WO2015129370A1 - Application delivery system, communication terminal, storage device, program, and application delivery method - Google Patents

Application delivery system, communication terminal, storage device, program, and application delivery method Download PDF

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WO2015129370A1
WO2015129370A1 PCT/JP2015/052221 JP2015052221W WO2015129370A1 WO 2015129370 A1 WO2015129370 A1 WO 2015129370A1 JP 2015052221 W JP2015052221 W JP 2015052221W WO 2015129370 A1 WO2015129370 A1 WO 2015129370A1
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  • the present invention relates to an application distribution system, a communication terminal, a storage device, a program, and an application distribution method applied when distributing an application corresponding to an article including a product, a product, or the like.
  • an application that can operate an electric model equipped with a wireless communication device by being installed in a communication terminal such as a smartphone.
  • Such an application is stored in advance in the application distribution server as an application dedicated to the electric model to be operated.
  • a user who purchases the electric model inputs a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to the communication terminal, accesses the application distribution server, and requests distribution of a target dedicated application.
  • the dedicated application downloaded from the application distribution server is installed in the communication terminal.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for distributing application software from a server to a client using a communication network in response to a request from the client.
  • the present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object thereof is to enable a communication terminal to efficiently receive application distribution from an application distribution server.
  • the present invention provides at least one of a beacon device provided on an article and transmitting identification information as a beacon signal, a communication terminal capable of receiving a beacon signal, identification information, and an application corresponding to the article and the article.
  • the present invention relates to an application distribution system comprising: an article information management server having a database that stores the article information in association with each other; and an application distribution server that distributes an application to the communication terminal in response to a request from the communication terminal.
  • This communication terminal receives a beacon signal and acquires identification information included in the beacon signal. Then, it communicates with the article information management server, acquires article information corresponding to the acquired identification information from the article information management server, communicates with the application distribution server, and distributes the application corresponding to the acquired article information by application distribution. Request to server.
  • the present invention provides a database that stores identification information transmitted by a beacon device as a beacon signal and article information for identifying at least one of an article provided with the beacon apparatus and an application corresponding to the article. It is a communication terminal provided with the memory
  • the beacon signal receiving unit receives the beacon signal, acquires the identification information included in the beacon signal, and the article information acquisition unit corresponds to the identification information acquired by the beacon signal receiving unit. Is obtained from the storage unit. Then, the distribution request unit requests the application distribution server to distribute the application corresponding to the item information acquired by the item information acquisition unit.
  • the communication terminal automatically distributes the application from the application distribution server by automating the process until the application distribution server is requested to distribute the application corresponding to the article provided with the beacon device. Can receive.
  • FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of the application distribution system 1.
  • the application distribution system 1 includes at least a beacon device 2, a communication terminal 3, an article information management server 6, and an application distribution server 9.
  • the communication terminal 3 can communicate with the article information management server 6 and the application distribution server 9 via the access point 4 and the network 5.
  • an “access point” is used as a term including a base station in mobile communication such as a mobile phone and a communication interface for Wi-Fi (registered trademark) communication.
  • the beacon device 2 is provided on an article such as a product or a product by a method such as attachment, attachment, or incorporation, and includes at least a beacon ID storage unit and a beacon signal transmission unit (not shown).
  • the beacon ID storage unit may be a non-volatile memory, or a volatile memory as long as power supply is maintained, in order to identify the beacon device 2 itself or an article provided with the beacon device.
  • the beacon ID is stored as an example of the identification information.
  • “BIDx” is shown as the beacon ID stored in the beacon device 2 (the beacon ID storage unit).
  • the beacon signal transmission unit places the beacon ID read from the beacon ID storage unit on the beacon signal and transmits the beacon signal.
  • a short-range wireless communication standard such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) is suitable.
  • the BLE-standard beacon device 2 (the beacon signal transmission unit thereof) periodically transmits advertising data including a beacon ID as a beacon signal around the beacon device 2 by broadcasting.
  • the communication terminal 3 includes a beacon signal receiving unit 11, a processing unit 12, an input unit 13, a server communication unit 14, a storage unit 15, and an output unit 16 connected to each other via a bus 17.
  • various information processing apparatuses such as a smartphone and a tablet terminal can be used.
  • the beacon signal receiving unit 11 receives a beacon signal from the beacon device 2 via an antenna (not shown), and acquires a beacon ID included in the beacon signal.
  • the processing unit 12 is configured by, for example, a central processing unit (CPU: Central Processing Unit) that can be driven with low power consumption.
  • the processing unit 12 controls the operation of each unit in the communication terminal 3 based on the program, parameters, and the like read from the storage unit 15. At this time, the processing unit 12 performs control to give an operation instruction to each unit based on the operation signal input from the input unit 13.
  • the processing unit 12 includes an article information acquisition unit 12a and a distribution request unit 12b.
  • the article information acquisition unit 12a acquires the article information corresponding to the beacon ID acquired by the beacon signal receiving unit 11 from the article information management server 6 via the server communication unit 14.
  • the distribution request unit 12b requests the application distribution server 9 to distribute the dedicated application corresponding to the item information acquired by the item information acquisition unit 12a via the server communication unit 14.
  • the input unit 13 outputs an operation signal to the processing unit 12 in accordance with an operation input performed by a screen touch of the output unit 16 in addition to a button and a switch arranged on the housing of the communication terminal 3.
  • the server communication unit 14 is connected to the access point 4 via an antenna (not shown), and is connected from the access point 4 to the article information management server 6 via the network 5. As a result, the server communication unit 14 can access the article information database 8 (indicated as “article information DB8” in the figure) of the article information management server 6.
  • the server communication unit 14 is also connected to the application distribution server 9 from the access point 4 via the network 5. For example, communication is performed between the server communication unit 14 and the access point 4 using a communication standard such as mobile communication (for example, 3G) or wireless LAN (Local Area Network) (for example, Wi-Fi (registered trademark)). It is assumed that
  • the storage unit 15 includes a storage medium and a memory card used as, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like.
  • ROM Read Only Memory
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • various data such as programs and parameters for controlling each unit in the communication terminal 3 are permanently stored or temporarily stored.
  • the output unit 16 is also used as a display unit that displays information including text, images, and the like on the display surface.
  • an application distribution site is displayed on the output unit 16 as information for connecting to the application distribution server 9.
  • the input unit 13 and the output unit 16 may be configured as a touch panel display in which an operation surface and a display surface are overlapped.
  • the article information management server 6 includes a storage device 7 that stores an article information database 8.
  • the storage device 7 is constituted by, for example, a large capacity HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
  • the article information database 8 stored in the storage device 7 stores a beacon ID and article information in association with each other.
  • the article information is information for specifying the article provided with the beacon device 2, and not only information such as a product name and a product type for specifying the type of the article, but also individual articles. Information such as the date of manufacture and serial number for identification may also be included.
  • the article information management server 6 reads the article information corresponding to the beacon ID from the article information database 8 and transmits it to the communication terminal 3.
  • the application distribution server 9 distributes a dedicated application to the communication terminal 3 in response to a request from the communication terminal 3. Upon receiving the article information from the communication terminal 3, the application delivery server 9 delivers a dedicated application corresponding to the article information to the communication terminal 3.
  • FIG. 2 shows a first data configuration example of the article information database 8.
  • the article information database 8 shown in FIG. 2 has a beacon ID field 8a and an article information field 8b.
  • the beacon ID field 8a stores a beacon ID transmitted by the beacon device 2 as a beacon signal
  • the product information field 8b stores product information for specifying the product on which the beacon device 2 is provided.
  • the article name is used as the article information
  • the beacon device 2 provided in the same kind of article transmits the same beacon ID as a beacon signal.
  • a company electric model x “A company railway model y”, “A company board” are used as article information (article names) corresponding to beacon IDs “BIDx”, “BIDy”, and “BIDz”, respectively.
  • Game z "is registered.
  • FIG. 3 shows a second data configuration example of the article information database 8.
  • the article information database 8 shown in FIG. 3 also has a beacon ID field 8a and an article information field 8b.
  • the beacon device 2 provided for the same kind of article is used. Even if there is, a different beacon ID is transmitted as a beacon signal.
  • FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram showing the flow of processing (1), (2), and (3) from when the communication terminal 3 transmits a beacon ID until it receives article information from the article information management server.
  • beacon device 2 is attached to model 10 as an example of an article.
  • the beacon device 2 provided in the model 10 periodically transmits (transmits) a beacon signal including the beacon ID “BIDx”.
  • the beacon signal receiving unit 11 of the communication terminal 3 receives the beacon signal and acquires the beacon ID “BIDx” included in the beacon signal.
  • the article information acquisition unit 12a (processing unit 12) of the communication terminal 3 transmits the beacon ID “BIDx” acquired by the beacon signal reception unit 11 from the server communication unit 14 via the access point 4 and the network 5. The information is transmitted to the information management server 6.
  • the article information management server 6 reads article information corresponding to the beacon ID “BIDx” received from the communication terminal 3 from the article information database 8 and transmits it to the communication terminal 3 via the network 5 and the access point 4.
  • the article information “Company A electric model x” corresponding to the beacon ID “BIDx” is read from the article information database 8 shown in FIG. 2 and transmitted to the communication terminal 3.
  • the article information acquisition unit 12 a of the communication terminal 3 acquires this article information via the server communication unit 14.
  • FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram showing the flow of processing (4) and (5) from when the communication terminal 3 transmits article information to when it receives a dedicated application from the application distribution server 9.
  • the distribution request unit 12b (processing unit 12) of the communication terminal 3 transmits the item information acquired by the item information acquiring unit 12a by the process (3) shown in FIG.
  • the data is transmitted to the application distribution server 9 via the network 5.
  • the application distribution server 9 specifies a dedicated application corresponding to the article information received from the communication terminal 3 and provides the communication terminal 3 with connection information for downloading the dedicated application. For example, a dedicated page that prompts download of a dedicated application is displayed on the output unit 16 of the communication terminal 3.
  • the distribution request unit 12b requests the application distribution server 9 to distribute the dedicated application.
  • the communication terminal 3 downloads the dedicated application distributed from the application distribution server 9 via the network 5 and the access point 4.
  • the dedicated application is stored in the storage unit 15 and then installed by the processing unit 12. As a result, the user can operate the model 10 using the communication terminal 3.
  • a dedicated application corresponding to the article information may be automatically downloaded and installed.
  • FIG. 6 shows a state before the communication terminal 3 downloads the dedicated application.
  • a portal application 18a is preinstalled in the communication terminal 3.
  • the portal application 18a is used, for example, for connecting the communication terminal 3 to a portal site where an application including the dedicated application of the model 10 is managed. Further, the portal application 18 a includes information such as a URL for accessing the article information management server 6 and the application distribution server 9.
  • the communication terminal 3 can execute processing corresponding to the article information acquisition unit 12a and the distribution request unit 12b by executing the portal application 18a in the processing unit 12.
  • the communication terminal 3 When the user operates the communication terminal 3 and activates the portal application 18a, when the communication terminal 3 is brought close to the beacon device 2 provided in the model 10, the communication terminal 3 transmits a beacon signal transmitted by the beacon device 2.
  • the beacon ID “BIDx” included in the beacon signal is received.
  • the process (refer FIG. 4) which transmits acquired beacon ID "BIDx” to the goods information management server 6 by the function of the portal application 18a is started.
  • FIG. 7 shows a state after the communication terminal 3 has downloaded the dedicated application.
  • the communication terminal 3 downloads the dedicated application 18b (shown as “application for the electric model x” in the figure) from the application distribution server 9 through the processes shown in FIGS. Then, the dedicated application 18b is installed in the communication terminal 3. This installation may be performed automatically, or after a selection screen for the user to determine whether installation is possible or not is displayed on the output unit 16, the installation may be performed by selecting whether installation is possible.
  • the user can operate the model 10 using the communication terminal 3.
  • the communication terminal 3 receives a beacon signal from the beacon device 2 provided in the model 10 and acquires the beacon ID simply by bringing the communication terminal 3 close to the model 10. And based on this beacon ID, article information is acquired from the article information management server 6, and a dedicated application is acquired from the application distribution server 9 based on the acquired article information. In this way, the user can automatically acquire the dedicated application of the model 10 without inputting the type of the model 10 or the like, so that the time and labor required to install the dedicated application on the communication terminal 3 can be reduced. Can be reduced.
  • the beacon device 2 can transmit a beacon signal at the timing when the model 10 is powered on. For this reason, when the model 10 is displayed in the store, a beacon signal is not transmitted from the beacon device 2, and a user who has not purchased the model 10 can be prevented from acquiring a dedicated application. Conversely, the communication terminal 3 that has requested the application distribution server 9 to distribute the dedicated application is considered to be the user who purchased the model 10. For this reason, the application distribution server 9 can also manage the purchase status of the model 10.
  • FIG. 8 shows a configuration example of the application distribution system 20.
  • the application distribution system 20 includes a communication terminal 21, a beacon device 2, and an application distribution server 9.
  • the communication terminal 21 has substantially the same configuration as the communication terminal 3 described above, but is different from the communication terminal 3 in that it includes a storage unit 22 that can store the article information database 8 as a storage unit.
  • the storage unit 22 is configured by a large capacity HDD, for example.
  • the article information acquisition unit 12a corresponds to the beacon ID acquired from the beacon signal with reference to the article information database 8 stored in the storage unit 22.
  • the article information to be acquired is acquired.
  • the distribution request unit 12b connects to the application distribution server 9 and requests distribution of a dedicated application corresponding to the article information.
  • the communication terminal 21 can acquire the dedicated application from the application distribution server 9 without accessing the article information management server 6 by storing the article information database 8 in the storage unit 22 in advance.
  • FIG. 9 and 10 show an example in which the configuration of the article information database 8 is changed as a second modification of the embodiment described above.
  • FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 described above show the data configuration example of the article information database 8 storing article information for specifying the article provided with the beacon device 2, but the article information corresponds to the article. Information for specifying a dedicated application can also be used.
  • FIG. 9 shows a third data configuration example of the article information database 8 using the application name of the dedicated application corresponding to the article as the article information.
  • FIG. 10 shows a fourth data configuration example of the article information database 8 using the URL of the distribution site of the dedicated application corresponding to the article as the article information.
  • each URL has a common domain name indicating a portal site, and the storage location (distribution site) of an individual dedicated application is specified by the remaining path name.
  • the application distribution server 9 can easily specify a dedicated application corresponding to the article information.
  • a path name such as “idxxxxxxxx” of each URL also functions as an application ID for identifying a dedicated application, and such application ID is used as article information. You can also.
  • the model 10 is used as an example of an article.
  • the beacon device 2 can be attached to various products and products such as toys such as board games, playground equipment, and home appliances. Is possible.
  • the example using the smartphone and the tablet terminal is shown as an example of the communication terminal.
  • various other devices such as a wireless controller, a feature phone, a pager, a portable music player, a wristwatch, etc. Can be assumed.
  • article information of the company A is stored in the article information database 8
  • the article information of other companies and the beacon ID associated with the article information may be further stored.
  • the beacon device 2 may be built in the article or may be attached so as to be exposed to the outside of the article.
  • the application distributed by the application distribution server 9 may be a general-purpose application other than the dedicated application.
  • information transmitted from the communication terminal 3 to the article information management server 6 includes a terminal ID that identifies the communication terminal 3 and a user ID that identifies the user for authentication. May be.
  • the application distribution server 9 may distribute the dedicated application only to the communication terminal 3 having the user ID for which user registration has been completed in advance.
  • the distributed application includes a point calculation application used in a board game, and a video display application that displays a cockpit on the screen of the communication terminal 3 and displays a video shot from the viewpoint of the driver's seat of the electric model on the screen. Etc. are also assumed.
  • the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various other application examples and modifications can of course be taken without departing from the gist of the present invention described in the claims.
  • the above-described embodiments are detailed and specific descriptions of the configuration of the apparatus and the system in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Absent. Further, a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. Moreover, it is also possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment. Further, the control lines and information lines indicate what is considered necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines on the product are necessarily shown. Actually, it may be considered that almost all the components are connected to each other.

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　In a communication terminal according to the present invention, a beacon signal receiving unit receives a beacon signal from a beacon device provided in a model and acquires a beacon ID included in the beacon signal. Furthermore, a commodity information acquisition unit acquires commodity information corresponding to the beacon ID from a commodity information management server. A delivery request unit requests the delivery of an application corresponding to the commodity information from an application delivery server and acquires the application.

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アプリケーション配信システム、通信端末、記憶装置、プログラム及びアプリケーション配信方法Application distribution system, communication terminal, storage device, program, and application distribution method
　本発明は、例えば、製品や商品等を含む物品に対応するアプリケーションの配信を行う場合に適用されるアプリケーション配信システム、通信端末、記憶装置、プログラム及びアプリケーション配信方法に関する。 The present invention relates to an application distribution system, a communication terminal, a storage device, a program, and an application distribution method applied when distributing an application corresponding to an article including a product, a product, or the like.
　例えば、スマートフォン等の通信端末にインストールされることにより、無線通信機を搭載した電動模型を操作可能とするアプリケーションが提供されている。このようなアプリケーションは、操作対象の電動模型専用のアプリケーションとして予めアプリケーション配信サーバに格納されている。電動模型を購入したユーザは、通信端末にＵＲＬ（Uniform Resource Locator）を入力してアプリケーション配信サーバにアクセスし、目的とする専用アプリケーションの配信を要求する。そして、アプリケーション配信サーバからダウンロードした専用アプリケーションを通信端末にインストールする。 For example, an application that can operate an electric model equipped with a wireless communication device by being installed in a communication terminal such as a smartphone is provided. Such an application is stored in advance in the application distribution server as an application dedicated to the electric model to be operated. A user who purchases the electric model inputs a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to the communication terminal, accesses the application distribution server, and requests distribution of a target dedicated application. Then, the dedicated application downloaded from the application distribution server is installed in the communication terminal.
　アプリケーションを配信するための技術として、例えば、特許文献１には、クライアントからの要求に応じて、サーバからクライアントに通信ネットワークを利用して、アプリケーションソフトウェアを配信する技術が開示されている。 As a technique for distributing an application, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for distributing application software from a server to a client using a communication network in response to a request from the client.
特開２００２－２４４７５１号公報Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-244751
　しかしながら、従来のアプリケーション配信システムでは、ユーザが操作したい電動模型毎にアプリケーションを特定する必要がある。そのため、ユーザは、個別の配信サイトのＵＲＬを直接入力したり、アプリケーション配信サーバから操作したい電動模型に対応するアプリケーションを検索したりする必要がある。 However, in the conventional application distribution system, it is necessary to specify an application for each electric model that the user wants to operate. Therefore, the user needs to directly input the URL of an individual distribution site or search for an application corresponding to the electric model that the user wants to operate from the application distribution server.
　本発明はこのような状況に鑑みて成されたものであり、通信端末がアプリケーション配信サーバからアプリケーションの配信を効率的に受けられるようにすることを目的とする。 The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object thereof is to enable a communication terminal to efficiently receive application distribution from an application distribution server.
　本発明は、物品に設けられ、識別情報をビーコン信号として発信するビーコン装置と、ビーコン信号を受信可能な通信端末と、識別情報と、物品及び当該物品に対応するアプリケーションの少なくとも一方を特定するための物品情報とを対応付けて記憶するデータベースを有する物品情報管理サーバと、通信端末からの要求に応じて、当該通信端末に対してアプリケーションを配信するアプリケーション配信サーバと、を備えるアプリケーション配信システムに関する。この通信端末は、ビーコン信号を受信して、当該ビーコン信号に含まれる識別情報を取得する。そして、物品情報管理サーバと通信を行い、取得した識別情報に対応する物品情報を物品情報管理サーバから取得し、アプリケーション配信サーバと通信を行い、取得した物品情報に対応するアプリケーションの配信をアプリケーション配信サーバに要求する。 The present invention provides at least one of a beacon device provided on an article and transmitting identification information as a beacon signal, a communication terminal capable of receiving a beacon signal, identification information, and an application corresponding to the article and the article. The present invention relates to an application distribution system comprising: an article information management server having a database that stores the article information in association with each other; and an application distribution server that distributes an application to the communication terminal in response to a request from the communication terminal. This communication terminal receives a beacon signal and acquires identification information included in the beacon signal. Then, it communicates with the article information management server, acquires article information corresponding to the acquired identification information from the article information management server, communicates with the application distribution server, and distributes the application corresponding to the acquired article information by application distribution. Request to server.
　また、本発明は、ビーコン装置がビーコン信号として発信する識別情報と、ビーコン装置が設けられる物品及び当該物品に対応するアプリケーションの少なくとも一方を特定するための物品情報とを対応付けて記憶するデータベースを格納する記憶部を備える通信端末である。この通信端末において、ビーコン信号受信部が、ビーコン信号を受信して、当該ビーコン信号に含まれる識別情報を取得し、物品情報取得部が、ビーコン信号受信部が取得した識別情報に対応する物品情報を記憶部から取得する。そして、配信要求部が、物品情報取得部が取得した物品情報に対応するアプリケーションの配信をアプリケーション配信サーバに要求する。 In addition, the present invention provides a database that stores identification information transmitted by a beacon device as a beacon signal and article information for identifying at least one of an article provided with the beacon apparatus and an application corresponding to the article. It is a communication terminal provided with the memory | storage part to store. In this communication terminal, the beacon signal receiving unit receives the beacon signal, acquires the identification information included in the beacon signal, and the article information acquisition unit corresponds to the identification information acquired by the beacon signal receiving unit. Is obtained from the storage unit. Then, the distribution request unit requests the application distribution server to distribute the application corresponding to the item information acquired by the item information acquisition unit.
　本発明によれば、通信端末は、ビーコン装置が設けられた物品に対応するアプリケーションの配信をアプリケーション配信サーバに要求するまでの処理を自動化したことにより、アプリケーション配信サーバから効率的にアプリケーションの配信を受けることができる。 According to the present invention, the communication terminal automatically distributes the application from the application distribution server by automating the process until the application distribution server is requested to distribute the application corresponding to the article provided with the beacon device. Can receive.
本発明の一実施の形態例に係るアプリケーション配信システムの構成例を示すブロック図である。It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the application delivery system which concerns on the example of 1 embodiment of this invention. 本発明の一実施の形態例に係る物品情報データベースの第１のデータ構成例を示す説明図である。It is explanatory drawing which shows the 1st data structural example of the article | item information database which concerns on the example of 1 embodiment of this invention. 本発明の一実施の形態例に係る物品情報データベースの第２のデータ構成例を示す説明図である。It is explanatory drawing which shows the 2nd data structural example of the goods information database which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. 本発明の一実施の形態例に係る通信端末がビーコンＩＤを送信し、物品情報管理サーバから物品情報を受信するまでの処理の流れを示す動作説明図である。It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the flow of a process until the communication terminal which concerns on one embodiment of this invention transmits beacon ID, and receives article information from an article information management server. 本発明の一実施の形態例に係る通信端末が物品情報を送信し、アプリケーション配信サーバから専用アプリケーションを受信するまでの処理の流れを示す動作説明図である。It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the flow of a process until the communication terminal which concerns on the example of 1 embodiment of this invention transmits article information, and receives a dedicated application from an application delivery server. 本発明の一実施の形態例に係る通信端末が専用アプリケーションをダウンロードする前の状態を示す説明図である。It is explanatory drawing which shows the state before the communication terminal which concerns on one embodiment of this invention downloads a dedicated application. 本発明の一実施の形態例に係る通信端末が専用アプリケーションをダウンロードした後の状態を示す説明図である。It is explanatory drawing which shows the state after the communication terminal which concerns on one embodiment of this invention downloads a dedicated application. 本発明の一実施の形態の第１の変形例に係るアプリケーション配信システムの構成例を示すブロック図である。It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the application delivery system which concerns on the 1st modification of one embodiment of this invention. 本発明の一実施の形態の第２の変形例に係る物品情報データベースの第３のデータ構成例を示す説明図である。It is explanatory drawing which shows the 3rd data structural example of the article | item information database which concerns on the 2nd modification of one embodiment of this invention. 本発明の一実施の形態の第２の変形例に係る物品情報データベースの第４のデータ構成例を示す説明図である。It is explanatory drawing which shows the 4th example of a data structure of the article | item information database which concerns on the 2nd modification of one embodiment of this invention.
［１－１．一実施の形態例］
　以下、本発明の一実施の形態例に係るアプリケーション配信システムについて、図１～図７を参照して説明する。このアプリケーション配信システムでは、通信端末のコンピュータが、プログラムを実行することにより、後述する機能ブロックの連携によって、アプリケーション配信サーバに専用アプリケーションの配信を要求することが可能である。本明細書及び図面において、実質的に同一の機能又は構成を有する構成要素については、同一の符号を付することにより重複する説明を省略する。 [1-1. Example of embodiment]
Hereinafter, an application distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this application distribution system, a computer of a communication terminal can request the application distribution server to distribute a dedicated application through cooperation of functional blocks, which will be described later, by executing a program. In the present specification and drawings, components having substantially the same function or configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.
＜アプリケーション配信システムの構成例＞
　図１は、アプリケーション配信システム１の構成例を示す。
　アプリケーション配信システム１は、少なくとも、ビーコン装置２、通信端末３、物品情報管理サーバ６及びアプリケーション配信サーバ９を含んで構成される。通信端末３は、アクセスポイント４、ネットワーク５を介して、物品情報管理サーバ６及びアプリケーション配信サーバ９と通信を行うことが可能である。以下の説明では、携帯電話等の移動体通信における基地局やＷｉ－Ｆｉ（登録商標）通信のための通信インターフェースを含む用語として「アクセスポイント」を用いる。 <Configuration example of application distribution system>
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of the application distribution system 1.
The application distribution system 1 includes at least a beacon device 2, a communication terminal 3, an article information management server 6, and an application distribution server 9. The communication terminal 3 can communicate with the article information management server 6 and the application distribution server 9 via the access point 4 and the network 5. In the following description, an “access point” is used as a term including a base station in mobile communication such as a mobile phone and a communication interface for Wi-Fi (registered trademark) communication.
　ビーコン装置２は、取り付け、貼り付け、内蔵等の方法により、製品や商品等の物品に設けられ、少なくとも、不図示のビーコンＩＤ記憶部及びビーコン信号発信部を含む構成となっている。ビーコンＩＤ記憶部は、不揮発性メモリであってもよいし、電源供給が維持される前提であれば揮発性メモリであってもよく、ビーコン装置２自身やそれが設けられた物品を識別するための識別情報の一例としてビーコンＩＤを記憶している。ここでは、ビーコン装置２（のビーコンＩＤ記憶部）に記憶されているビーコンＩＤとして“ＢＩＤｘ”が示されている。ビーコン信号発信部は、ビーコンＩＤ記憶部から読み出したビーコンＩＤをビーコン信号に載せ、このビーコン信号を送信する。ここで、ビーコン装置２と通信端末３との間の通信規格としては、例えば、Ｂｌｕｅｔｏｏｔｈ（登録商標）やＢＬＥ（Bluetooth Low Energy）等の近距離無線通信規格が適している。例えば、ＢＬＥ規格のビーコン装置２（のビーコン信号発信部）は、ビーコンＩＤを含むアドバタイジングデータをビーコン信号としてブロードキャストによりビーコン装置２の周囲に周期的に送信する。 The beacon device 2 is provided on an article such as a product or a product by a method such as attachment, attachment, or incorporation, and includes at least a beacon ID storage unit and a beacon signal transmission unit (not shown). The beacon ID storage unit may be a non-volatile memory, or a volatile memory as long as power supply is maintained, in order to identify the beacon device 2 itself or an article provided with the beacon device. The beacon ID is stored as an example of the identification information. Here, “BIDx” is shown as the beacon ID stored in the beacon device 2 (the beacon ID storage unit). The beacon signal transmission unit places the beacon ID read from the beacon ID storage unit on the beacon signal and transmits the beacon signal. Here, as a communication standard between the beacon device 2 and the communication terminal 3, for example, a short-range wireless communication standard such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) is suitable. For example, the BLE-standard beacon device 2 (the beacon signal transmission unit thereof) periodically transmits advertising data including a beacon ID as a beacon signal around the beacon device 2 by broadcasting.
　通信端末３は、バス１７によって互いに接続された、ビーコン信号受信部１１、処理部１２、入力部１３、サーバ通信部１４、記憶部１５、出力部１６を備えている。この通信端末３としては、スマートフォン、タブレット端末等の各種の情報処理装置を用いることが可能である。 The communication terminal 3 includes a beacon signal receiving unit 11, a processing unit 12, an input unit 13, a server communication unit 14, a storage unit 15, and an output unit 16 connected to each other via a bus 17. As the communication terminal 3, various information processing apparatuses such as a smartphone and a tablet terminal can be used.
　ビーコン信号受信部１１は、不図示のアンテナを介してビーコン装置２からビーコン信号を受信し、ビーコン信号に含まれるビーコンＩＤを取得する。 The beacon signal receiving unit 11 receives a beacon signal from the beacon device 2 via an antenna (not shown), and acquires a beacon ID included in the beacon signal.
　処理部１２は、例えば、低消費電力で駆動可能な中央演算処理装置（ＣＰＵ：Central Processing Unit）によって構成されている。この処理部１２は、記憶部１５から読み出したプログラム、パラメータ等に基づいて、通信端末３内の各部の動作を制御する。このとき、処理部１２は、入力部１３から入力された操作信号に基づいて各部に動作指示を与える制御を行う。 The processing unit 12 is configured by, for example, a central processing unit (CPU: Central Processing Unit) that can be driven with low power consumption. The processing unit 12 controls the operation of each unit in the communication terminal 3 based on the program, parameters, and the like read from the storage unit 15. At this time, the processing unit 12 performs control to give an operation instruction to each unit based on the operation signal input from the input unit 13.
　処理部１２は、物品情報取得部１２ａ及び配信要求部１２ｂを備える。物品情報取得部１２ａは、サーバ通信部１４を介して、ビーコン信号受信部１１が取得したビーコンＩＤに対応する物品情報を物品情報管理サーバ６から取得する。配信要求部１２ｂは、サーバ通信部１４を介して、物品情報取得部１２ａが取得した物品情報に対応する専用アプリケーションの配信をアプリケーション配信サーバ９に要求する。 The processing unit 12 includes an article information acquisition unit 12a and a distribution request unit 12b. The article information acquisition unit 12a acquires the article information corresponding to the beacon ID acquired by the beacon signal receiving unit 11 from the article information management server 6 via the server communication unit 14. The distribution request unit 12b requests the application distribution server 9 to distribute the dedicated application corresponding to the item information acquired by the item information acquisition unit 12a via the server communication unit 14.
　入力部１３は、通信端末３の筐体に配されたボタン、スイッチの他に、出力部１６の画面タッチによって行われた操作入力に従って、操作信号を処理部１２に出力する。 The input unit 13 outputs an operation signal to the processing unit 12 in accordance with an operation input performed by a screen touch of the output unit 16 in addition to a button and a switch arranged on the housing of the communication terminal 3.
　サーバ通信部１４は、不図示のアンテナを介してアクセスポイント４に接続され、このアクセスポイント４からネットワーク５を経由して物品情報管理サーバ６に接続される。これにより、サーバ通信部１４は、物品情報管理サーバ６が有する物品情報データベース８（図中では、「物品情報ＤＢ８」と表す。）にアクセス可能である。また、サーバ通信部１４は、アクセスポイント４からネットワーク５を経由してアプリケーション配信サーバ９にも接続される。サーバ通信部１４とアクセスポイント４との間では、例えば移動体通信（例えば、３Ｇ）や無線ＬＡＮ（Local Area Network）（例えば、Ｗｉ－Ｆｉ（登録商標））の通信規格を用いて通信を行うことが想定される。 The server communication unit 14 is connected to the access point 4 via an antenna (not shown), and is connected from the access point 4 to the article information management server 6 via the network 5. As a result, the server communication unit 14 can access the article information database 8 (indicated as “article information DB8” in the figure) of the article information management server 6. The server communication unit 14 is also connected to the application distribution server 9 from the access point 4 via the network 5. For example, communication is performed between the server communication unit 14 and the access point 4 using a communication standard such as mobile communication (for example, 3G) or wireless LAN (Local Area Network) (for example, Wi-Fi (registered trademark)). It is assumed that
　記憶部１５は、例えば、ＲＯＭ（Read Only Memory）、ＲＡＭ（Random Access Memory）等として用いられる記憶媒体、メモリカードによって構成されている。この記憶部１５には、通信端末３内の各部を制御するためのプログラム、パラメータ等の様々なデータが永久記憶又は一時記憶されている。 The storage unit 15 includes a storage medium and a memory card used as, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. In the storage unit 15, various data such as programs and parameters for controlling each unit in the communication terminal 3 are permanently stored or temporarily stored.
　出力部１６は、テキスト、画像等よりなる情報を表示面に表示する表示部としても用いられる。この出力部１６には、アプリケーション配信サーバ９に接続するための情報として、例えば、アプリケーションの配信サイトが表示される。なお、通信端末３では、入力部１３及び出力部１６は、操作面と表示面とを重ねたタッチパネルディスプレイとして構成されていてもよい。 The output unit 16 is also used as a display unit that displays information including text, images, and the like on the display surface. For example, an application distribution site is displayed on the output unit 16 as information for connecting to the application distribution server 9. In the communication terminal 3, the input unit 13 and the output unit 16 may be configured as a touch panel display in which an operation surface and a display surface are overlapped.
　物品情報管理サーバ６は、物品情報データベース８を格納する記憶装置７を備える。この記憶装置７は、例えば、大容量のＨＤＤ（Hard Disk Drive）によって構成されている。 The article information management server 6 includes a storage device 7 that stores an article information database 8. The storage device 7 is constituted by, for example, a large capacity HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
　記憶装置７に格納される物品情報データベース８は、ビーコンＩＤと物品情報とを対応付けて記憶している。ここで、物品情報は、ビーコン装置２が設けられた物品を特定するための情報であり、物品の種類を特定するための製品名や製品の型式等の情報だけでなく、さらに物品を個別に特定するための製造年月日やシリアル番号等の情報も含み得る。そして、物品情報管理サーバ６は、通信端末３からビーコンＩＤを受け取ると、そのビーコンＩＤに対応する物品情報を物品情報データベース８から読み出し、通信端末３に送信する。 The article information database 8 stored in the storage device 7 stores a beacon ID and article information in association with each other. Here, the article information is information for specifying the article provided with the beacon device 2, and not only information such as a product name and a product type for specifying the type of the article, but also individual articles. Information such as the date of manufacture and serial number for identification may also be included. Then, when receiving the beacon ID from the communication terminal 3, the article information management server 6 reads the article information corresponding to the beacon ID from the article information database 8 and transmits it to the communication terminal 3.
　アプリケーション配信サーバ９は、通信端末３からの要求に応じて、通信端末３に対して専用アプリケーションを配信する。アプリケーション配信サーバ９は、通信端末３から物品情報を受け取ると、その物品情報に対応する専用アプリケーションを通信端末３に配信する。 The application distribution server 9 distributes a dedicated application to the communication terminal 3 in response to a request from the communication terminal 3. Upon receiving the article information from the communication terminal 3, the application delivery server 9 delivers a dedicated application corresponding to the article information to the communication terminal 3.
＜物品情報データベースの第１のデータ構成例＞
　図２は、物品情報データベース８の第１のデータ構成例を示す。
　図２に示す物品情報データベース８は、ビーコンＩＤフィールド８ａと物品情報フィールド８ｂとを有する。ビーコンＩＤフィールド８ａには、ビーコン装置２がビーコン信号として発信するビーコンＩＤが格納され、物品情報フィールド８ｂには、ビーコン装置２が設けられた物品を特定するための物品情報が格納される。この第１のデータ構成例では、物品の種類を特定するため、物品情報として物品名が用いられ、同じ種類の物品に設けられたビーコン装置２は、同じビーコンＩＤをビーコン信号として発信する。この例では、ビーコンＩＤが“ＢＩＤｘ”、“ＢＩＤｙ”、“ＢＩＤｚ”に対応する物品情報（物品名）として、それぞれ「Ａ社電動模型ｘ」、「Ａ社鉄道模型ｙ」、「Ａ社ボードゲームｚ」が登録されている。 <First data configuration example of article information database>
FIG. 2 shows a first data configuration example of the article information database 8.
The article information database 8 shown in FIG. 2 has a beacon ID field 8a and an article information field 8b. The beacon ID field 8a stores a beacon ID transmitted by the beacon device 2 as a beacon signal, and the product information field 8b stores product information for specifying the product on which the beacon device 2 is provided. In the first data configuration example, in order to specify the type of the article, the article name is used as the article information, and the beacon device 2 provided in the same kind of article transmits the same beacon ID as a beacon signal. In this example, “A company electric model x”, “A company railway model y”, “A company board” are used as article information (article names) corresponding to beacon IDs “BIDx”, “BIDy”, and “BIDz”, respectively. Game z "is registered.
＜物品情報データベースの第２のデータ構成例＞
　図３は、物品情報データベース８の第２のデータ構成例を示す。
　図３に示す物品情報データベース８においても、ビーコンＩＤフィールド８ａと物品情報フィールド８ｂとを有する。この第２のデータ構成例では、物品を個別に特定するため、物品情報として物品の型式に加えて、シリアル番号及び製造年月日が用いられ、同じ種類の物品に設けられたビーコン装置２であっても、個別に異なるビーコンＩＤをビーコン信号として発信する。 <Second data configuration example of article information database>
FIG. 3 shows a second data configuration example of the article information database 8.
The article information database 8 shown in FIG. 3 also has a beacon ID field 8a and an article information field 8b. In this second data configuration example, in order to individually identify the articles, in addition to the article type, the serial number and the date of manufacture are used as the article information, and the beacon device 2 provided for the same kind of article is used. Even if there is, a different beacon ID is transmitted as a beacon signal.
＜アプリケーション配信方法の処理例＞
　次に、アプリケーション配信システム１において、アプリケーション配信サーバ９が通信端末３に専用アプリケーションを配信する際の処理の流れを、図４及び図５を参照して説明する。 <Processing example of application distribution method>
Next, the flow of processing when the application distribution server 9 distributes the dedicated application to the communication terminal 3 in the application distribution system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
　図４は、通信端末３がビーコンＩＤを送信し、物品情報管理サーバから物品情報を受信するまでの処理の流れ（１）、（２）、（３）を示す動作説明図である。ここでは、ビーコン装置２は、物品の一例としての模型１０に取り付けられている。
（１）模型１０に設けられたビーコン装置２は、ビーコンＩＤ“ＢＩＤｘ”を含むビーコン信号を周期的に発信（送信）している。そして、通信端末３のビーコン信号受信部１１は、ビーコン信号を受信して、このビーコン信号に含まれるビーコンＩＤ“ＢＩＤｘ”を取得する。 FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram showing the flow of processing (1), (2), and (3) from when the communication terminal 3 transmits a beacon ID until it receives article information from the article information management server. Here, beacon device 2 is attached to model 10 as an example of an article.
(1) The beacon device 2 provided in the model 10 periodically transmits (transmits) a beacon signal including the beacon ID “BIDx”. Then, the beacon signal receiving unit 11 of the communication terminal 3 receives the beacon signal and acquires the beacon ID “BIDx” included in the beacon signal.
（２）通信端末３の物品情報取得部１２ａ（処理部１２）は、ビーコン信号受信部１１が取得したビーコンＩＤ“ＢＩＤｘ”を、サーバ通信部１４から、アクセスポイント４及びネットワーク５を介して物品情報管理サーバ６に送信する。 (2) The article information acquisition unit 12a (processing unit 12) of the communication terminal 3 transmits the beacon ID “BIDx” acquired by the beacon signal reception unit 11 from the server communication unit 14 via the access point 4 and the network 5. The information is transmitted to the information management server 6.
（３）物品情報管理サーバ６は、通信端末３から受信したビーコンＩＤ“ＢＩＤｘ”に対応する物品情報を物品情報データベース８から読み出し、ネットワーク５及びアクセスポイント４を介して通信端末３に送信する。例えば、図２に示した物品情報データベース８からビーコンＩＤ“ＢＩＤｘ”に対応する物品情報「Ａ社電動模型ｘ」を読み出して、通信端末３に送信する。そして、通信端末３の物品情報取得部１２ａは、サーバ通信部１４を介して、この物品情報を取得する。 (3) The article information management server 6 reads article information corresponding to the beacon ID “BIDx” received from the communication terminal 3 from the article information database 8 and transmits it to the communication terminal 3 via the network 5 and the access point 4. For example, the article information “Company A electric model x” corresponding to the beacon ID “BIDx” is read from the article information database 8 shown in FIG. 2 and transmitted to the communication terminal 3. Then, the article information acquisition unit 12 a of the communication terminal 3 acquires this article information via the server communication unit 14.
　図５は、通信端末３が物品情報を送信し、アプリケーション配信サーバ９から専用アプリケーションを受信するまでの処理の流れ（４）、（５）を示す動作説明図である。 FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram showing the flow of processing (4) and (5) from when the communication terminal 3 transmits article information to when it receives a dedicated application from the application distribution server 9.
（４）通信端末３の配信要求部１２ｂ（処理部１２）は、図４に示す（３）の処理によって物品情報取得部１２ａが取得した物品情報を、サーバ通信部１４から、アクセスポイント４及びネットワーク５を介してアプリケーション配信サーバ９に送信する。 (4) The distribution request unit 12b (processing unit 12) of the communication terminal 3 transmits the item information acquired by the item information acquiring unit 12a by the process (3) shown in FIG. The data is transmitted to the application distribution server 9 via the network 5.
（５）アプリケーション配信サーバ９は、まず、通信端末３から受信した物品情報に対応する専用アプリケーションを特定し、この専用アプリケーションをダウンロードするための接続情報を通信端末３に提供する。例えば、通信端末３の出力部１６には、専用アプリケーションのダウンロードを促す専用ページが表示される。次に、ユーザが専用ページに含まれるインストールボタンを押下（タッチ）すると、配信要求部１２ｂは、アプリケーション配信サーバ９に対して専用アプリケーションの配信を要求する。そして、通信端末３は、アプリケーション配信サーバ９から配信された専用アプリケーションをネットワーク５及びアクセスポイント４を介してダウンロードする。この専用アプリケーションは、記憶部１５に記憶された後、処理部１２によってインストールが行われる。これにより、ユーザが通信端末３を用いて、模型１０の操作をすることが可能となる。なお、通信端末３がアプリケーション配信サーバ９に物品情報を送信した後、それに対応する専用アプリケーションが自動的にダウンロードされ、インストールされるようにしてもよい。 (5) First, the application distribution server 9 specifies a dedicated application corresponding to the article information received from the communication terminal 3 and provides the communication terminal 3 with connection information for downloading the dedicated application. For example, a dedicated page that prompts download of a dedicated application is displayed on the output unit 16 of the communication terminal 3. Next, when the user presses (touches) the install button included in the dedicated page, the distribution request unit 12b requests the application distribution server 9 to distribute the dedicated application. Then, the communication terminal 3 downloads the dedicated application distributed from the application distribution server 9 via the network 5 and the access point 4. The dedicated application is stored in the storage unit 15 and then installed by the processing unit 12. As a result, the user can operate the model 10 using the communication terminal 3. Note that after the communication terminal 3 transmits the article information to the application distribution server 9, a dedicated application corresponding to the article information may be automatically downloaded and installed.
＜通信端末にインストールされるアプリケーションの例＞
　次に、通信端末３にインストールされるアプリケーションの例について、図６及び図７を参照して説明する。 <Example of application installed on communication terminal>
Next, examples of applications installed in the communication terminal 3 will be described with reference to FIGS.
　図６は、通信端末３が専用アプリケーションをダウンロードする前の状態を示す。
　通信端末３には、ポータルアプリケーション１８ａが予めインストールされている。ポータルアプリケーション１８ａは、例えば、模型１０の専用アプリケーションを含むアプリケーションが管理されているポータルサイトに通信端末３を接続するために用いられる。また、ポータルアプリケーション１８ａは、物品情報管理サーバ６及びアプリケーション配信サーバ９にアクセスするためのＵＲＬ等の情報を含んでいる。そして、通信端末３は、このポータルアプリケーション１８ａを処理部１２で実行することにより、物品情報取得部１２ａ及び配信要求部１２ｂに相当する処理を実行することができる。 FIG. 6 shows a state before the communication terminal 3 downloads the dedicated application.
A portal application 18a is preinstalled in the communication terminal 3. The portal application 18a is used, for example, for connecting the communication terminal 3 to a portal site where an application including the dedicated application of the model 10 is managed. Further, the portal application 18 a includes information such as a URL for accessing the article information management server 6 and the application distribution server 9. The communication terminal 3 can execute processing corresponding to the article information acquisition unit 12a and the distribution request unit 12b by executing the portal application 18a in the processing unit 12.
　ユーザが、通信端末３を操作してポータルアプリケーション１８ａを起動した状態で、模型１０に設けられたビーコン装置２に通信端末３を近づけると、通信端末３は、ビーコン装置２が発信するビーコン信号を受信して、このビーコン信号に含まれるビーコンＩＤ“ＢＩＤｘ”を取得する。そして、ポータルアプリケーション１８ａの機能により、取得したビーコンＩＤ“ＢＩＤｘ”を物品情報管理サーバ６に送信する処理（図４を参照）が開始される。 When the user operates the communication terminal 3 and activates the portal application 18a, when the communication terminal 3 is brought close to the beacon device 2 provided in the model 10, the communication terminal 3 transmits a beacon signal transmitted by the beacon device 2. The beacon ID “BIDx” included in the beacon signal is received. And the process (refer FIG. 4) which transmits acquired beacon ID "BIDx" to the goods information management server 6 by the function of the portal application 18a is started.
　図７は、通信端末３が専用アプリケーションをダウンロードした後の状態を示す。
　通信端末３は、図４及び図５に示したような処理を経て、アプリケーション配信サーバ９から専用アプリケーション１８ｂ（図中では、「電動模型ｘ用アプリケーション」と示されている。）をダウンロードする。そして、専用アプリケーション１８ｂが通信端末３にインストールされる。このインストールは自動的に行ってもよいし、ユーザがインストールの可否を判断するための選択画面を出力部１６に表示した後、インストール可の選択がなされたことによりインストールを行ってもよい。 FIG. 7 shows a state after the communication terminal 3 has downloaded the dedicated application.
The communication terminal 3 downloads the dedicated application 18b (shown as “application for the electric model x” in the figure) from the application distribution server 9 through the processes shown in FIGS. Then, the dedicated application 18b is installed in the communication terminal 3. This installation may be performed automatically, or after a selection screen for the user to determine whether installation is possible or not is displayed on the output unit 16, the installation may be performed by selecting whether installation is possible.
　通信端末３に専用アプリケーションがインストールされた後、ユーザは通信端末３を用いて模型１０を操作することが可能となる。 After the dedicated application is installed in the communication terminal 3, the user can operate the model 10 using the communication terminal 3.
　以上説明したアプリケーション配信システム１によれば、ユーザが模型１０に通信端末３を近づけるだけで、通信端末３が模型１０に設けられたビーコン装置２からビーコン信号を受信し、ビーコンＩＤを取得する。そして、このビーコンＩＤに基づいて、物品情報管理サーバ６から物品情報を取得し、さらに取得した物品情報に基づいてアプリケーション配信サーバ９から専用アプリケーションを取得する。このようにユーザは、模型１０の種類等を入力しなくても、通信端末３が模型１０の専用アプリケーションを自動的に取得できるため、通信端末３に専用アプリケーションをインストールするまでの時間や労力を削減することができる。 According to the application distribution system 1 described above, the communication terminal 3 receives a beacon signal from the beacon device 2 provided in the model 10 and acquires the beacon ID simply by bringing the communication terminal 3 close to the model 10. And based on this beacon ID, article information is acquired from the article information management server 6, and a dedicated application is acquired from the application distribution server 9 based on the acquired article information. In this way, the user can automatically acquire the dedicated application of the model 10 without inputting the type of the model 10 or the like, so that the time and labor required to install the dedicated application on the communication terminal 3 can be reduced. Can be reduced.
　また、ビーコン装置２の電源を模型１０から得るようにしておけば、模型１０が電源オンされたタイミングでビーコン装置２がビーコン信号を発信することができる。このため、模型１０が店頭に陳列されているときにはビーコン装置２からビーコン信号は発信されず、模型１０を購入していないユーザが専用アプリケーションを取得することを防ぐことができる。逆に、アプリケーション配信サーバ９に専用アプリケーションの配信を要求した通信端末３は、模型１０を購入したユーザであると考えられる。このため、アプリケーション配信サーバ９は、模型１０の購買状況を管理することもできる。 If the power supply of the beacon device 2 is obtained from the model 10, the beacon device 2 can transmit a beacon signal at the timing when the model 10 is powered on. For this reason, when the model 10 is displayed in the store, a beacon signal is not transmitted from the beacon device 2, and a user who has not purchased the model 10 can be prevented from acquiring a dedicated application. Conversely, the communication terminal 3 that has requested the application distribution server 9 to distribute the dedicated application is considered to be the user who purchased the model 10. For this reason, the application distribution server 9 can also manage the purchase status of the model 10.
［１－２．一実施の形態の第１の変形例］
＜アプリケーション配信システムの構成例＞
　次に、本発明の一実施の形態の第１の変形例（通信端末が物品情報データベースを備える例）に係るアプリケーション配信システムについて、図８を参照して説明する。 [1-2. First Modification of Embodiment]
<Configuration example of application distribution system>
Next, an application distribution system according to a first modified example (an example in which a communication terminal includes an article information database) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
　図８は、アプリケーション配信システム２０の構成例を示す。
　アプリケーション配信システム２０は、通信端末２１、ビーコン装置２及びアプリケーション配信サーバ９を含んで構成されている。 FIG. 8 shows a configuration example of the application distribution system 20.
The application distribution system 20 includes a communication terminal 21, a beacon device 2, and an application distribution server 9.
　通信端末２１は、上述した通信端末３とほぼ同様の構成であるが、記憶部として物品情報データベース８を格納できる記憶部２２を備える点が通信端末３と異なる。記憶部２２は、例えば大容量のＨＤＤによって構成されている。 The communication terminal 21 has substantially the same configuration as the communication terminal 3 described above, but is different from the communication terminal 3 in that it includes a storage unit 22 that can store the article information database 8 as a storage unit. The storage unit 22 is configured by a large capacity HDD, for example.
　このような構成とした通信端末２１においても、物品情報取得部１２ａ（処理部１２）は、記憶部２２が格納している物品情報データベース８を参照して、ビーコン信号から取得したビーコンＩＤに対応する物品情報を取得する。そして、配信要求部１２ｂ（処理部１２）は、アプリケーション配信サーバ９に接続し、この物品情報に対応する専用アプリケーションの配信を要求する。このように通信端末２１は、記憶部２２に物品情報データベース８を予め格納しておくことにより、物品情報管理サーバ６にアクセスしなくてもアプリケーション配信サーバ９から専用アプリケーションを取得することができる。 Also in the communication terminal 21 configured as described above, the article information acquisition unit 12a (processing unit 12) corresponds to the beacon ID acquired from the beacon signal with reference to the article information database 8 stored in the storage unit 22. The article information to be acquired is acquired. Then, the distribution request unit 12b (processing unit 12) connects to the application distribution server 9 and requests distribution of a dedicated application corresponding to the article information. In this way, the communication terminal 21 can acquire the dedicated application from the application distribution server 9 without accessing the article information management server 6 by storing the article information database 8 in the storage unit 22 in advance.
［１－３．一実施の形態の第２の変形例］
＜物品情報データベースの構成例＞
　図９及び図１０は、上述した一実施の形態の第２の変形例として物品情報データベース８の構成を変えた例を示している。
　上述した図２及び図３には、ビーコン装置２が設けられた物品を特定するための物品情報を格納した物品情報データベース８のデータ構成例について示したが、物品情報として、その物品に対応する専用アプリケーションを特定するための情報を用いることもできる。 [1-3. Second Modification of Embodiment]
<Configuration example of article information database>
9 and 10 show an example in which the configuration of the article information database 8 is changed as a second modification of the embodiment described above.
FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 described above show the data configuration example of the article information database 8 storing article information for specifying the article provided with the beacon device 2, but the article information corresponds to the article. Information for specifying a dedicated application can also be used.
　図９は、物品情報として、物品に対応する専用アプリケーションのアプリケーション名を用いた物品情報データベース８の第３のデータ構成例を示す。 FIG. 9 shows a third data configuration example of the article information database 8 using the application name of the dedicated application corresponding to the article as the article information.
　図１０は、物品情報として、物品に対応する専用アプリケーションの配信サイトのＵＲＬを用いた物品情報データベース８の第４のデータ構成例を示す。この例では、各ＵＲＬは、ポータルサイトを示す共通のドメイン名を有しており、残りのパス名で個別の専用アプリケーションの格納場所（配信サイト）を特定している。 FIG. 10 shows a fourth data configuration example of the article information database 8 using the URL of the distribution site of the dedicated application corresponding to the article as the article information. In this example, each URL has a common domain name indicating a portal site, and the storage location (distribution site) of an individual dedicated application is specified by the remaining path name.
　物品情報として専用アプリケーションを特定するための情報を用いた場合、アプリケーション配信サーバ９は、その物品情報に対応する専用アプリケーションを容易に特定することができる。なお、図１０に示した物品情報データベース８において、各ＵＲＬの「ｉｄｘｘｘｘｘｘ」等のパス名は、専用アプリケーションを識別するためのアプリケーションＩＤとしても機能し、このようなアプリケーションＩＤを物品情報として用いることもできる。 When information for specifying a dedicated application is used as the article information, the application distribution server 9 can easily specify a dedicated application corresponding to the article information. In the article information database 8 shown in FIG. 10, a path name such as “idxxxxxxxx” of each URL also functions as an application ID for identifying a dedicated application, and such application ID is used as article information. You can also.
［２．変形例］
　なお、上述した実施の形態例では、物品の一例として模型１０を用いたが、そのほかにもボードゲーム等の玩具、遊技具、家電製品等、様々な製品や商品にビーコン装置２を取付けることが可能である。 [2. Modified example]
In the above-described embodiment, the model 10 is used as an example of an article. However, the beacon device 2 can be attached to various products and products such as toys such as board games, playground equipment, and home appliances. Is possible.
　また、上述した実施の形態例では、通信端末の一例としてスマートフォン、タブレット端末を用いたものを示したが、他にも、無線コントローラ、フィーチャーフォン、ページャー、携帯音楽プレイヤー、腕時計等の様々なものを想定しうる。 In the above-described embodiment, the example using the smartphone and the tablet terminal is shown as an example of the communication terminal. However, various other devices such as a wireless controller, a feature phone, a pager, a portable music player, a wristwatch, etc. Can be assumed.
　また、物品情報データベース８には、Ａ社だけの物品情報を格納しているが、他社の物品情報と、この物品情報に対応付けられたビーコンＩＤとをさらに格納していてもよい。 Further, although the article information of the company A is stored in the article information database 8, the article information of other companies and the beacon ID associated with the article information may be further stored.
　また、ビーコン装置２は、物品に内蔵されてもよいし、物品の外部に露出するように取付けられていてもよい。
　また、アプリケーション配信サーバ９によって配信されるアプリケーションは、専用アプリケーション以外に汎用アプリケーションであってもよい。 Further, the beacon device 2 may be built in the article or may be attached so as to be exposed to the outside of the article.
Further, the application distributed by the application distribution server 9 may be a general-purpose application other than the dedicated application.
　また、通信端末３が物品情報管理サーバ６に送信する情報としては、ビーコンＩＤ“ＢＩＤｘ”の他に、通信端末３を特定する端末ＩＤや、ユーザを特定するユーザＩＤを含ませて認証を行ってもよい。また、アプリケーション配信サーバ９は、事前にユーザ登録が完了しているユーザＩＤの通信端末３のみに専用アプリケーションを配信してもよい。 In addition to the beacon ID “BIDx”, information transmitted from the communication terminal 3 to the article information management server 6 includes a terminal ID that identifies the communication terminal 3 and a user ID that identifies the user for authentication. May be. The application distribution server 9 may distribute the dedicated application only to the communication terminal 3 having the user ID for which user registration has been completed in advance.
　また、配信されるアプリケーションには、ボードゲームで用いるポイント計算アプリケーションや、通信端末３の画面にコクピットを表示して、電動模型の運転席の視点から撮影した映像を画面に表示可能な映像表示アプリケーション等も想定される。 In addition, the distributed application includes a point calculation application used in a board game, and a video display application that displays a cockpit on the screen of the communication terminal 3 and displays a video shot from the viewpoint of the driver's seat of the electric model on the screen. Etc. are also assumed.
　また、本発明は上述した実施の形態例に限られるものではなく、請求の範囲に記載した本発明の要旨を逸脱しない限りその他種々の応用例、変形例を取り得ることは勿論である。
　例えば、上述した実施の形態例は本発明を分かりやすく説明するために装置及びシステムの構成を詳細且つ具体的に説明したものであり、必ずしも説明した全ての構成を備えるものに限定されるものではない。また、ある実施例の構成の一部を他の実施例の構成に置き換えることは可能であり、更にはある実施例の構成に他の実施例の構成を加えることも可能である。また、各実施例の構成の一部について、他の構成の追加、削除、置換をすることも可能である。
　また、制御線や情報線は説明上必要と考えられるものを示しており、製品上必ずしも全ての制御線や情報線を示しているとは限らない。実際には殆ど全ての構成が相互に接続されていると考えてもよい。 The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various other application examples and modifications can of course be taken without departing from the gist of the present invention described in the claims.
For example, the above-described embodiments are detailed and specific descriptions of the configuration of the apparatus and the system in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Absent. Further, a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. Moreover, it is also possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment.
Further, the control lines and information lines indicate what is considered necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines on the product are necessarily shown. Actually, it may be considered that almost all the components are connected to each other.
　１…アプリケーション配信システム、２…ビーコン装置、３…通信端末、４…アクセスポイント、５…ネットワーク、６…物品情報管理サーバ、７…記憶装置、８…物品情報データベース、９…アプリケーション配信サーバ DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Application delivery system, 2 ... Beacon device, 3 ... Communication terminal, 4 ... Access point, 5 ... Network, 6 ... Article information management server, 7 ... Storage device, 8 ... Article information database, 9 ... Application delivery server

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  1. 　物品に設けられ、識別情報をビーコン信号として発信するビーコン装置と、
    　前記ビーコン信号を受信可能な通信端末と、
    　前記識別情報と、前記物品及び当該物品に対応するアプリケーションの少なくとも一方を特定するための物品情報とを対応付けて記憶するデータベースを有する物品情報管理サーバと、
    　前記通信端末からの要求に応じて、当該通信端末に対してアプリケーションを配信するアプリケーション配信サーバと、を備えるアプリケーション配信システムであって、
    　前記通信端末は、
    　前記物品情報管理サーバ及び前記アプリケーション配信サーバと通信を行うサーバ通信部と、
    　前記ビーコン信号を受信して、当該ビーコン信号に含まれる識別情報を取得するビーコン信号受信部と、
    　前記サーバ通信部を介して、前記ビーコン信号受信部が取得した識別情報に対応する物品情報を前記物品情報管理サーバから取得する物品情報取得部と、
    　前記サーバ通信部を介して、前記物品情報取得部が取得した物品情報に対応するアプリケーションの配信を前記アプリケーション配信サーバに要求する配信要求部と、を有する
    　アプリケーション配信システム。     A beacon device provided on the article and transmitting identification information as a beacon signal;
    A communication terminal capable of receiving the beacon signal;
    An article information management server having a database for storing the identification information and article information for specifying at least one of the article and an application corresponding to the article;
    In response to a request from the communication terminal, an application distribution system including an application distribution server that distributes an application to the communication terminal,
    The communication terminal is
    A server communication unit for communicating with the article information management server and the application distribution server;
    A beacon signal receiving unit that receives the beacon signal and obtains identification information included in the beacon signal;
    An article information acquisition unit for acquiring article information corresponding to the identification information acquired by the beacon signal reception unit from the article information management server via the server communication unit;
    An application distribution system comprising: a distribution request unit that requests the application distribution server to distribute an application corresponding to the item information acquired by the item information acquisition unit via the server communication unit.
  2. 　前記通信端末は、
    　前記アプリケーション配信サーバに接続するための情報を出力する出力部と、
    　操作入力によって前記アプリケーション配信サーバに前記アプリケーションの配信の開始を指示する入力部と、を備える
    　請求項１に記載のアプリケーション配信システム。     The communication terminal is
    An output unit for outputting information for connecting to the application distribution server;
    The application distribution system according to claim 1, further comprising: an input unit that instructs the application distribution server to start distribution of the application by an operation input.
  3. 　ビーコン装置がビーコン信号として発信する識別情報と、前記ビーコン装置が設けられる物品及び当該物品に対応するアプリケーションの少なくとも一方を特定するための物品情報とを対応付けて記憶するデータベースを格納する記憶部と、
    　前記ビーコン信号を受信して、当該ビーコン信号に含まれる識別情報を取得するビーコン信号受信部と、
    　前記ビーコン信号受信部が取得した識別情報に対応する物品情報を前記記憶部から取得する物品情報取得部と、
    　前記物品情報取得部が取得した物品情報に対応するアプリケーションの配信をアプリケーション配信サーバに要求する配信要求部と、を備える
    　通信端末。     A storage unit for storing a database for storing identification information transmitted by the beacon device as a beacon signal and article information for specifying at least one of an article provided with the beacon apparatus and an application corresponding to the article; ,
    A beacon signal receiving unit that receives the beacon signal and obtains identification information included in the beacon signal;
    An article information acquisition unit for acquiring article information corresponding to the identification information acquired by the beacon signal reception unit from the storage unit;
    A communication terminal comprising: a distribution request unit that requests an application distribution server to distribute an application corresponding to the item information acquired by the item information acquisition unit.
  4. 　物品に設けられ、識別情報をビーコン信号として発信するビーコン装置と、
    　前記ビーコン信号を受信可能な通信端末と、
    　前記識別情報と、前記物品及び当該物品に対応するアプリケーションの少なくとも一方を特定するための物品情報とを対応付けて記憶するデータベースを有する物品情報管理サーバと、
    　前記通信端末からの要求に応じて、当該通信端末に対してアプリケーションを配信するアプリケーション配信サーバと、を備えるアプリケーション配信システムにおいて、前記通信端末がアプリケーション配信サーバに前記アプリケーションの配信を要求するためのアプリケーション配信方法であって、
    　前記ビーコン信号を受信して、当該ビーコン信号に含まれる識別情報を取得する第１取得ステップと、
    　前記物品情報管理サーバと通信を行い、取得した前記識別情報に対応する物品情報を前記物品情報管理サーバから取得する第２取得ステップと、
    　前記アプリケーション配信サーバと通信を行い、取得した前記物品情報に対応するアプリケーションの配信を前記アプリケーション配信サーバに要求する要求ステップと、を含む
    　アプリケーション配信方法。     A beacon device provided on the article and transmitting identification information as a beacon signal;
    A communication terminal capable of receiving the beacon signal;
    An article information management server having a database for storing the identification information and article information for specifying at least one of the article and an application corresponding to the article;
    In an application distribution system comprising an application distribution server that distributes an application to the communication terminal in response to a request from the communication terminal, an application for the communication terminal to request the application distribution server to distribute the application A delivery method,
    A first acquisition step of receiving the beacon signal and acquiring identification information included in the beacon signal;
    A second acquisition step of communicating with the article information management server and acquiring article information corresponding to the acquired identification information from the article information management server;
    A requesting step of communicating with the application distribution server and requesting the application distribution server to distribute an application corresponding to the acquired article information.
  5. 　物品に設けられ、識別情報をビーコン信号として発信するビーコン装置と、
    　前記ビーコン信号を受信可能な通信端末と、
    　前記識別情報と、前記物品及び当該物品に対応するアプリケーションの少なくとも一方を特定するための物品情報とを対応付けて記憶するデータベースを有する物品情報管理サーバと、
    　前記通信端末からの要求に応じて、当該通信端末に対してアプリケーションを配信するアプリケーション配信サーバと、を備えるアプリケーション配信システムにおいて、前記通信端末が前記アプリケーション配信サーバに前記アプリケーションの配信を要求するためのプログラムであって、
    　前記ビーコン信号を受信して、当該ビーコン信号に含まれる識別情報を取得する手順と、
    　前記物品情報管理サーバと通信を行い、取得した前記識別情報に対応する物品情報を前記物品情報管理サーバから取得する手順と、
    　前記アプリケーション配信サーバと通信を行い、取得した前記物品情報に対応するアプリケーションの配信を前記アプリケーション配信サーバに要求する手順と、を
    　コンピュータに実行させるプログラム。     A beacon device provided on the article and transmitting identification information as a beacon signal;
    A communication terminal capable of receiving the beacon signal;
    An article information management server having a database for storing the identification information and article information for specifying at least one of the article and an application corresponding to the article;
    In an application distribution system comprising an application distribution server that distributes an application to the communication terminal in response to a request from the communication terminal, the communication terminal requests the application distribution server to distribute the application A program,
    A procedure for receiving the beacon signal and obtaining identification information included in the beacon signal;
    Communicating with the article information management server, and obtaining article information corresponding to the acquired identification information from the article information management server;
    A program for causing a computer to execute a procedure of communicating with the application distribution server and requesting the application distribution server to distribute an application corresponding to the acquired article information.
  6. 　ビーコン装置から発信されるビーコン信号を受信して、当該ビーコン信号に含まれる識別情報を取得する通信端末からアクセス可能な記憶装置であって、
    　前記識別情報と、前記ビーコン装置が設けられる物品及び当該物品に対応するアプリケーションの少なくとも一方を特定するための物品情報とを対応付けて記憶し、前記通信端末が取得した識別情報に対応する物品情報を当該通信端末に提供するデータベースを有する
    　記憶装置。     A storage device that receives a beacon signal transmitted from a beacon device and is accessible from a communication terminal that acquires identification information included in the beacon signal,
    Article information corresponding to the identification information acquired by the communication terminal is stored in association with the identification information and article information for specifying at least one of an article provided with the beacon device and an application corresponding to the article. A storage device having a database that provides the communication terminal with the data.
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