, information can be provided as needed. Also in this case, it is possible to select whether or not to allow the addition of the advertisement information to the information to be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an entire network configuration to which an information communication system according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a network configuration in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a server device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the appearance of an embodiment of the information communication terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an information communication terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the information communication terminal in one embodiment of the information communication system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the server device in one embodiment of the information communication system according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the information communication terminal in another embodiment of the information communication system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the server device in another embodiment of the information communication system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable wireless communication terminal (member terminal), 2 ... Common server apparatus, 3 ... Network for portable wireless communication terminals, 4 ... Access point, 5 ... Private backbone network, 6 ... Wireless base station, 7 ... Network management server apparatus, 11: content providing device, 21: master server, 21M: memory,
22: mail server, 23: facsimile server, 24
... Incoming notification server, 100 ... Portable wireless communication terminal body, 1
01: lid, 102: numeric keypad, 103: antenna, 10
5 LCD, 106 touch panel, 108 key buttons,
121: System control unit, 122: ROM, 1
23 ... DRAM

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information communication system in which a server device and an information communication terminal are connected via a network, and wherein the server device provides information according to a request from the information communication terminal. A terminal that accepts an input indicating whether or not to permit the addition of an advertisement to the information requested to be provided to the server device; and accepts the addition of the advertisement that is accepted by the advertisement whether or not the advertisement is accepted. Request sending means for sending the request including the information as to whether or not the request is sent to the server device, wherein the server device receives the request from the information communication terminal; and When the request is information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted, an advertisement is added to the information provided to the information communication terminal and transmitted to the information communication terminal. Information communication system comprising: a that information transmitting unit. 2. The network in which the information communication terminal and the server device are connected includes a network for a portable telephone terminal, and the information communication terminal is a wireless base station for the portable telephone terminal. The information communication system according to claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication unit for performing communication through the communication. 3. An information communication terminal which is connected to a server device via a network and receives information provided from the server device according to its own request, wherein an advertisement is permitted to be added to information requested to be provided to the server device. Request accepting input accepting means for accepting an input as to whether or not to accept the request, and sending a request to the server device, the request including information on whether or not to permit the addition of the advertisement accepted by the advertisement accepting input accepting means And an information communication terminal. 4. The wireless communication system according to claim 3, wherein the network includes a network for a portable telephone terminal, and includes a wireless communication unit for communicating through a wireless base station for the portable telephone terminal. Information communication terminal. 5. A server device connected to an information communication terminal via a network and providing the information communication terminal with information in response to a request including information as to whether or not to allow the addition of an advertisement from the information communication terminal. Receiving means for receiving the request from the information communication terminal; and providing the information communication terminal with the request when the request from the information communication terminal is information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted. A server device comprising: an information sending unit that adds an advertisement to information and transmits the information to the information communication terminal. 6. An information communication method in which a server device and an information communication terminal are connected via a network, and wherein the server device provides information in response to a request from the information communication terminal. In the terminal, an advertisement acceptability input accepting step of accepting an input as to whether or not to permit the addition of an advertisement to the information requested to be provided to the server device; and an allowance of the advertisement accepted by the advertisement acceptability input accepting step. A request sending step of sending the request including information on whether to perform the request to the server device, wherein the server device receives the request information from the information communication terminal, and the information communication terminal When the request information is information indicating that the addition of the advertisement is permitted, an advertisement is added to the information to be provided to the information communication terminal. Information communication method characterized by and an information sending step of sending to the information communication terminal.