MXPA98006568A - Information communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

An information communication system comprises a server device and information communication terminals connected by the network, wherein the server device provides data communication services according to the requests from the information communication terminals. The server device stores the information related to the users of the information communication terminals, including the information identifying them, and provides advertising information to the terminals for communication of information through the network, this advertising information corresponds to information related to the user of the requesting party stored on the server at least according to the requests from the information communication terminal, including the user identification information. The information communication terminal generates and sends requests that are to be sent to the server device, including the user identification information and obtains the advertising information from the server device and sends this advertising information obtained.

Description

"INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM" BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an information communication system that responds to the request of an information communication terminal, for example, that provides advertising information when carrying out a data communication service such as facsimile communication, communication Email, service that provides information and so on.

DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED TECHNIQUE Recently, the extensive use of portable wireless communication terminals, such as PHS terminals in Japan, and the increased speed of data transmission using these portable wireless communication terminals has directed attention to the wireless data communication services that they facilitate wireless communication of various types of data, such as text data and image data in addition to voice data.

For example, in the case of using a PHS terminal, data communication can be done at transfer speeds of 32 kbits per second, which is comparable to transfer rates of 28.8 kbits per second or 33.6 kbits per second for telephone lines analog using a modem. In this way, an environment that is staying in place where the exchange of email, facsimile communication, etc., can be carried out outdoors using portable wireless communication terminals. Now, there are requests to allow the data communication service such as facsimile communication, e-mail communication, the service that provides information and so on, at the lowest possible cost. Particularly, with respect to users of portable wireless communication terminals that do not use data communication services through wireless communication lines, line usage rates for using portable wireless communication terminals are higher than public lines. generally used using telephone wires, and therefore there is an intense desire for there to be several types of data communication services at minimum rates.

Accordingly, a system can be devised in which advertising for corporations or products is linked to data communication services. In this way, data communication services can be provided at low costs by providing information to the user of the information communication terminal, charging the advertiser's advertising rates, and using these fees to cover the costs necessary to provide the services of data communication. However, there is a desire of advertisers who pay advertising fees that provide advertising in an effective manner. For example, providing advertising for golf items only for those who play golf is an example of providing specialized advertising for that segment of the consumer, thus increasing the effectiveness of advertising. The advertising information is linked to the main information that is provided by the data communication service and that is provided to the information communication terminal, so that both the main information and the advertising information are presented on a presentation screen of the information communication terminal. This use of data communication services is highly advantageous, since not only the user of the information communication terminal receiving the data communication services with the advertising having data communication services at low costs, but also can obtain the necessary information of advertising vg the information regarding a product that the user has proposed to buy. Nevertheless, since both the main information and the advertising information are presented on a presentation screen of the information communication terminal, the presentation space for the main information is reduced by the amount of space required by the advertising information, and in In case there is a large amount of main information, the advertising information may interfere to see the main information. Particularly, with respect to the portable wireless communication terminals, the portable capacity of the same requires reduction in size and weight, implying that the size of the presentation screen is limited, therefore, there is a great possibility that the Presentation of advertising information may interfere with the viewing of the main information. In this way, even when it is not a constant problem, the presentation of advertising information can interfere with the vision of the main information in case there is a large amount of main information or in cases where the user wants to see carefully only the main information.

COMPENDIUM OF THE INVENTION • Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information communication system by which the advertising information provided to the users of the information communication terminals using data communication services can be provided in a more effective manner. In accordance with the information communication system of the present invention, the advertising information with the user of the information communication terminal making the request as the object thereof is added to the information that is being provided according to the request from the information communication terminal by a means that provides information of the server device, and therefore the information is provided to the information communication terminal that makes the request. In other words, the means for storing the user information of the server device has stored therein several types of information about each of the users of the information communication terminals, in such a way that the user identification information for identify users, name, age, gender and so on of users, etc. Then, the user information related to the user is mentioned based on the identification information of the user of the information communication terminal included in the request information of the information communication terminal, and in case the user is an object for provide the advertising information, that is, in case the user fulfills the criteria specified by the advertiser who is the advertisement or advertising provider, this advertising information is provided and the information communication terminal that has sent a request. For example, in case the criterion specified by the advertiser is to provide advertising information A only to men over 30 years of age, the advertising information A is provided only in case the user if the terminal is Information communication fills the criteria specified by the advertiser, based on the user's information in the medium to store the user's information. Accordingly, the advertiser can choose the users of the information communication terminal to provide advertising A, based on the information of the user in the user's information storage medium, and therefore, the advertising information can be provided from a Effectively different way to provide advertising to the terminals of communication of random information. In accordance with this information communication system, the information communication terminal consists of a portable terminal with wireless communication functions. Therefore, the user can receive the related service provision from arbitrary locations away from the office or the house. In the server device, the request of the information communication terminal is received and the announcements or advertisements are attached to the information that is to be provided to the information communication terminal and are sent to it in case the request has information indicating the permission to join advertising. The announcements are not linked to the information that will be provided to the information communication terminal in case the request has information indicating that there is no permission to join the advertisement. In this way, the user of the information communication terminal can select whether or not to allow the union of the advertisements or advertising to the information to be provided from the server device. Therefore, in case there is no problem to be able to see the information requested from the server device even when there is an announcement fixed to it, the user can select that the information is provided with an advertisement or advertising attached to it, and therefore, take advantage of the economic information that the service provides by means of discounts to the charges to receive the information or discounts in the line usage fees and so on. On the other hand, in case the user of the information communication terminal is receiving important information, the user can receive the information without ads if he wants the information to arrive without ads even if it means that there are no discounts to the charges to receive information or discounts to line usage fees.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the concept of the entire communication network to which the information communication system in accordance with the present invention is applied; Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of the configuration of the network of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a functional diagram illustrating a mode of the server device in accordance with the present invention; Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data table of members that are provided to the server device according to the present invention; Figure 5 is a functional diagram illustrating the external view of an embodiment of the information communication terminal in accordance with the present invention; Figure 6 is a functional diagram of an embodiment of the information communication terminal in accordance with the present invention; Figure 7 is a flow chart illustrating the processing of member terminals in the event that facsimile communication functions are carried out in a mode of the information communication system, in accordance with the present invention; Figure 8 is a flow chart illustrating the processing of the common server device in the event that facsimile communication functions are executed in a mode of the information communication system, in accordance with the present invention; Figure 9 is a flow chart illustrating the processing of the member terminal in the case of running WWW browsing functions in a mode of the information communication system in accordance with the present invention; Figure 10 is a flow chart illustrating the processing of the common server device in the case of running the WWW browsing functions in a mode of the information communication system according to the present invention; Figure 11 is a flow chart for describing the operation of the information communication terminal in a mode of the information communication system in accordance with the present invention; Figure 12 is a flow chart for describing the operation of the server device in a mode of the information communication system in accordance with the present invention; Figure 13 is a flow chart for describing the operation of the information communication terminal in another embodiment of the information communication system in accordance with the present invention; Figure 14 is a flow chart for describing the operation of the server device in another embodiment of the information communication system in accordance with the present invention; Figure 15 is a flow chart illustrating the procedures in the portable wireless communication terminal for facsimile transmission in a mode of the information communication system in accordance with the present invention; Figure 16 is a flow chart illustrating a portion of the procedures in the common server device for facsimile transmission in a mode of the information communication system in accordance with the present invention; Figure 17 is a flow chart illustrating a portion of the procedures in the common server device for facsimile transmission in a mode of the information communication system in accordance with the present invention; and Figure 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a printing of the facsimile data to another party according to an embodiment of the information communication system of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED MODALITIES The embodiments of the information communication system in accordance with the present invention will now be described with reference to the Figures.

First Mode In the present embodiment, an information communication system consists of a plurality of information communication terminals in contractual relation with a single common server device connected by a network. In the case of the present modality, the information communication terminal consists of a portable wireless communication terminal, which has functions to receive common server information services, and in addition. It comprises the telephone functions of a PHS (Personal Handling Telephone System) and the data communication functions of facsimile and electronic mail. The arrangement is such that sending the information from each portable wireless communication terminal to the other desired party and receiving the information addressed to itself, for facsimile and electronic mail, is carried out by each portable wireless communication terminal cooperating with the server device mentioned above. In addition, in accordance with this modality, in case the server device carries out the data communication services such as the services provided by the information, the facsimile services, the electronic mail services, etc., the advertising information of corporations or the like is added to the information that is to be provided to the user of the portable wireless communication terminal. In this way, data communication services can be provided at low costs by adding the advertisements or advertising to the data communication services and charging the advertising rates of the advertiser, which is a corporation or similar that provides the advertising. Also, in accordance with the present embodiment, as described in detail below, the advertising information is not provided to all users of portable wireless communication terminals; rather, the advertising information is provided to the users of the portable wireless communication terminals to which the advertiser wishes to provide the advertisements or advertising based on the specifications of the advertiser, which is a corporation or the like that provides the advertising.

In this way, the information communication system in accordance with the present embodiment is able to choose users of the portable wireless communication terminals to provide the advertising, allowing more effective advertisements or advertising to be provided.

Description of the network system Figure 1 is a diagram for describing the configuration of the concept of a communication network system to which the embodiment of the present invention is applied. In Figure 1, the number 1 is a portable wireless communication terminal that is in contractual relationship with a common server device and 2 is the common server device. A plurality of portable wireless communication terminals 1 connect to the common server device 2 through a network 3, for the portable wireless communication terminals and a dedicated trunk network 5 which connects to the network 3 by one or a plurality of access points 4. Even when portable wireless communication terminals that are not in contractual relationship with the common server device 2 are connected to network 3 of the portable wireless communication terminal likewise, the only portable wireless communication terminals that can receive services of data communication of the device 2 common server, are the portable wireless communication terminals 1 that have entered into contractual relationship with the device 2 common server previously. In order to avoid confusion between the portable wireless communication terminals that are not in contractual relationship with the common server device 2, in the following description, reference will be made to the portable wireless communication terminals in contractual relationship with the common server device 2. as "member terminals". The wireless connection is made by a plurality of terminals 1 members and other portable wireless communication terminals of the same type with the wireless base stations 6 that are provided in increments of area taking into consideration the scale of the air waves, for example. The connections between the wireless base stations 6 in network 3 of the portable wireless communication terminal employ optical cable, for example. A network that manages the server device 7 that carries out the administration of the dedicated trunk network 5 connects to the network 5. This server device 7 that manages the network carries out the so-called routing between the common server device 2 and the terminals 1 members Accordingly, when viewed from the perspective of routing administration through the network management server device 7, the common server device 2 can be viewed as one of the terminal devices connected to the dedicated trunk network. Incidentally in this case, the network management server device 7 also connects to the Internet 8. Likewise, in the present embodiment, the network management server device 7 is also directly connected to the common server device 2 and is placed in such a manner. the device 7 network administration server sends the device 2 common server, the history of access from the terminal 1 member to the common server device 2, and so on. That is, in accordance with the present embodiment, the common server device 2 carries out the administration of the total member, for example, collecting the billing journals of the terminals 1 member. In other words, in the case of the present embodiment, the terminal 1 member is in contractual relationship with the common server device 2, and is not in contractual relationship with the network management server device 7. The common server device 2 relegates the administration of the network connections for the terminals 1 member to the device 7 network administration server, so that there is also a contractual relationship between the common server device 2 and the network management server device 7. Accordingly, the common server device 2 can also be connected in exactly the same relationship with other dedicated trunk networks and the network management server devices thereof, such as with the aforementioned dedicated trunk network 5 and the administration server device 7. of the same network. In the present embodiment, even when viewed from the common server device 2, each of the terminals 1 member belongs to a specific dedicated trunk network in such a way that the access of each terminal 1 member to the common server device 2 is subjected to the administration to pass through the dedicated trunk network belonging to that member terminal; but when viewed from the terminal 1 member, the contractual relationship between the common server device 2 and the network management server device 7 is totally inapplicable, so that the terminal 1 member simply gives access to the common server device 2 only if it is submits to the administration through the device 2 common server only.

According to this network management configuration, by providing the device 2 with common server with all the service functions of each of the devices 7 network management servers, the user of the terminal 1 member does not need to be in contractual relationship with each of the devices 7 network administration servers in order to receive the different services that are provided by each of the devices 7 network administration servers, but simply needs to be in contractual relation with the common server device 2 which is extremely handy The common server device 2 is connected to a public line network 9 and as described below, the terminal 1 member has functions for exchanging communication data with the communication terminals 10 connected to this public line network 9, such as facsimile terminals , personal computers and so on. Further, in accordance with the present embodiment, the common server device 2 has a storage unit comprising a portion of the database of the information to be provided, in order to carry out the services to provide the information. Also, the common server device 2 is connected to a device 11 that provides the content and information comprising a portion of the database of the information to be provided to the member is obtained from this device 11 which provides the content and is provides the member 1. The devices 11 that provide the content each is provided by the providing companies that have the unique information to be provided and provide the information to the terminal 1 member through the common server device 2 being in contractual relationship with the service company that owns the common server 2 device. In Figure 1, only one device 11 is shown that provides the content but not without manifesting that a plurality of devices 11 can be connected that provide the content with the common server device 2. Also, there are cases in which the form of connection between the common server device 2 and the device 11 that provides the content is a connection through a dedicated line, and there are cases in which the connection is made through a network, such as Internet. In the case of the present embodiment, the information of the device 11 that provides the content connected to the common server device 2 through the dedicated line or network, is provided to the terminal 1 member by means of the terminal 1 member making a request for the service, giving access to the device 2 server common to the device 11 that provides the aforementioned content and obtaining the information and providing the information to the terminal 1 member. Although an arrangement can be conceived in which the information of the device 11 that provides the content is constantly obtained and stored in the internal memory section of the common server device 2, thus maintaining the content stored inside the internal memory unit updated , there is a problem since the memory unit of the common server device 2 would become immense in case there were a large number of devices 11 that provide the content and a large amount of information to be provided. On the contrary, as shown in the present embodiment, a provision wherein the information from the device 11 providing the content is provided to the terminal 1 member by means of the terminal 1 member making a request for the service, the server device 2 common that gives access to the device 11 that provides the aforementioned content and obtaining the information and providing the information to the terminal 1 member, does not require a large size for the memory unit of the common server device 2. Likewise, as long as the information that is provided by the device 11 providing the content is constantly updated, the common server device 2 can provide the newer information to the terminal 1 member by simply obtaining the information from the device 11 that provides the content. In the present embodiment, the arrangement is such that the common server device 2 is in contractual relationship with one to a plurality of devices 11 that provide the content, and the information of the devices 11 that provide the content being centrally collected and provide to the terminal 1 member, so that the terminal 1 member does not need to be in contact with each of the devices 11 that provides the content to receive the necessary information from the common server device 2. Also, in relation to the methods for the provider company having the unique information to provide the content to the common server device 2, there are provisions in which the content is not provided to the common server device 2 by means of connection through a line dedicated or network, as described above, but through the company providing the content, which provides a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or similar to the common server device 2, and the device 2 server common stores the content in the storage unit in it. In the present embodiment, in case the user of a portable wireless communication terminal 1 enters into a contractual relationship with the corporation to which the common server device 2 belongs, the portable wireless communication terminal 1 becomes a terminal 1 member . For example, an arrangement can be conceived in which the purchase of the terminal 1 member by the user generates a contractual relationship with the common server device 2. That is, at the time when the user purchases a portable wireless communication terminal as a terminal 1 member, the terminal 1 member is provided in advance with the address information of a common server device 2 through a specific dedicated trunk network for each terminal, this being stored in a non-volatile memory. This non-volatile memory also stores the member identification information member such as ID and passwords to indicate that the terminal is a member terminal and for user identification of the member terminal. However, while writing the record in the terminal 1 member with respect to the address information of the common server device 2 or the member identification information can be carried out by a vendor or by the buyer at the time of purchasing the terminal 1 member, it is preferred that this be recorded in advance in the terminal 1 member. In this arrangement there is no need to carry out the operation of admitting the address, so that the user can use the terminal 1 member without worrying about the common server device. Also, as will be described later, in case of receiving an information service from the common server device 2 with the terminal 1 member or in case of starting the facsimile communication processing or email communication with the terminal 1 member first, the terminal 1 member carries out a process of automatically connecting to the common server device 2, using the address information and the member identification information stored therein previously. In accordance with the present embodiment, the terminal 1 member has excellent portability capability and allows the provision of several times of information services regardless of time or site, simply by giving access to the common server device 2. Also, the terminal 1 member performs the functions of facsimile communication and email communication and the related function by cooperating with the common server device 2. That is to say, the terminal 1 member does not have a mass memory for this communication. Instead, the common server device 2 has a memory or a memory area for the data received for each terminal 1 member. Also, the terminal 1 member is placed to relegate the applications to obtain different functions e.g. the application for presentation in the common server device 2, except for the minimum necessary applications (software for micro-computer). That is, in the terminal 1 member, in case the user performs a key operation equivalent to a request to obtain a desired function, the request is sent to the common server device 2 and the application of the common server device 2 for a certain function is carried out. The results of the application processing are then sent to the terminal 1 member. The foregoing is a total view of this embodiment according to the present invention, but an even more detailed description of the configuration thereof will now be provided. Figure 2 is a more specific concept configuration of the communication network system shown in Figure 1. In this case, the terminal 1 member has a configuration of being a multiplexer device of a PHS telephone terminal and a PDA ( Digital Personal Assistant) which has data communication functions and in addition to PHS telephone functions, has facsimile communication functions and e-mail functions and also has functions to receive information services from the common server device 2, as will be described later . The network 3 for the portable wireless communication terminals to which the wireless base stations 6 are connected is a 3n PHS / ISDN network, in this example. Accordingly, the terminal 1 member can make a telephone communication with another terminal 1 member or non-member PHS terminals through the wireless base station 6 - the PHS / ISDN network 3n the wireless base station 6 and can perform telephone communication with the telephone terminals of the general subscriber through the wireless base station 6 - the 3n network of PHS / ISDN.

The 5 trunk network dedicated to a network under the administration of an ISP (Internet Service Provider). In other words, 5N is the basic structure of ISP, ie, a network such as a LAN, and this basic structure of ISP 5N and the 3n network of PHS / ISDN are connected through a PHS of 32 kilobits per second of transfer speed of Japanese industry - 4P access point of the PIAFS standard (Internet Access Forum PHS standard). Also, 5N is the router for this ISP, which connects the basic 5N structure of the ISP, the ISP server device 71 which corresponds to the network management server device 7 of the common server device 2. In case there is access from the terminal 1 member, as described above, the ISP server device 71 makes the verification thereof being commissioned by the common server device 2. That is, as described above, the ISP server device 71 has registered therein the member identification information of the member terminal 1, which gives access to the common server device 2 through the ISP server device 71. vg the member ID such as the member number and the password, and in case there is access to the terminal connected to the basic 5N structure of ISP. The ISP server device 71 verifies whether or not the access terminal is a terminal 1 member that must connect to the common server device 2 through the basic structure 5N of ISP, and in case it is a terminal 1 member, the ISP server device 71 allows the terminal 1 member to pass through the common server device 2 through the router 5R. Then, the ISP server device 71 sends the access history (logarithm) of the terminal 1 member to the common server device 2. The common server device 2 receives the access history information for each of the plurality of member terminals from the ISP server device 71, and performs the management of billing and so forth of the member terminal in a total manner. The device 11 that provides the content in this example connects to the common server device 2 via the Internet 8 so that the common server device 2 can obtain information to be provided from the device 11 that provides the content via the Internet when it is necessary, thus providing this information to the terminal 1 member. As described above, the device 11 that provides the content does not need to connect through the Internet 8; instead, arrangements can be made where the device 11 providing the content connects to the common server device 2 through a dedicated line. Also, the ISP server device 71 can become a device that provides the content.

Common server device configuration Figure 3 is a functional diagram illustrating a common server 2 device mode. As shown in this Figure 3, the common server device 2 is configured as a master server 21, a mail server 22, a facsimile server 23, a reception notification server 24, an HTTP D server 25"Hyper" Text Transfer), a content server 26 and a content proxy server 27, these being connected via a LAN (Local Area Network). Likewise, this LAN also connects to the Internet. The master server 21 carries out the administration of the member data, the application for content and similar options, cancellation of membership processing and administration maintenance of the entire network. The master server 21 has 21M memory which stores the member data (user information).

In the present embodiment, a member data box shown in Figure 4 is stored in the master server memory 21M. This member data box is formed of information stored about each member of the terminals 1 member, such as member ID, password, name, address, birthdate, sex, occupation, city of employment, annual income, interest, etc. In case this member information is to be generated at the time of purchasing the portable wireless communication terminal as a terminal 1 member, it constitutes a contract with the common server device 2, as described above, the member's information is it collects from the user of the terminal 1 member who is the buyer at the time of purchasing the terminal 1 member by means of a questionnaire or similar and is recorded in the 21M memory as member information. The member data frame that is recorded in the memory 21M of the master server 21 is used to select the members to whom the advertising information is provided according to instructions of the advertiser, as will be described later. Also, the information of the members is not restricted to that shown in Figure 4, instead of this, various types of information such as member information can be collected and recorded in the 21M memory. The mail server 22 mainly carries out the administration and operation of mail services, having functions of the server POPA (Mail Protocol) or IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) and carries out the interface processing with the terminal 1 member The mail server 22 has the memory 22M which is referred to as the mailbox of the member terminal. The mailbox 22M has a memory area that is divided for each of the terminals 1 member, and stores the data received from the electronic mail addressed to each of the member terminals. Incidentally, according to the present embodiment, as will be described later, the facsimile data in the text data format does not include the image data that has been sent from a member terminal to another member terminal, it is also stored in the area of memory in this mailbox 22M for the other member terminal mentioned above, as the data of the electronic mail. The facsimile server 23 carries out an application with facsimile communication functions. The facsimile server 23 has functions of the mail server to interconnect with the terminal 1 member and also functions of the PSTN communication line G3 of facsimile (Public Switched Telephone Network) and connects with an ISDN network 9. Also, the facsimile server 23 has a memory 23M which is called the facsimile box (referred to below as the "Fax box") to store the image data as the facsimile data. The Fax 23M box also has a memory area that is divided for each of the member terminals, and stores the received facsimile data, including the image data addressed to each of the member terminals, separately for each of the terminals 1 member The reception notification server 24 is for notifying the terminal 1 member through the ISDN line (ISDN network 9) in case the email or facsimile addressed mail has arrived at the member terminal. The HTTP server 25 D controls the interconnection with the terminal 1 member. In case the terminal 1 member is connected to the common server device 2, all processing is connected to each function server through this server 25. The content server 26 is a server for processing the content information that goes to be provided by the common server device 2. This server 26 has two information storage memory groups 26A and 26B for the information of the content to be provided. One of the memory groups 26A is to retain the information that is to be provided within this server 26 in advance. The other memory group 26B does not retain the information that is to be provided within this common server 2 device, but it is for temporarily storing the data obtained from the device 11 that provides the content through the Internet in the case of the present modality, at the time of its use. The proxy server 27 of the content is used to obtain the content data from the device 11 that provides the external content via the Internet 8. The proxy server 27 creates an environment to give free access to the outside from within a firewall, while preventing unauthorized access from outside, through operation with the fire wall (not shown in the Figure). Then, upon receipt of a request from the side of the terminal 1 member accompanied by information indicating permission to join the advertisements or advertisements, the common server device 2 links the advertising information under the administration of the content server 26 to the requested information and therefore provides the information to the terminal 1 member. The advertising information that is to be provided to the user of the terminal 1 member is handled as part of this content data.

About the terminal 1 member Next, the description related to the terminal 1 member will be made. Figure 5 is an example of the external view of a terminal 1 member, and Figure 6 is an example of an internal circuit configuration of this terminal 1 member. As described above, the terminal 1 member has a multiplexer terminal configuration of PHS telephone functions, facsimile communication functions and e-mail communication and data communication to receive the information services. As shown in Figure 5A and Figure 5B, the terminal 1 member in accordance with the present embodiment has a lid 101 that opens and closes to and from the appropriate terminal 100; in the state where this lid 1 is closed, as shown in Figure 5A, the terminal is in the telephone mode where it functions as a PHS telephone terminal, in the state where the lid 101 is open, as shown in FIG. shown in Figure 5B, the terminal is in the data communication mode, where facsimile communication, e-mail communication and information service reception functions are available. Although not shown in the Figures, a sensor for detecting the opening and closing of the lid 101 is provided for this mode switching. As for this sensor, e.g. a protrusion is provided on the inner side of the lid 101, which provides a pressure sensitive switch in a corresponding position on the side of the main unit 100, thereby forming a mechanical sensor in which the sensitive switch to the pressure in the main unit 100 is mechanically depressed by the aforementioned protrusion provided in the lid 101. Also, a sensor counter of a configuration can be used in such a way that a magnet is provided in the lid 101 or the main unit 100, and another is provided in a switch comprising a magnetically responsive device. As shown in Figure 5A, a keypad 102 for dialing the telephone is provided on the outside of the cover 101. 103 is the PHS antenna. As shown in Figure 5B, the terminal 1 member has a large-sized LID (Liquid Crystal Display Device) 105 on the surface of the main unit 100 which becomes apparent when the lid 101 is opened, and this surface of Presentation of the LCD 105 is able to present the text of the communication, the function of the list of menus, the lists of information to be provided, the lists of received facsimiles, the lists of electronic mail, etc. The arrangements in such a way that in case of a menu or a list can not be presented on the screen, the screen can be rolled up or switched to the next page to fully present everything. In the state where the lid 101 is closed, as shown in Figure 5A, the display surface of the LCD 105 can be seen through an LCD window 104 formed of a transparent plastic plate or the like. In this case in the state where the lid 101 is closed, the LCD display device 105 is controlled so that the display is made only on the portion to be viewed from the window 104 of the LCD. The terminal 1 member in accordance with the present embodiment is positioned in such a way that a transparent contact panel 106 is applied to the surface of the LCD 105, thereby enabling functions to accept contact operations or manual character input input using a pen 107 that is detachably provided to the back side of the lid 101, as shown in Figure 5B. A plurality of key buttons 108 are also provided on the back side or the cover 101, such as the menu key Kl, the on-line connection key K2, the function key K3, and so on. In addition, to the right side of the LCD 105 there is a jolt dialing key 109 having the two functions of serving as a rotary key and a push button key. This shake-mark key 109 is used in such a way that rotating the shake-mark key 109 allows the selection of items in a menu, and pressing like a push button means the entry of the decision on an article. Then, the description will be made regarding the circuit block of the terminal 1 member in Figure 6. The terminal 1 member in this example consists of two main portions, the communication function unit 110 and the control unit 120. The communication function unit 110 consists of an antenna 111, a radio frequency processing unit 112, a transmit / receive data processing unit 113, a microphone amplifier 114, a loudspeaker amplifier 115, a microphone 100MC and a speakerphone 100SP.

The control unit 120 consists of a microcomputer having a system control unit 121 consisting of a CPU, ROM 122, DRAM 123 and a "flash" memory 124 that serves as a non-volatile rewritable memory. Connected to the system control unit 121 is a switch SW which is switched on and off according to whether the lid 101 is open or closed, detecting the system control unit 121 if the lid 101 is in an open state or in the open state. a closed state by means of whether the switch SW is connected or disconnected. In the state where the lid 101 is closed, the system control unit 121 controls the terminal 1 member as a PHS telephone terminal. In case the cover 101 is in the open state, the system control unit 121 controls the terminal 1 member as an information communication terminal, facsimile communication terminal or email communication terminal. The system control unit 121 is positioned in such a way that the status of the key switch group of the keypad 102 of the key switch group of the key buttons 108 that are provided on the back side of the cover 101 are supported in the same, and in case the user operates the keys, the system control unit 121 detects whether the numeric keypad 102 or the key buttons 108 have been operated and carries out the processing according to the detected keys . Also, an LCD driver 125 is connected to the system control unit 121 in order to present the information that is provided from the common server device 2 or other presentation images on the LCD 105 using the programs of ROM 122 described in FIG. last and present the data. Also connected to the system control unit 121 is a buzzer 127 or LED (Light Emitting Diode) 126 for notifying the user of an incoming telephone call or the arrival of a facsimile or mail. The ROM 122 has stored therein a program for controlling the sequence for connection to the common server device 2, a control program for PHS telephone communication, a control program for sending facsimiles, a program for sending the mail, a program of control to receive the facsimile data and the mail data and other of these communication applications indispensable for communication using the terminal 1 member, and programs to control the presentation of the LCD 105 and present the data such as menus, etc. As will be described later, the DRAM 123 temporarily stores the received data obtained from the common server device 2 and also provides a memory area to be used as a work area. As described above, the "flash" memory 124 has previously stored in it a network address for the terminal 1 member in order to automatically access the common server device 2 through the ISP server device 71. . Also, stored within this "flash" memory 124 is a member identification information such as the member IDs and passwords (member identification information) to identify whether the terminal 1 member is a terminal that is in contractual relationship with the member. the common server devices 2 and the received facsimile service is authorized, the email service and the information service from the common server device 2, and also to distinguish the user from each member terminal. The information related to the member, such as this member identification information is also stored in the main server 21 of the common server device 2 and also under the administration of the common server device 2. The ISP server device 71 also carries out the verification of whether the accessing party is a member or not, using this member identification information. further, the "flash" memory 124 has stored therein an area to store the data that must be kept with particularity of the data received temporarily stored in the DRAM 123, and an area to store the information of the advertising sent from the server device 2 common as will be described later. The operation of the terminal 1 member having a configuration, as described above, will be described below including the separations of the related common server device. First, the description will be made regarding the PHS telephone mode. In the state with the lid 101 closed, the operation of dialing the telephone number of another party executes a call of origin. Also, in the event that there is an incoming telephone call to the terminal 1 member as a PHS telephone terminal in the state with the lid 101 closed, the user is notified by a buzzer 127 and the incoming call can be received by the user who responds, thus opening the call for both parties. Inherently, in the event that there is an incoming telephone call in the state with the lid 101 open, a talk key that is provided on the side of the main unit 100, but not shown in the Figures, can be pressed to open the call at any time. However, the call is carried out with the cover 101 closed. The terminal 1 is positioned such that in the case of the PHS telephone conversation, the transmit / receive data processing unit 113 is controlled by the system control unit 121 to send the transmit signals and also to receive the receiving signals. That is, the voice signals from the microphone 100MC are provided to the transmit / receive data processing unit 113 through the amplifier 114 and converted into transmitter data and sent to a wireless base station 6 through the antenna 111 and at the same time, the voice from the other party are received from the wireless base station 6 through a radio frequency processing unit 112 and the antenna 111, the received data is processed in the transmission data processing unit 113, the signals from The other party's voice communication is rescued and provided to the 100 SP loudspeaker via the amplifier 115, and thus sent as a sound. Then, the description will be made regarding the mode of data communication. The terminal 1 member is configured in such a way that in the communication mode, the facsimile functions, the e-mail functions, the WWW browse functions, the memo functions and so on can be carried out. A menu list of these functions will be displayed on the LCD screen 105 by operating the menu key from the key buttons 108. The user selects and determines a desired function from the menu list of the functions presented on the LCD screen 105 by means of rotating and pressing the key 109 and marking by jolts and in this way the terminal 1 member enters a mode for carry out that function. In relation to the terminal 1 member in the present invention, the sending or reception of the facsimile data and the sending or receiving of the electronic mail all this is processed through the common server device 2. With respect to the data exchange between the terminal 1 member and the common server device 2, a communication method is used which matches both the network 3 and the network 5, independently of the communication method stipulated for the facsimile communication method. That is, in the case of the present modality, the facsimile data and the e-mail data use SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), which is a normal protocol for transferring mail on the Internet.

Also, the information from the common server device 2 for the browsing functions WWW uses HTTP (Text Transfer Protocol "Hyper"), and data transmission and data reception is exchanged between the terminal 1 member and the device 2 server common according to the PIAFS method, using the PHS network. In this case, the transmission of the data in the terminal 1 member is temporarily stored in the DRAM 123, it is read from the control unit 121 of the system carrying out the transmission and submitting in sequence to wireless transmission according to the communication protocol aforementioned and the data format, through the transmit / receive data processing unit 113, the RF processing unit 112 and the antenna 111. Likewise, 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, having passed through the RF processing unit 112 and the transmission / reception data processing unit 113. This is then sent to the LCD 105 as the presentation data through the LCD driver 125 via control by the system control unit 121 and the presentation of the content of the received data is presented visually.

There are two types of memo functions; "handwriting memo", wherein the entry is carried out using the pen 107 and the contact panel 106, and the "typed memo", where a keyboard is presented on the LCD 105 screen and the text is created using the presented keyboard. The layout is such that the image or text created can be sent as the facsimile data for either the handwriting memo or the typed memo. That is, in any case of the handwriting memo or the typed memo, a menu bar including an icon for "FAX transmission" (facsimile transmission "is presented on the LCD screen 105 and selecting this "FAX transmission" icon with the pen, for example, presents an input mode screen for admitting the telephone number of the other party's terminal, the facsimile title and so on. After admitting the phone number of the other party's terminal and the title, by selecting the "send" icon presented in this way, send the handwritten memo or the typed memo as a facsimile in the form of an image or data facsimile. However, as described above, in this case, the facsimile data is sent to the common server device 2 as the electronic mail data so that the data of the image and the data of the text is not sent as the data of the facsimile communication bitmap; Rather, the image data is prepared in a format such as e.g. a GIF format (Graphic Exchange Format) and the text data is sent in the format of the text data. In case the destination is not a member, the common server device 2 converts the received data into the bitmap data and sends the data as a facsimile to the terminal that is not a member. In the event that the destination is a terminal 1 member, the common server device 2 stores the data received in the mailbox 22M of the FAX box 23M and notifies the terminal 1 member through the receiving server 24 that a message has arrived. . This notification of reception is carried out not only for the reception of the facsimile data, but also for the reception of the data of the electronic mail. At the time of selecting the facsimile functions, the on-line connection key K2 of the key buttons 108 is depressed whereby the terminal 1 member automatically carries out the processing to connect to the common server device 2. That is, the terminal 1 member sends a request to connect to the common server device 2 according to the address data in the "flash" memory 124. The ISP server 71 which is the server that manages the network, verifies whether the The access terminal is or is not a member terminal and if it is a member terminal, the ISP server connects the member terminal with the common server device 2. The common server device 2 identifies the connection member terminal and collects a list of the received facsimile data addressed to the member terminal, which is sent to the terminal 1 member. Thus in this example, the online connection key K2 also serves as a key to request a list of received information. The terminal 1 member receives this data from the list from the common server device 2 and stores it temporarily in the DRAM 123 and presents the list on the LCD screen 105. The user of the terminal 1 of the member can select the desired received facsimile data from this list, using the key 106 to mark by jolts or the pen 107. The selection of the desired received facsimile data is made and by selecting the icon "import" a request is sent to obtain the data received from the terminal 1 member towards the device 2 common server. Upon receiving this request, the common server device 2 extracts the received or requested facsimile data and sends it to the member terminal by means of the SMTP email. The terminal 1 member temporarily stores the data received in the DRAM 123, converts it into a presentation data and presents the data on the LCD screen 105. Accordingly, the user can select the necessary facsimile data and see it on the screen of the LCD 105. Also, in case the email function is selected even when the on-line connection key K2 of the key buttons 108 are pressed, the member terminal 1 automatically performs the processing to connect to the device 2. common server, the same as in the case in which the facsimile function is selected. The common server device 2 creates a list of the received e-mail data and sends it to the terminal 1 member. The terminal 1 member receives the data from this list and presents this list on the LCD screen 105. The user can select the desired received e-mail data from this list, using the key 109 to mark jolts or the pen 107. The selection of the desired received e-mail data is made and the selection of the "import" icon sends a request to obtain the data received from the terminal 1 member towards the device 2 common server. Upon receiving this request, the common server device 2 extracts the data from the requested received electronic mail and sends it to the member terminal via SMTP. The terminal 1 member temporarily stores the data received in the DRAM 123, converts it into presentation data and presents the data on the LCD screen 105. Accordingly, the user can select the necessary e-mail data and see the same in the LCD screen 105. Also in the present mode, in case the functions of browsing WWW are selected from the function menu presented in the LCD 105 display screen, the terminal 1 member serves as a terminal for reproducing information that It is able to obtain the information that is provided from the common server device 2 and reproduce this information. The exchange of the data between the common server device 2 and the terminal 1 member is carried out using HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) according to the PIAFS method using the PHS network. The data format of the information that is provided from the common server device 2 is HTML ("Hyper" Text Markup Language). Then, in case the browse functions WWW and the online connection key K2 of the key buttons 108 are selected, the terminal 1 member automatically performs the processing to connect to the common server device 2 as in the case in which facsimile or email functions are selected. The common server device 2 sends to the terminal 1 member a home page called from the common server device 2, including a list of information that the common server device 2 can provide. Also in this case, in the event that the facsimile or email has arrived from the member who is the user of the terminal 1 member requesting contact, and the member has not modified it, a notification is sent and sent to the member through terminal 1 member. The terminal 1 member receives and presents this home or home page on the main LCD 105M screen. The user may select the desired content information from this home or home page by using the shake mark key 109 or the pen 107. Once the desired content selection is made, a request is sent to obtain the content from the terminal 1 member to the device 2 common server. Upon receiving this request, the common server device 2 extracts and sends the required content to the member terminal via HTTP. The terminal 1 member temporarily stores the information received in the DRAM 123, converts it into presentation data and presents the data on the main LCD 105M screen. Inherently, in the present embodiment, the facsimile data and the email data is described as being sent and received between the terminal 1 member and the common server device 2 using SMTP, but the present invention is not restricted to this; rather, HTTP can be used to join the communication protocol to send and receive information between the terminal 1 member and the common server device 2.

About providing advertising information. In accordance with the information communication system according to the present embodiment, the common server device 2 provides advertising information for corporations or similar to the terminal 1 member, and the terminal 1 member receives the advertising information of the common server device 2 and it regenerates the same, thus providing the advertising information to the user of the terminal 1 member. In this case, the common server device 2 is positioned in order to be able to reference the member data frame stored in the memory 21M of the master server 21 in the common server device 2 and to provide the advertising information only to the members towards which the advertiser wishes to provide advertising. In other words, the common server device 2 is able to choose the members to which advertising information is to be provided based on the member data frame. Then, the terminal 1 member stores the advertisement information from a common server device 2 in e.g. the "flash" memory 124 and regenerates it for a predetermined time, thereby providing the advertising information to the user of the terminal 1 member. In the present mode, as will be described below, in case the terminal 1 member in the data communication mode, facsimile functions, email functions or WWW browsing functions have been selected, the K2 key for online connection it is pressed and the advertising information is presented from the waiting period from the time when the online connection request is sent to the time in which the communication channel with the common server device 2 is actually established. The advertising information generated during the waiting period is provided together with the so-called home or home page which is the list of services that the common server device 2 can provide, this list being proportional from the common server device 2 in the state that the terminal 1 member is in the data communication mode and is using the WWW browsing functions. In this embodiment, the memory 21M of the master server 21 of the common server device 2 for example, is provided with a plurality of advertisements with conditions for choosing the object such as the advertising information for cosmetics dedicated to the users of the terminals 1 member that they are 25 years of age or older, or the advertisements of a golf store addressed to the users of terminals 1 member whose interests include golf. The server server 21 of the common server device 2 refers to the member data box in the memory 21M based on the member identification information that is included in the connection request information sent from the terminal 1 member, and selects the information of the user. advertising for which the user of the terminal 1 member requesting the connection is an object. The common server device 2 links this selected advertising information to the home or home page which is a view as described above and provides this to the terminal 1 member requesting the connection.

In the terminal 1 member that receives the home or home page and the advertising information from the common server device 2, the home or home page is written to the DRAM 123, it becomes the presentation data and the home page is presents on LCD 105 thus allowing the selection of the desired information service input. On the other hand, the advertising information is stored in the "flash" memory 124 to regenerate during the next wait for the connection. In other words, in order to execute the facsimile functions, the e-mail functions and the WWW browsing functions that are capable of executing in the data communication mode, as described above, the oppression on the K2 key Online connection generates connection request information that is sent to the common server device 2, but this requires time for processing as the verification is carried out at the ISP, and several seconds to several tens of seconds are required to that a communication channel is established between the common server device 2 and the terminal 1 member. In the terminal 1 member, the advertisement is regenerated while waiting for the connection until a communication channel with the common server device 2 is established. That is, the terminal 1 member when the system control unit 121 detects that the user of the terminal 1 member has pressed the on-line connection key K2, the advertising information stored in the "flash" memory 124 is read by the unit 121 of the system control and this is presented on the LCD 105. In this case, the terminal 1 member and the common server device 2 have not yet been connected, and the communication service of the data has not yet been carried out, Thus, the advertising information can be presented throughout the LCD 105. Then, in an example where the facsimile functions or the email functions are selected and in case the communication channel between the server device 2 is regenerated common and the terminal 1 member that sent the connection request, which has been answered by sending a FAX list from an email list, the terminal 1 member erases the information from the public d that is being presented, presents the FAX list or the list of the e-mail that has been sent, thus allowing the entry of the selection of the facsimile data received or the received e-mail data desired by the user. Also, in case the WWW browse function is selected and in case a communication channel is generated between the common server device 2 and the terminal 1 member sending the connection request, a home or home page of a The list of the information services that can be provided is sent together with the advertising information of which the user of the terminal 1 member is subject, so that the terminal 1 member erases the advertising information that is being presented, and presents the House or home page of the device 2 common server that has been sent. Also, the advertising information that has been recently provided with the home or home page occupies the site of the previously stored advertising information and is stored in the "flash" memory 124 so that the next time the user presses the key of connection request and a connection waiting state results, the advertising corresponding to the advertising information newly stored in the "flash" memory 124 is presented of course. Therefore, advertising information for the user of the terminal 1 member that is in the standby state can be provided thereto. Also, the advertising information stored in the "flash" memory 124 is, as described above, the advertising information on which the selection has been most critical, and advertisements or advertisements may be provided to the users. from the base of the terminals 1 member in the member data box stored in the memory 21M, thereby providing advertising in an effective manner.

Second Mode Next, a second mode according to the present invention will be described, the second mode to be described now not only presents the advertisement information during the waiting time to generate a communication channel between the common server device 2 and the terminal 1 member, but also now obtains the advertising information of which the user of the terminal 1 member is an object, even during the time in which facsimile functions, e-mail functions or browsing functions are being used. In the second embodiment, the information communication system described with reference to Figure 1 through Figure 6, and the configuration of the terminal 1 member and the common server device 2 are not changed in any way; by changing the software executed by a terminal 1 member and the common server device 2 it is enabled that the information be provided to the user of the terminal 1 member even when it is not related to waiting. The operation of the information communication system, the terminal 1 member which is the portable wireless communication terminal and the common server device 2 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in Figure 7 to Figure 10. Providing publication information in the case where facsimile functions are in use Figure 7 is a flow chart to describe the processing of the terminal 1 member in case the facsimile functions are selected when in the mode of operation. data communication. In the terminal 1 member, in case the facsimile functions are selected from the menu function list presented on the LCD screen 105 when in data communication mode, and the on-line connection key K2 is pressed ( step SI), the system control unit 121 generates the connection request information using the address of the common server device 2 and the member identification information stored in the "flash" memory 124 (step S2) and sends this (step S3). As described above, based on this information, the ISP server 71 which is the network management server verifies that the access terminal is or is not a terminal 1 member, and if this is a terminal 1 member the server from ISP connects the member terminal with the common server device 2. This connection process requires a certain amount of time so that terminal 1 member is in the connection standby state, as described above, and the advertising information added to the home or home page that is provided from the common server device 2 and stored in "flash" memory 124 is presented, in case the WWW browse functions are used (step S4). Then, a communication channel is generated between the common server device 2 and the terminal 1 member, and once the user of the terminal 1 member is confirmed as being a member based on the member identification information included in the request information connection from the terminal 1 member send from the device 2 common server a FAX list in a new advertisement information with this member with the purpose of the same. In the second embodiment, the new advertising information sent from the common server device 2 attached to the FAX list is provided added to the aforementioned home or household page is stored in the "flash" memory 124 of the terminal 1 member and is different of the advertising information that will be presented during connection waiting. Then, the terminal 1 member receives the FAX list and the self-directed advertising information (step S5) and presents a FAX list and advertising information on the LCD 105 that is provided to the terminal 1 member (step S6). In this case, a display area is provided on the LCD screen 105 to display the advertising information that is attached to the FAX list and this advertising information is presented on the LCD screen 105 along with the FAX list. In this case, the presentation area for the advertising information is an area towards the upper side or the lower side of the LCD screen 105 in such a way that it allows the advertising information to be presented on the LCD screen 105 together with the FAX list . In this case, the FAX list and the advertising information can be individually rolled up and viewed so that the advertising information does not intervene. Then, the system control unit 121 accepts the selection input of the received facsimile data that the user is trying to obtain from the presented FAX list (step S6). As described above, in case the user selects the received facsimile data to be obtained by touching the contact panel 106 which is applied to the LCD 105 with the pen 107, a transmission request for the facsimile data is generated. selected received (step S7) and this is sent (step S8). Once the common server device 2 receives the request for transmission of this received facsimile data, the common server device 2 does not have the received facsimile data selected from the facsimile server 23 and also obtains the new advertising information of which this user is object. from the master server 21, for example, based on the member identification information included in the transmission request for the received facsimile data and sends the requested received facsimile data and advertising information to the member, who has made the request. In this second embodiment, the advertising information that is provided by joining the received facsimile data is different from the advertising information presented during connection waiting and from the advertising information presented with the FAX list. The terminal 1 member receives the received facsimile data and advertising information, and stores these in the DRAM 123 (step S9). The received facsimile data stored in the DRAM 123 is used to present the received facsimile data addressed to this terminal 1 member that has been requested from the common server device 2 in the LCD 105, and the advertising information stored in the DRAM 123 is presented in a display area on the LCD 105 in the same manner as the advertising information that is provided attached to the aforementioned FAX list, thereby providing both the received facsimile data and the advertising information to the user of the terminal 1 member at same time (step SIO). Figure 8 is a flow chart describing the processing of the common server device 2 which is carried out according to the connection request from the terminal 1 member in which it selects the facsimile function. In other words, the flow chart shown in Figure 8 illustrates the processing of the common server device 2 carried out in accordance with the processing of the terminal 1 member described with reference to Figure 7. Once the connection request information from the terminal 1 member is sent, as above, the ISP server 71 which is the network administering the server, verifies whether the access terminal is a terminal 1 member and if this is a terminal 1 member, of the server ISP connects the terminal 1 member with the common server device 2. During this time, the common server device 2 identifies the member terminal based on the member identification information that is included in the connection request information (step Sil). Then, the common server device 2 creates a FAX list which is a list of received facsimile data addressed to the member who is the user of the terminal 1 member who has made the request for the connection (step S12) and also refers to the data box member stored in the memory 21M of the master server 21 and obtains the advertisement information of which the member is an object (step S13). Then, the common server device 2 sends the advertising information obtained from the terminal 1 member together with the collected FAX list (step S14). Then, in the terminal 1 member, the received facsimile data requested to be sent based on the FAX list presented in the LCD 105 is selected, and a request is formed and sent to send the received facsimile data in response to which the device 2 The common server receives this transmission request for the received facsimile data (step S15) and extracts the requested received facsimile data (step S16). Then, as in the case of the FAX list described above, the advertising information is obtained (step S17) that the member has as the object of the same having been referred to the table of the member data that is stored 21M in the master server 21 based on the member identification information that is included in the transmission request for the received facsimile data. Then, the received facsimile data extracted the advertising information is sent to the terminal 1 member who has made the request (step S18). In this way, the terminal 1 member can receive the advertising information together with the FAX list and the received facsimile data and regenerate the advertising information together with the FAX list and the received facsimile data and present it on the LCD 105, providing this the same way to the user of the terminal 1 member. In this case as well, the advertising information is provided only to the terminal 1 member which is equal to the conditions specified by the announcer, based on the information in the member data table to which reference is made based on the member identification information , so that the advertiser can provide advertising more efficiently. That is, the announcer can choose the user of the terminal 1 member more to receive the advertising information, so that the specialized advertising for the user of the terminal 1 member to receive the advertising information that can be created and provided thereto. Also, the advertising information is not restricted only to connection waiting and can be provided during the presentation of the FAX lists and the received facsimile data, thus increasing the opportunity to provide advertising information. Also, for example, as described above, the advertising information can be changed according to whether during connection waiting, the presentation of a FAX list or during the presentation of the received facsimile data, thus allowing the provision of advertising information of a wide variety with different content and advertisers. Also, from the perspective of the user of the terminal 1 member, the advertising that has been chosen for the user in accordance with the information in the user's member data box can be obtained so that the user can obtain the advertising information that has high probability of being the information that the user needs. Likewise, facsimile and similar communication can be used at low costs because the advertising information is added to it. Inherently, even when the foregoing description indicated that the advertising information added to the home page of the common server device 2 in the case of using the WWW browsing functions, the advertising information added to the FAX list and the advertising information added to the facsimile data received, they are all different advertising information, but there is no need for all the different publication information. Needless to say, the advertising information generated during the respective time periods can all have the same content. In addition, an arrangement may be used in which the advertising information is regenerated and is provided during the following times: during the connection wait, presenting a FAX list or during the presentation of the received facsimile data; or an arrangement where the advertising information is regenerated and provided only while a FAX list is presented only during the received facsimile data presented and so on can be employed. Inherently, Figure 7 and Figure 8 illustrate a case where the member terminal has selected the facsimile functions, but the same can be done in the case of selecting the e-mail functions, that is, the advertising information of the which the user of the terminal 1 member is the object can be added to an email list that is an email list or to the received email data whose reception has been requested based on the member's data box.

Providing advertising information in the case where the WWW browsing functions are in use.

Next, description will be made regarding the processing with respect to providing the advertising information at the time of carrying out the information services carried out using the WWW browsing functions. Figure 9 is a flow chart for describing the processing of the member terminal 1 in case the WWW browsing functions are selected when they are in the data communication mode. In the terminal 1 member, in case the WWW browsing functions are selected from the menu function list presented in the LCD screen 105 when the data communication mode, and the connection key K2 is pressed (step S21) ), the terminal 1 member generates a connection request information including the member identification information such as with the facsimile functions described above and the email functions (step S22) and sends this (step S23). Then in the terminal 1 member is in a connection waiting state, as described above, the advertising information added to the home page that is provided from the common server device 2 and that is stored in the memory " flash "124 is presented, in case the WWW browsing functions are used (step S24). Then, a communication channel is generated between the common server device 2 and the terminal 1 member that sends the connection request information and in the common server device 2 once the user of the terminal 1 member is confirmed as being a member based in the member identification information that is included in the connection request information from the terminal 1 member, a home or home page can be provided which includes a list of information services, a new advertisement information with this member, such as the object of the same, are sent from the common server device 2. The terminal 1 member receives the home page and the advertising information (step S25) from the common server device 2, stores the home page in the DRA 123, stores the advertisement information in the "flash" memory 124 and presents the home page stored in DRAM 123 on LCD 105 (step S26). Then, the entry of the selection by the user of the terminal 1 member with respect to the information service to be carried out is accepted (step S27) and a request for information is generated to receive the selected information service and sent to the common server device 2 (step S28). Once the common server device 2 receives the information request, the common server device 2 obtains the information to be provided according to the request for information from the memory 26A within itself or from a device 11 that provides the content and also obtains new advertising information of which this user is the object, from the master server 21, for example, based on the member identification information that is included in the transmission request for the information, and sends the information provided , the advertising information to the terminal 1 member who made the request; based on the frame of the member data stored in memory 21M. The terminal 1 member receives the information provided and the advertising information that is sent from the common server device 2 (step S29) and presents these to the user on the LCD 105 (step S30). In this case, when the aforementioned facsimile functions are selected, the advertising information is presented in a display area at the top and bottom of the LCD 105 in the same manner as the advertising information provided together with the aforementioned FAX list. or the received facsimile data, thereby providing both the information provided and the advertising information at the same time (step S30) in this case as well. Figure 10 is a flow chart describing the processing of the common server device 2 which is carried out according to the connection request from the terminal 1 member where the browse function WWW is selected. In other words, the flow chart shown in Figure 10 illustrates the processing of the common server device 2 carried out in accordance with the processing or the terminal 1 member which is described with reference to Figure 9. Once the request information is sent connection from the terminal 1 member, as above, the ISP server 71 which is the network administration server verifies whether the access terminal is a terminal 1 member and whether this is a terminal 1 member, the ISP server connects the terminal 1 member with the common server device 2. The common server device 2 identifies the member terminal based on the identification information of the member that is included in the connection request information (step S31) and refers to the member data box stored in the memory 21M of the master server 21 and obtains the advertising information of which the member is an object based on the home or household page to be provided to the member terminal, requesting the information, and the member identification information that is included in the connection request information (step S32). Then, the common server device 2 sends the home page and advertising information to the terminal 1 member that has requested the information (step S33). Then, in the terminal 1 member, the selection entry for the information service is carried out and a request for information is formed and sent to request the selected information service in response to which the common server device 2 receives this request of information (step S34) and obtains the information to be provided according to the request for information from the memory 26A within itself or from a device 11 that provides the external content (step S35). In addition, the advertising information is obtained (step S36) which has the member who is the user of the terminal 1 member as the object thereof having made reference to the member data box which is stored in the memory 21M in the master server 21 , based on the identification information of the member that is included in the information request.

Then, the information provided from the advertising information is sent to the terminal 1 member who made the request (step S37). Thus, in the case of the functions of browsing WWW likewise, in the terminal 1 member, the advertising information is received together with the requested information and this advertising information is regenerated and presented in the LCD 105, providing the same in this way to the user of the terminal 1 member. In other words, in case the functions of browsing WWW are going to be used, the advertising information stored in the "flash" memory 124 is presented during connection waiting, and the advertising information provided with the information to be provided. It is presented while the information is being presented. The advertising information is provided to the member who is the user of the terminal 1 member who made the request based on the information in the referenced member data box based on the member identification information including the request information from the terminal 1 member so that the advertiser can provide advertisements in a more efficient manner, as described above.

Likewise, in the case of using the functions of browsing WWW, the advertising information may be presented while the information provided is presented, thus increasing the opportunity to provide advertising information. Likewise, the advertising information can be changed according to whether during connection waiting or the presentation of the information thereby providing advertising information in a wide variety with different content and advertisers. Also, from the perspective of the user of the terminal 1 member, the advertising that has been chosen for the user in accordance with the information in the user's member data box, can be obtained so that the user can obtain the advertising information which is very likely to be the information that the user needs. Likewise, facsimile and similar communication can be used at low costs due to the advertising information that is added to it. Inherently, even when in the aforementioned embodiment the portable wireless communication terminal has been described as having PHS telephone capabilities but a cellular telephone can be used for the capabilities of the telephone. In this case, a cell phone network is used for the network.

Also, the information communication terminal according to the present invention is not restricted to a portable wireless communication terminal; instead, it can be a mobile personal computer connected with a telephone cord or other communication terminals. Furthermore, the information provided is not restricted to the image information, instead of this, this may be a sound information or an image as well as a sound information. Also, according to the above embodiment, the common server device 2 is described as having a memory 26A for storing the information provided, but this memory 26A is not necessarily required. Also, a provision may be employed where the receipt of the advertising information is selected or not by the member who is the user of the terminal 1 member. For example, the information for not providing advertising information is admitted before pressing the connection key K2 in order to send the above input information indicating that the advertising information should not be provided, included in the request information sent from the terminal 1 member to the common server device 2.

Therefore, the common server device 2 does not provide the advertisement information to the member terminal, which has specified that advertising information is not provided. In this case, advertising information is not provided so that the FAX lists and facsimile data received, the email lists and the received email data and the information provided can be seen without advertising effects. Also, an arrangement may be used where the advertising information is provided only during connection waiting, and the advertising information is not presented during the presentation of the FAX lists, the received facsimile data, the electronic mail lists, the data received email or the information provided. Also, the information that is admitted in the terminal 1 member to prevent the advertising information from being provided, may be stored in the "flash" memory 124 of the terminal 1 member as fault setting information and the information stored in this memory. "flash" 124 can be included in the request information sent to the common server device 2.

Third Mode Figure 11 is a flow chart describing the operation of the terminal 1 member which receives the information from the common server device 2 using the facsimile function, the e-mail function and the browse function WWW. The cover 101 of the terminal 1 member opens towards the main unit 100 thereof which places the device in the data communication mode, after which the selection is made of one of the following: the facsimile function with publications; the same without publications; the email function with publications; the same without publications; the function of browsing WWW with publications; the same without publications. The connection key is selected from the key buttons 108 (step S41), which causes the member terminal to automatically execute processing to connect to the common server terminal 2. According to the present embodiment, first, the user of the terminal 1 member judges whether or not the publications to the information provided from the common server device 2 is allowed or not (step S42). More specifically, the process of judging in step S42 is a process in which the user judges whether the facsimile functions with the union of publications, the functions of electronic mail with union of publications or the functions of browsing WWW with the union. of publications has been selected or if the facsimile functions without union of publications, the functions of electronic mail without union of publications or if the functions of leafing through WWW without union of publications has been selected. In the event that in the processing of judging in step S42 the user of terminal 1 member judges that the union of publications is allowed, a connection request is generated in which an indication of permission of union of publications to the extended header is added ( step 43). In the event that in the process of judging in step S42 the user of the terminal 1 member judges that the union of the publications is not allowed, a connection request is generated in which no information is added regarding the union of publications to the extended head (step S44). In steps S43 and S44, the connection request to connect a communication channel to the common server device 2 is generated using the identification information (member identification information) of the terminal 1 member stored within the terminal 1 member, and the address data for connecting to the common server device 2 through the ISP server device 71. Inherently, in the embodiment, as described above, only the merging of the advertising that is allowed is the information included in the extended header of the connection request indicating that the merging of the advertisement is permitted, and in case of that there is no information indicating that the union of the advertising in the extended head is allowed, it is passed judgment that the union of advertising is not allowed. The connection information generated in step S43 or step S44 is sent from the terminal 1 member (step S45). As above, the ISP server 71, which is the network management server, verifies whether or not the access terminal is a member terminal that uses member identification information contained within the connection request whether the terminal is or is not a member terminal, and if this is a member terminal, the ISP server connects the member terminal with the common server device 2. The common server device 2 receives the connection request from the terminal 1 member and identifies which member terminal is the connected member terminal, and sends to the terminal 1 member a list of the received facsimile data, a list of the received e-mail data, a list of the content information that can be provided to the terminal 1 member according to the function selected by the terminal 1 member. In this case, when the terminal 1 - 7! The member that has sent the connection request is a member terminal that has allowed the publications to be linked to the information to be provided, the common server device 2 provides the terminal 1 member with a list of the publications linked to it. The terminal 1 member receives the list sent from the common server device 2 (step S46) and presents the received list on the LCD 105 (step S47). In the processing in this step S47, in case the user of the terminal 1 member has allowed the union of the advertisements to the information that is being provided from the common server device 2 a list with the publications linked to it is provided in a way that a list of the publications linked to them be presented on the LCD 105. Likewise, in the processing in this step S47, in case the user of the terminal 1 member has not allowed to join the advertisements to the information that is being provided from the common server device 2, advertisements are not appended and only one list is provided so that the list is presented throughout the entire LCD 105. Then, the terminal 1 member accepts a selection entry for the related information of which one is selected. requested by the user through the list (step S48). In other words, in the terminal 1 member, in case it selects the facsimile function, the information related to which is being requested is received the facsimile data addressed to the terminal 1 member; in case you select the e-mail function, the information related to which one must be provided to be requested is received the e-mail address addressed to the terminal 1 member; and in case the browse function WWW is selected, the information related to which is being requested is the information of the content that the common server device 2 is capable of providing. As described above, the user of the terminal 1 member either rotates and presses the shake selection key 109 or touches the panel 106 with the pen 107, thereby selecting the information to request from the device 2 common server and the terminal 1 member accepts this. Once the terminal 1 member accepts the selection of the desired information from the user in step S48, a request for the selected information is generated and sent to the common server device 2 (step S49). The common server device 2 receives the request for the selected information from the terminal 1 member, analyzes what requested information is and extracts the information according to the request and sends it. The terminal 1 member receives the information sent from the common server device 2 (step S50) and presents the information received in the LCD 105, thereby providing the same to the user of the terminal 1 member (step S51). In this case, when the terminal 1 member is a member terminal that has allowed the union of the advertisement to the information provided by the common server device 2, the common server device 2 joins the advertisements to the information that is being provided in accordance with the request of the terminal 1 member, and the information provided with the advertising information attached thereto, is presented on the LCD 105. Likewise, in case the terminal 1 member is a member terminal that has not allowed to join the advertisements to the information provided from the common server device 2, the common server device 2 does not join the advertising but sends only the information that is being provided so that the information provided from the common server device 2 is presented throughout the LCD 105 of the terminal 1 member.

Figure 12 is a flow chart for describing the processing of the common service device carried out in response to the connection request from the terminal 1 member. In other words, the flow chart shown in Figure 12 illustrates the processing of the common server device 2 which is carried out in accordance with the processing in the terminal 1 member, which is described with reference to Figure 11. Once the connection request from the terminal 1 member as above, the ISP server 71 which is the server administering the network verifies whether the access terminal is a member terminal or not, and if this is a terminal 1 member, the server ISP connects the terminal 1 member with the common server device 2. The common server device 2 first identifies in which member terminal the connected member terminal is based on the member identification information that is included in the connection request (step S61) and references the information in the extended header of the request connection from the terminal 1 member, and judges whether or not the binding of advertisements to the information to be provided from the common server device 2 via the user of the terminal 1 member (step S62). That is, the process to judge in 12 - this step S62 judges whether the terminal 1 member has or has not established a communication channel connected to the common server device 2 which is a member terminal that has allowed the binding of the advertisements to the information to be provided from the server device 2 common. In case the judgment is passed in step S62 that the member terminal is a member terminal that has allowed advertising binding, the information is stored in the memory within the common server device 2 indicating that the terminal 1 member has allowed the joining of the advertisements to the information to be provided from the common server device 2 (step S63). This information is maintained until the communication channel established between the terminal 1 member and the common server device 2 in accordance with the connection request has been terminated. Then, the common server device 2 obtains the advertising information stored within the common server device 2 (step S64), sets the advertising information obtained to the list to be provided to the terminal 1 member and sends this to the terminal 1 member that has requested the connection (step S65). In the process of judging from step S32, in the event that it is judged that the terminal 1 member has not allowed the publications to be joined to the information provided from the common server 2, the publications and the publications are not obtained or joined. only the list is sent to the terminal 1 member that has requested the connection (step S66). Then, in the terminal 1 member, the selection input of the information to be requested is carried out and once the request for information to request the selected information is formed and sent, the common server device 2 receives the request of information (step S67) and obtain the information according to the information request (step S68). Then, as described above, the common server device 2 judges whether the terminal 1 member that has requested to provide the information is or is not a member terminal that has allowed the union of the advertising information to the information provided from the common server device 2, based on the information stored in its own memory by the process carried out in step S63 (step S69). In case the common server device 2 judges that the terminal 1 member that has requested to provide the information is a member terminal that has allowed to join the information of publicity of the information that is provided from the common server device 2 based on the process carried out In step 69, the common server device 2 obtains the advertising information to join the information provided (step S70) and links the advertising information obtained in step S70 to the extracted information and sends this to the terminal 1 member who has made the request (step S71). In case the common server device 2 judges that the terminal 1 member that has requested to provide the information is a member terminal that has not allowed to link the information of the advertisement to the information provided from the common server device 2, in the process carried performed in step S69, the common server device 2 sends only the information extracted in step S68 and the terminal 1 member that made the request, without advertising information (step S72). In this way, the user of the terminal 1 member is able to make the selection as to whether or not to allow the advertising information to be linked to the information that is provided from the common server device 2. The information of the selection as to whether or not the advertising information is allowed to join the information that is provided from the common server device 2 is notified to the common server device 2, and the common server device 2 links the advertisements only to the information that will be provided to member terminals that have allowed advertising to join them. Accordingly, the user of the terminal 1 member can freely select whether to allow the joining of the advertising information to the information that is provided from the common server device 2., according to e.g. the content of the information that will be received with personal preference. For example, in case of receiving important information personally from the common server device 2, the user can establish that the merging of the advertisement is not allowed, thus receiving only the desired information from the common server device 2, and presenting and viewing the desired information on the entire LCD screen. Also, in case of allowing the advertising to be linked to the information provided from the common server device 2 as described above, the information may be received at a lower cost due to the advertising or advertisements added to the information.

Fourth Modality The modality previously described is such that in the case of allowing to join the information of publicity to the information provided from the 6 - common server device 2, the information is included in which the extended header of the connection request sent from the terminal 1 member, indicating that advertising is allowed to be joined and sent, thus allowing the advertising information of the information that is provided from the common server device 2 through the connected communication channel according to the connection request. However, whether or not to allow advertising to be added may differ according to the content of the information for which it is requested that it be provided to the same from the common server device 2 from one piece of requested information to another. Accordingly, e.g. in case of selecting the received facsimile data which is the object of the user of the terminal 1 member from the list of the received facsimile data, it would be convenient to be able to select whether or not the joining of the advertising data for each piece of the facsimile data received is allowed . This is equally advantageous in the case of selecting the desired received e-mail data from a list of received e-mail data and requesting that same or in the case of selecting the desired information from a list information of the content that the device can provide. 2 common server and request it. Accordingly, the following is a description of the operation of the terminal 1 member and the operation of the common server device 2 in an information communication system that is positioned in such a way that the terminal 1 member is able to select whether or not to allow the advertising link to each piece of information received from the common server device 2, with reference to the flowcharts shown in Figure 13 and Figure 14. The terminal 1 member and the common server device 2 that are described below they are configured in the same manner as the terminal 1 member, and the common server device 2 of the information communication system which is described with reference to Figure 1 to Figure 5, but as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 14, the software executed by the terminal 1 member and the common server device 2 is different from that of the terminal 1 member and the common server device 2 of the mode previously described. That is, the terminal 1 member in the present modality is not placed for selection of the facsimile function with advertisements or advertising, the same without advertising and the function of electronic mail with advertising, the same without advertising, the function of browsing WWW with advertising or the same without advertising; the union or non-union of the advertisement with each piece of requested information of the common server device 2 can be effected. Figure 13 is a flow chart describing the operation of the terminal 1 member that receives the information from the common server device 2, using the facsimile function, the e-mail function and the browse function WWW. The cover 101 of the terminal 1 member is opened to the main unit 100 thereof which places the device in the data communication mode, after which the selection of one of the following is made: the facsimile function, the mail function electronic or browse function WWW. The connection key K2 is selected from the key buttons 108 (step S81), which causes the member terminal to automatically execute processing to connect to the terminal 2 of the common server. That is, the terminal 1 member generates a connection request to connect a communication channel with the common server device 2 (step S82) using the identification information (member identification information) of the terminal 1 member that is stored within the terminal 1 member, and the address data for connecting to the common server device 2 through the ISP server device 71, and this is sent (step S83). Again, once the connection request is sent from the terminal 1 member, the ISP server 71 which is the network administration server verifies whether or not the access terminal is a member terminal, and if this is a terminal 1 member, the ISP server connects the terminal 1 member with the common server device 2. The common server device 2 receives the connection request from the terminal 1 member and identifies which member terminal is the connected member terminal, and according to the functions selected by the terminal 1 member, provides the terminal 1 member with a list of facsimile data received to be provided to the terminal 1 member, a list of the terminal 1 member to be provided to the terminal 1 member with the information of the content that can be provided. The terminal 1 member receives a list sent from the common server device 2 (step S84) and presents the received list with the LCD of 105 (step S85). Next, the terminal 1 member accepts the entry of the information to be provided from the list by the user (step S86).

In other words, in the terminal 1 member in case it selects the facsimile function, the information regarding which one should be provided is being requested, the facsimile data addressed to the terminal 1 member is received; in case the e-mail function is selected, the information regarding which one is being provided is being requested, the e-mail data addressed to the terminal 1 member is received; and in case the browse function WWW is selected, the information in relation to which it is provided of what is being requested is the information of the content that the common server 2 is capable of providing. Then, in the processing of this step S86, the user of the terminal 1 member either rotates and presses the key 109 to mark by jolts or touches the contact panel 106 with the boom 107, thereby selecting the information that must be be requested from the common server 2 device. According to this fourth embodiment, in step S86, not only the selection of the information to be requested is carried out, but the selection of the entry of whether or not to allow the addition of the advertisements or advertising to the selected information is carried out likewise. In other words, each article that includes each list has information that specifies whether or not advertising should be combined. For example, in the case of the list of facsimile data received, in addition to the information such as the date and time of receipt and the fax number of the other party, an area is provided to specify whether or not the advertisements, for each article corresponding to each piece of the received facsimile data comprising the list so that it can be specified whether or not the advertisements are joined for each piece of information in case of selecting the information to be requested from the common server device 2. Then, the information selected to request from the common server device 2 is judged whether the merging of the advertisement has been allowed or not, that is, whether linked advertisements have been selected or that there has been no joined advertisement (step S87). In the event that the judgment is made in the process of judging from step S87 that it has been allowed to merge the advertisements (it has been selected to join the advertisements), a request for information is generated including in the head thereof the indication that has allowed the merging of advertisements (step S88). In the event that the judgment is made in the process of judging from step S87 that the merging of the advertisements has not been allowed (it has been selected not to join the advertisements) a request for information is generated without including in the head thereof the information related to the advertisements (step S89). Then, the information request generated in step S87 of step S88 re sends the common server device 2 (step S90). The common server device 2 receives the request for the selected information from the terminal 1 member, analyzes what the requested information is and extracts the information according to the request and sends it. The terminal 1 member receives the information sent from the common server device 2 (step S91) and presents the information received in the LCD 105 thereby providing the same to the user of the terminal 1 member (step S92). In this case, when the terminal 1 member has allowed the union of the advertisements to the requested information of the common server device 2, this is included in the extended header of the information request so that the common server device 2 joins the advertisements to the information that is being provided according to the request of the terminal 1 member and in this way provide the information with the advertising information attached to it that is presented in the LCD 105 of the terminal 1 member. Also, in case the terminal 1 member does not allow the union of the advertisements to the information provided from the common server device 2, the common server device 2 does not join the advertisements but sends only the information that is being provided, so that the information provided from the common server device 2 is presented through the entire LCD 105 of the terminal 1 member. Figure 14 is a flow chart for describing the processing of the common service device that is carried out in response to the connection request from the terminal 1 member. In other words, the flow chart shown in Figure 14 illustrates the processing of the common server device 2 carried out in accordance with the processing or the terminal 1 member which is described with reference to Figure 13. Once the connection request from the terminal 1 member, as above, the ISP server 71 which is the server administering the network verifies whether the access terminal is a member terminal and whether it is a terminal 1 member, the ISP server connects the terminal 1 member with the common server device 2.

Then, the common server device 2 first identifies which member terminal is the connected member terminal, based on the identification information of the member that is included in the connection request (step S101), collects a list that is to be provided to the terminal 1 member and sends it to the terminal 1 member that has requested the connection (step S102). Then, in the terminal 1 member, the entry of the selection of the information to be requested is carried out and once the request for information to request the selected information is formed and sent, the common server device 2 receives the information request (step S103) and extract the information according to the information request (step S104). Then, the common server device 2 refers to the information in the extended header of the connection request from the terminal 1 member and judges whether the union of the publications to the information to be provided from the server device 2 is allowed or not. common (step S105). In case judgment is passed that the member terminal has allowed the merging of the advertising information based on the process carried out in step S105, the common server device 2 obtains advertising information to join the information provided (step S106) and join the advertisement information extracted in step S104, the information obtained in step S106 and send this to the terminal 1 member who made the request (step S107). In case the common server device 2 judges that the terminal 1 member that has requested to provide the information has not allowed the union of the advertising information, in the process carried out in step S105, the common server device 2 sends only the information extracted in step S104 to the terminal 1 member who made the request, but join the advertising information (step S108). In this way, according to the fourth embodiment, the user or the terminal 1 member can select whether or not the publications are joined to the information requested from the common server device 2, each time requesting information from it. In this case, the user can establish that there is no advertising attached to the information that is being provided from the common server device 2 by means of not allowing the union of the advertisements or advertising, thus seeing only the desired information. On the contrary, in case the user judges that the information is in such a way that there is no specific problem if there is advertising attached to it, the user can allow the union of the advertising so that the information is provided with advertising joined to it allowing the user to receive the information at low cost. Now, in the previous modality, the provision is such that only in case the union of the advertising by the user of the terminal 1 member is allowed, the information indicating the permission to join the advertising to the requested information is included in the extended head of the connection request sent from the terminal 1 member or the extended header of the information request sent from the terminal 1 member, and in such a way that in case the terminal 1 member is not allowed by the user the union of advertisements, the information related to the permission to join the advertisements is not included. In this case, the common server device 2 can judge whether or not the user of the terminal 1 member has allowed to join the advertisements, judging whether or not there is information in the aforementioned extended header indicating that the merging of the advertisements has been allowed. However, the present invention is not restricted to this provision; instead, a provision can be used where, in case the merging of the advertisements is allowed, the information is included indicating the permission to join the advertisements to the information requested in the extended header of the connection request sent from the terminal 1 member of the extended head of the information request sent from the terminal 1 member and in such a way that in case the merging of advertisements is not allowed, the information is included indicating that there is no permission to join the advertisements to the information requested. In this case, the common server device 2 can judge how the user of the terminal 1 member has requested with respect to joining the advertisements, judging whether there is information in the aforementioned extended header that indicates that the merging of advertisements has been allowed or that there is information indicating that the merging of advertisements has not been allowed. In addition, a provision may be employed wherein the selection information is included in the connection request from the terminal 1 member of whether or not to allow the merging of advertisements for the received facsimile data lists, the lists of received e-mail data and the lists of content information that may be provided, and where the information is included in the request for information as to whether or not to allow the union of the information for each piece of information for which the permit is being requested to be provided . Also, the arrangement in the first embodiment described above is such that the selection is made from the function list between e.g. facsimile functions with linked announcements or facile functions with unbound announcements thereby facilitating the selection of whether or not the union of announcements is allowed to the information obtained by the function being carried out, but the present invention is not restricted for this provision. For example, an arrangement can be made where the terminal 1 member is provided with a connection key of "united announcements" and a connection key of "unattached announcements" thus facilitating the selection of whether or not to allow the union of ads using these two keys. In essence, any arrangement is convenient as long as the user of the terminal 1 member is able to carry out the entry of the selection of whether or not to allow the union of announcements and the selection information corresponding to the entry of the selection is notify the device 2 common server. In the same way, with respect to the fourth modality, any provision is convenient as long as the user of the terminal 1 member is able to carry out the entry of the selection of whether or not to allow the ads to be joined each time he requests that it be provided. information, the selection information that corresponds with the entry of the selection is notified to the common server device 2.

Another example of the procedures for transmitting Then, another example of sharing the processing load between the terminal 1 member and the common server device 2 with respect to the transmit processing procedures will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in the Figure 15 to Figure 17, taking into account an example of facsimile transmission. First, the facsimile transmission of the terminal 1 member will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in Figure 15 to Figure 17. In this case, Figure 15 represents the flow of operations in the terminal 1 member. Figure 16 and Figure 17 depict the flow of the processing action in the common server device 2. Figure 16 with the flow of the processing action in the mail server 22 of the common server device 2, and Figure 17 with the flow of the processing action in the facsimile server 23 of the common server device 2.

As shown in Figure 15, the user selects the memo function from the terminal 1 member as described above and sends the information to be prepared in fax either as a handwriting memo or a typed memo. (step Slll). When the text entry to be sent is completed, the "FAX transmission" icon on the LCD screen 105 is operated (step S112). The LCD screen 105 changes to an input screen for the other part and the transmission data title so that the telephone number of the other party and the text of the title are admitted (step S113). Likewise, the LCD screen 105 presents icon buttons "with advertising" and "without advertising" so that the user selects one of the icons, thus carrying out the selection of whether to allow the union of the advertisements to the information that is going to be sent to the other party. In the case that "with advertising" is selected, the merging of advertisements is allowed and in the case that "without advertising" is selected, the merging of advertisements is prohibited (step S114). Subsequently, the user operates the "send" icon on the LCD screen 105 (step 115). Then the terminal 1 member judges whether or not the connection to the common server 2 has already been established (step S116) and in case the connection has not yet been established with the common server 2 server, the connection is carried out. with the server 2 common server (step S117) using the address data of the common server 2 stored in the "flash" memory 124 and the identification data of the terminal 1 member itself (such as the mail address and so on) through of the ISP server device 71. The server device 71 of the ISP verifies whether or not the access terminal is a member terminal and if it is a terminal 1 member, the ISP server connects the terminal 1 member with the common server device 2. After the connection between the terminal 1 member and the common server device 2 has been established, the terminal 1 member refers to the results of the advertising union selection and judges whether the merging of the advertisement is allowed or not (step S118). ). In case the merging of advertisements is allowed and the advertising expansion tag that serves as the advertising union control information is graduated to "CONNECTED" (step S119) and in case the advertising merger is not allowed, the advertising expansion tag graduates to "DISCONNECTED" (step S120). Next, the terminal 1 member changes the transmission facsimile data to the mail format and sends it to the common server device 2 with the aforementioned advertising expansion tag attached (step S121). Incidentally, in step 116 in case the criterion is passed that the terminal 1 member of the common server device 2 has already been connected, the step S117 is bypassed in step S118 and the subsequent steps are carried out. The mail server 22 of the common server device 2 receives the mail in the terminal 1 member as shown in Figure 16, opens the user information (member identification information) and confirms whether or not the terminal is a member (step S131). Then, the destination is confirmed and in case the destination is a member terminal, the mail is converted into the mail format and sending it as an email is determined (step S132). In addition, it is judged whether the mail consists only of the text data or if there is an image data included (step S134) and in case the mail consists only of the text data, it is stored as mail in the storage area mail received for the member terminals, which is specified as the destination of transmission of the mailbox 22M (step S135), and in case the mail includes an image data, it is stored in the facsimile storage area received for the terminals member that is specified as the transmission destination of the FAX box 23M (step S136) and this is added to the reception register of the member terminal. Then, with respect to the terminal 1 member, the facsimile reception information is transferred by mail to the reception notification server 24 in order to carry out the reception notification (step S137). Also, in case confirmation of the destination in step S22 reveals that the destination is not a member, header information is bypassed (step S138) and the advertising expansion tag is judged (step S139). In the event that the advertising expansion label is set to "ON", the advertising data is added to the facsimile content (step S140) after which the facsimile transmission data with the advertising attached to it converted to the format mail is sent to the facsimile server 23 via SMTP (step S141). In the event that the advertising expansion tag is set to "DISCONNECTED", the advertising data is not linked to it, the flow proceeds to step S141, the facsimile transmission data without advertising attached to it becomes the format of mail and is sent to facsimile server 23 via SMTP. As shown in Figure 17, the facsimile server receives the mail from the mail server 23 and judges the mail expansion head thereof (step S151). The facsimile data is opened as the header, the main text, advertising etc. (step S152) and the open data becomes a bit-mat data (step S153). In other words, the data of the text and the data of the image of the GIF format are converted into bit-mat data according to the facsimile communication format. Then, the head data, main text, advertising, etc. they are synchronized thereby generating the facsimile transmission data (step S154) and carries out the facsimile transmission thereof to the other party's terminal through the ISDN public line network (step S155). Then, confirmation is made as to whether the transmission has been completed or not (step S156) and if it has been completed, the processing ends there. Also, in case the transmission could not be carried out, the mail not supplied is sent to the mail server 22 thus completing the processing. At this time, in the event that an advertisement 52 is included in the transmitted facsimile data it is attached to the text of the facsimile information, as shown in Figure 18, for example, and this is printed as a facsimile document from the device facsimile of the other party. As defined above, in accordance with the present embodiment, the user of the terminal 1 member can carry out the wireless facsimile transmission by means of admitting the information to be prepared as a fax on the LCD screen 105 and operate the "send" icon that means "fax transmission" and execute the transmission. In this case, there is no need for the user to make any entry to connect to the ISP server device, and the user is under the impression of actually sending the facsimile directly to the other party. In other words, when the user is related, the facsimile transmission can be made from the portable wireless communication terminal in accordance with the same procedures of sending from a normal facsimile terminal. Then, when carrying out the facsimile transmission, the user of the terminal 1 member allows joining the advertisements for information that is being sent to the other party, to carry out the facsimile communication in charge of transmitting lower data compared to a case in which there are no publications. This is because the service corporation that runs the common server device can set communication rates for members at a lower cost due to advertising revenue. The above description has been made with reference to a case of facsimile transmission, but in the case of transmission of electronic mail as well, a provision can be used where the permission or the prohibition to unite the publications is selected by the user of the member terminal, and the common server device 2 joins the advertisements to the email data based on the selection and sends the mail to the other party. Also, according to the above modality, the facsimile data and the e-mail data exchanged between the member terminals is stored in the FAX box 23M or the mailbox 22M of the common server device 2 and is delivered to the member terminal at the time there is a request from the member terminal to obtain the received data, so that the union of the advertisements to the information sent to the terminal 1 member was not described above, but needless to say that the provision can be used where the data of advertising permission control is stored in the FAX box 23M or the mailbox 22M of the common server device 2, and at the time when there is a request from the member terminal to obtain the received data, reference is made with respect to the control data of permission of publicity of the same one, and in case that the union of the publicity is allowed, a publicity joins and is provided to the member terminal.

Of course, a provision can be used where, with respect to the exchange of mail between the member terminals, the sender does not determine whether the merging of the advertisements is allowed or not, but the member selects whether the merging of the advertisements is allowed or not. at the time of requesting the received data so that the receiving member determines the union of advertisements. Also, according to the above modality, the description has been made related to selecting the allow or prevent the union of the advertisements through the communication terminal, but in the case where the member comes into control with a common server device, the The system can basically be such that the publications are linked to the information sent to the other party. In this case, an arrangement can be used where the user can make special specifications to prohibit the union of the publications in which the charges can graduate higher than normal. On the other hand, an arrangement where basically the user's publications are not linked can make special specifications to link the publications.

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1. An information communication system comprising a server device and an information communication terminal connected by a network, the server device provides data communication services in accordance with the requests of the information communication terminal; the server device comprises: a means of storing the user information to store the information related to the users, including the user identification information of the information communication terminals; and a means providing information for providing information of the advertisement to the information communication terminal through the network, the advertising information corresponding to the information related to the user of the requesting party stored in the storage medium of the information of the user, at least in accordance with the requests from the information communication terminal, including the user identification information; and the information communication terminal comprises: a means that sends a request to generate and send requests that are to be sent to the server device, including the user identification information; and a means of outputting information to obtain advertising information from the server device and send the obtained advertising information.

An information communication system according to claim 1, wherein the network connecting the server device and the information communication terminal includes a network for portable telephone terminals, and the information communication terminal comprises a wireless communication means for communicating through the wireless base stations for the terminals of the portable type telephone.

3. An information communication terminal connected to a server device through a network, the information communication terminal comprises: a request sending means for generating and sending requests to be sent to the server device, including identification information of the user; and a means of outputting information to obtain the advertising information that is provided by the server device, and sending the obtained advertising information.

An information communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the network includes a portable type telephone terminal network, and comprises a wireless communication means for communicating through the wireless base stations for the handset terminals. portable type phone.

5. A server device connected to the information communication terminals through a network to provide data communication services according to the requests from the information communication terminals, the server device comprises: a means of storing information of the user to store the information related to users, including the identification information of the users of the information communication terminals, the information being stored separately for each user; and a means for providing information to apply the advertising information in accordance with the information related to the user of the requesting party stored in the user's information storage medium, to the information that is provided according to the requests from the terminal of information communication, at least, and provide this to the information communication terminal through the network.

6. An information communication method, wherein the server device and the information communication terminal are connected via a network, the server device provides data communication services in accordance with the requests from the information communication terminal; the server device stores the information related to the users, including the user identification information of the information communication terminals, that information being stored separately for each user and applying the advertising information in accordance with the information related to the user of the information. the requesting party stored in the information storage means of the user to the information that is being provided in accordance with the requests from the information communication terminal, including the user identification information of the information communication terminal and providing this to the information communication terminal through the network; the information communication terminal obtains the advertising information from the server device and sends the obtained advertising information.

7. An information communication method according to claim 6, wherein the network with which the information communication terminal and the server device are connected includes a portable type telephone terminal network, and wherein the terminal of Information communication is a portable wireless communication terminal that communicates through the wireless base stations for portable type telephone terminals.

8. An information communication method according to claim 6, wherein the information communication terminal further comprises a registration unit for recording the advertising information obtained from the server device through the network whereby the information registered in the registration unit is sent during a connection waiting state on the server device.

9. An information communication system comprising a server device and an information communication terminal connected by a network, the server device provides the information according to the requests from the information communication terminal; the information communication terminal comprises: a means of accepting / denying the entry of advertising to take information related to whether or not it is accepted to link the publications to the information requested from the server device; a request sending means for sending to the server device the request that includes the information taken by the acceptance means / denying the entry of the publicity as to whether the merging of the advertisements is accepted or not; and the server device comprises: a receiving means for receiving the request from the information communication terminal; and a means of sending information to link the advertisements to the information to be provided to the information communication terminal and send this to the information communication terminal in case the requests of the information communication terminal comprise information indicating permission of join the advertising.

An information communication system according to claim 9, wherein the network connecting the server device and the information communication terminal includes a network for portable type telephone terminals, the information communication terminal comprises a wireless communication means to communicate through wireless base stations for portable type telephone terminals.

11. An information communication terminal connected to a server device through a network, to receive the information requested by itself from the server device, the information communication terminal comprises: a means of making accept / deny entry of advertising to take information related to whether or not the advertising union is accepted to the requested information of the server device; and a request sending means for sending the request to the server device including the information taken by the means of making accept / deny entry of advertising related to whether or not to accept the merging of the advertisements.

An information communication terminal according to claim 11, wherein the network includes a portable type telephone terminal network, and comprises wireless communication means for communicating through wireless base stations for telephone terminals of portable type.

13. A server device connected to an information communication terminal via a network to provide the information communication terminal with a request sending means for sending information to the information communication terminal according to the request that includes the related information of whether or not to accept the advertising union, the server device comprises: a receiving means for receiving the request from the information communication terminal; and a means of sending information to join the advertising to the information to be provided to the information communication terminal and send this to the information communication terminal in case the request of the information communication terminal comprises information indicated indicating the permission to join advertising.

14. An information communication method wherein a server device and the information communication terminal are connected through a network, the server device provides information according to the requests from the information communication terminal; the method comprises the following steps in the information communication terminal: a step of accepting / denying the entry of the advertisement to take information related to whether or not to accept the union of advertisements to the information requested from the server device; and a step of sending the request to send to the server device the request including the information taken in the step of accepting / denying the entry of the advertising related to whether the union of the advertisement should be accepted or not; the method comprises the following steps in the server device: a receiving step for receiving the request from the information communication terminal; and a step of sending information to join the advertising to the information to be provided to the information communication terminal and send it to the information communication terminal in case the requests from the information communication terminal comprise information indicating the permission to join advertising.

15. An information communication method, wherein a server device and an information communication terminal are connected by a network, wherein the transmission of the information with the other specified party is carried out by the communication terminal due to the operation of the server device: wherein the communication terminal sends the information to be sent to the other party, to the server device; and wherein the server device adds advertising to the information from the communication terminal, and that is sent to the other party specified by the communication terminal.

16. An information communication method according to claim 15, wherein the communication terminal joins the permission control information of the advertising union related to whether or not advertising binding is allowed to the information that is going to sent to the other party to this information and sent to the server device; and wherein the server device determines whether or not advertising is attached to the information to be sent to the other party specified by the communication terminal based on the information of permission control advertising.

17. An information communication method according to claim 15: wherein the transmission of the information to be transmitted is carried out between the communication terminal and the server device by means of a predetermined communication protocol and a data format of communication compatible with the network, regardless of the communication format established to transmit the information in relation to which the other party has been specified; and wherein the processing to transmit the information to the other party compatible with the established communication format is carried out by the server.

18. An information communication method according to claim 15; wherein the established communication format is a facsimile communication format, the data of the image to be sent and received between the communication terminal and the server device is compressed according to an image compression method compatible with the net; and wherein the conversion between the data of the compression image and the data of the facsimile communication format is carried out by the server device.

19. An information communication method according to claim 15; wherein the communication terminal is a portable wireless communication terminal, and the communication terminal and the server device are wirelessly connected through the network.

20. A method of communicating information according to claim 15; wherein the communication terminal is a portable wireless communication terminal that also has wireless-type telephone functions and a network for the wireless-type telephones that the network includes.

21. An information communication system in which a server device and a communication terminal are connected through a network, wherein the transmission of the information with the other specified part is carried out by the communication terminal cooperating with the server device, the communication terminal comprises: means of connection with the server to send the connection request with the device server connecting in this way with the server through the network; a means for acceptance of origin operation to accept the operations of origin in which the user has specified the other party; and a sending means for sending the data to be sent to the server device with which the connection has been made by means of the connection means of the server according to a method of communication compatible with the network, in case the operation of origin is accepted in the means of acceptance of the operation of origin; the server device comprises: a connection means which receives a connection request from the communication terminal and which is connected to the communication terminal through the network; and a means for executing the transmission to join the advertising to the output information that is being sent and sent to the other party specified by the communication terminal.

22. An information communication system according to claim 21, wherein the communication terminal has a means for the permission control information to link the advertising related to whether the advertising is allowed to join the information that goes to be sent to the other party; and wherein the server device has a means for determining whether the advertisements are attached to the information to be sent to the other party specified by the communication terminal, based on the advertising permission control information.

23. An information communication system according to claim 21; wherein the transmission of the information to be transmitted is carried out between the communication terminal and the server device by means of a predetermined communication protocol and a communication data format compatible with the network, independently of the communication format established for transmit the information in relation to which the other party has been specified; and wherein the processing to transmit the information to the other party compatible with the established communication format is carried out by the server.

24. An information communication system according to claim 21, wherein the established communication format is a facsimile communication format, the data of the image to be sent and to be received between the communication terminal and the server device is compressed according to a method of image compression compatible with the network; and wherein the conversion between the compression image data and the data of the facsimile communication format is carried out by the server device.

25. An information communication system according to claim 21; wherein the communication terminal is a portable wireless communication terminal, and the communication terminal of the server device is connected wirelessly through the network.

26. An information communication system according to claim 21; wherein the communication terminal is a portable wireless communication terminal that also has wireless-type telephone functions and a network for wireless-type telephones are included in the network.

27. A communication terminal connected to a server device via a network, whereby the transmission of information with the other specified party is carried out in cooperation with the server device, the communication terminal comprises: a specification input means to specify whether the joining of advertising is allowed or not to the information that is to be sent to the other party; and a means of sending the permission control information to link the advertising related to whether or not the advertising is allowed to be linked to the information that is going to be sent to the other party, according to the specification entry through the means Specification input

28. A communication terminal according to claim 27; wherein the transmission of the information to be transmitted is carried out with the server device by means of a predetermined communication protocol and a communication data format compatible with the network, independently of the communication format established to transmit the information in relation to the which the other part that has been specified.

29. A server device that is connected to a communication terminal via a network, wherein the transmission of the information with the other specified party is carried out by the communication terminal, cooperating with the communication terminal, the server device comprises : a connection means for receiving connection requests from the communication terminal and connecting to the communication terminal through the network; and means for executing the transmission to join the advertisement to the information that is being sent from the communication terminal and sending the other party specified by the communication terminal.

30. A server device according to claim 29, wherein the information of the communication terminal includes information of control of permission of publicity related to whether or not it is allowed to join the advertising to the information sent to the other party; a means comprising determining whether or not advertising is attached to the information related to which the other party has been specified by the communication terminal.

31. A server device according to claim 29; wherein the transmission of the information to be transmitted is carried out with the communication terminal by means of a predetermined communication protocol and the format of the communication data compatible with the network, independently of the communication format established to transmit the related information which of the other party has been specified; which comprises a processing means for sending the information to the other party that is compatible with the established communication format.

32. A server device according to claim 29; wherein the established communication format is a facsimile communication format, the data of the image to be sent and to be received between the communication terminal and the server device is compressed according to the image compression method compatible with network; the server device comprises a means for converting between the data of the compression image and the facsimile communication format and sending it to the other party.

33. A server device according to claim 29, wherein the communication terminal comprising a portable wireless communication terminal the server is connected to the communication terminal in a wireless way through the network.

34. A communication terminal according to claim 29; wherein the communication terminal is a portable wireless communication terminal that also has wireless-type telephone functions, and a network for wireless-type telephones is included in the network.