JP2003296224A - Information distribution surrogating system and information distribution surrogating program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the optimum transmission and reception of information corresponding to the real-time state of a person concerned without performing transmission nor reception based upon a mail address only when permission is given. <P>SOLUTION: An information distribution part 14 surrogates distribution of information registered by an information distributor on an IMS (instance messenger) through the IMS downloaded by an IMS transfer part 12 according to user presence that a user presence acquisition part 13 obtains according to the contents of real-time communication performed with a partner user. Further, a language conversion part 15 converts the distributed information to a general description language which is incorporated in a mobile information terminal of a user requesting the distributed information and does not depend upon a browser and delivers the information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to information distribution using a portable telephone terminal device (including a portable information terminal such as PDA) having a built-in web browser and capable of executing an application program downloaded from a site. The agent system and its distribution program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of mobile phones mainly among young people, i
Cellular phones capable of connecting to the Internet have come to the market, which provide various information services such as a mail function and a homepage browsing function as a portable information terminal as well as a telephone function such as a mode (registered trademark). Further, recently, an application program called an i-appli has been installed on an i-mode (registered trademark) mobile phone terminal, and the mobile phone has come to function as a network terminal that operates voluntarily. The actual state of the i-appli is an application program created in the Java (registered trademark) language.

By the way, although there are many types of advertisements using the Internet, typical ones are "banner advertisements" and "mail news" advertisements. As a result, less advertising fees are required than conventional mass media advertisements using television and newspapers. The former jumps to the advertiser's website or products by clicking the banner posted on the website, while the latter has the URL and catch phrase in the text of the email magazine. Is. When subscribing to an e-mail newsletter, typically, an Internet user accesses a home page for applying to an e-mail newsletter subscriber and inputs at least an e-mail address to start distribution and subscription.

[0004]

By the way, it is possible to eliminate unsolicited e-mail sent to mobile phone terminals by using Internet e-mail from personal computers, which has recently been rampant, by using the "unsolicited e-mail reception block". became. The "junk mail reception block" is to receive only mail from the specified domain by specifying the domain, and it is possible to reject the reception of mail from the unspecified domain. However, if the customer uses the above-mentioned spam reception block and forgets to register, the distributor who has distributed the e-mail newsletter after obtaining the customer's permission will not be able to deliver it. In addition, although store-related companies often obtain email addresses to lock customers in, they also have the adverse effect of being unable to deliver emails to customers and members. As a matter of course, it is also impossible to send an email from an address that has a domain that is not registered in the domain.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an instant messenger that allows two mobile phone terminals connected to a communication network to send a text message to each other in real time is built in a web browser. By downloading as an application program of a mobile phone terminal and sending mail information on instant messenger, information can be sent and received only with related parties without sending and receiving with an email address only when there is a permission. The purpose is to provide a proxy system and a distribution proxy program for the proxy system.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a mobile phone terminal device including a mobile information terminal having a built-in web browser and capable of executing an application program obtained by downloading from a site. An information distribution surrogate system to be connected to a plurality of devices, comprising: an instant messenger transfer means for downloading an instant messenger to the mobile phone terminal device based on a user request; and a real-time communication content between a partner user who communicates via the instant messenger. According to the user presence acquired accordingly, information distribution means for distributing registration information via the instant messenger is provided.

[0007] According to the present invention, the information distribution means, via the downloaded instant messenger, the information distributor on the instant messenger according to the user presence acquired according to the contents of the real-time communication with the other user with whom the information is communicated. We provide an information distribution agent system that realizes optimal information transmission / reception according to the real-time status of the parties concerned, without transmitting / receiving by email address only when there is a permission by distributing information registered by can do. Note that "instant messenger" is a general term for software that sends and receives simple messages and files on a network. Once a messaging session is started between two terminals, one user can enter a message. For example, Yahoo! is a real-time messaging service in which the message is displayed on the other user's terminal. Messenger and AO
L (America On-Line) AIM (AO Instant Mes
Instant messenger is famous. Further, as the “acquired user presence”, online / offline information indicating whether or not the user has activated the IMS, and the user's mood, what they are doing, where they are, etc. in real time Information is available.

[0008] In the present invention, the information to be distributed on behalf of is a mail magazine registered in advance by a mail magazine distributor including a person who distributes information for customer enclosing, so that the user can subscribe in advance. Is registered and distributed on the messenger.

Further, in the present invention, the information distribution means distributes the registration information on a messenger in accordance with a predetermined time interval registered in advance by a user.

Further, in the present invention, when the browsing of the information linked to the mail magazine is requested, the link destination information is sent to the portable telephone terminal device of the requesting user based on the request. It is characterized by comprising a language conversion means for converting and delivering to a general-purpose description language independent of the built-in browser.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides
An information distribution agent program used in an information distribution agent system in which a plurality of mobile phone terminal devices including a mobile information terminal having a built-in web browser and capable of executing an application program downloaded from a site are connected. Downloading an instant messenger to the mobile phone terminal based on, and registering via the instant messenger according to the user presence acquired according to the real-time communication content with the other user who is communicated via the instant messenger And a step of substituting information on behalf of the computer.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a diagram cited for explaining a communication infrastructure to which an information distribution proxy server of the present invention is connected. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is an information distribution proxy server of the present invention, which downloads an instant messenger (hereinafter simply referred to as IMS) to a mobile phone terminal 2 based on a user request and communicates with the other user through the IMS. The registration information is distributed via the IMS in accordance with the user presence acquired according to the real-time communication content with the user. The mobile phone terminal 2 is, for example, an i-appli mobile phone terminal that has a built-in web browser and can execute the IMS obtained by downloading from a site (here, the information distribution proxy server 1). The mobile phone terminal 2 includes a mobile information terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). Reference numeral 4 indicates, for example, the distribution of an e-mail magazine (hereinafter referred to as an e-mail magazine) as the distributed information.
It is an e-mail newsletter distribution server performed via the information distribution proxy server 1, and is connected to the information distribution proxy server 1 and the mobile phone terminal 2 via an IP (Internet Protocol) network 3. Further, although not shown, in addition to the e-mail magazine distribution server 4, a shop terminal that outsources distribution of shop information such as a time service or a shop server may be similarly connected to the IP network.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal construction of the information distribution proxy server shown in FIG. The information distribution proxy server 1 of the present invention includes a communication interface unit 1
1, an IMS transfer unit 12, and a user presence acquisition unit 1
3, an information distribution unit 14, a language conversion unit 15, and various database (DB) devices 16. Each of the blocks described above is specifically configured by a peripheral LSI including a CPU and a memory, and the CPU has a function to be realized by reading and executing a program recorded in the memory.

The communication interface unit 11 is I in this case.
Since the user is connected to the mobile phone terminal 2 and the e-mail magazine distribution server 4 via the P network 3, TCP / IP (Tran
It is assumed that sport Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) is implemented. The IMS transfer unit 12 has a function of downloading the IMS to the mobile phone terminal 2 based on a user request. The user presence acquisition unit 13 has a function of acquiring a user presence according to the contents of real-time communication with a partner user who is communicated via the IMS. Here, as the user presence,
It refers to online / offline information indicating whether or not the user is activating the IMS, and real-time information such as how the user feels, what he / she is doing, and where he / she is. The information distribution unit 14 includes the user presence acquisition unit 1
3 has a function of distributing the optimum registration information via the IMS in accordance with the user presence acquired via 3. It should be noted that the information to be distributed here is an e-mail magazine registered in advance by an e-mail magazine distributor, and it is assumed that the user has previously registered for subscription and has obtained permission.

When it is requested to browse the information linked to the e-mail magazine, the language conversion section 15 obtains the link destination information based on the request, and the portable telephone terminal 2 of the user who has made the request.
It has a function to convert and deliver to a general-purpose description language that does not depend on the browser built into the terminal. Here, the language for mobile phone terminals (c-HTML (Compact Hyper-Link
Text Markup Language), MML (Mobile Markup)
Language), HDML (Handheld Device Markup Langu)
age), WML (Wireless Markup Language), etc. is a language that can be viewed on instant messenger.
It is converted to AVA (registered trademark) and delivered to the mobile phone terminal 2. The various DB devices 16 are the user DB 16
1, a mail box 162, a mail magazine DB 163, and an advertisement DB 164. User DB16
1 has, as data fields, the ID of the user who obtained the permission, the password, the type of e-mail magazine that issued the subscription request, the desired connection interval time to the server (information distribution proxy server 1), and the like. In addition, in the mailbox 162,
The sent and received mails are in the e-mail magazine DB 163, the e-mail newsletter provided by the e-mail newsletter distributor, the advertisement DB 164 is the advertisement information linked to the e-mail newsletter, or the advertisement such as time sale registered by a store-related company or an advertising agency. Information shall be stored.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams quoted to explain the operation of the embodiment of the present invention, and show the processing procedure of the information distribution agent program and the flow of screen transition according to the user operation. 5 to 9 are diagrams showing an example of the display screen configuration of the mobile phone terminal displayed according to each step of the flow shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 3, first, the user performs user registration including personal information according to the e-mail magazine subscription registration screen provided by the information distribution proxy server 1 (S301). Upon receiving this, the information distribution proxy server 1 stores the personal information in the user DB 161, and downloads the IMS to the mobile phone terminal 2 of the user who has made the request via the communication interface unit 11 by the IMS transfer unit 12 (S302). ).
The above is the prerequisite work, and thereafter, communication using the IMS is performed between the mobile phone terminals 2 incorporating the IMS.

First, a message session is established between the two mobile phones of users A and B using their own mobile phone terminals 2 (S303), while one (A)
The real-time communication with the other (B) is executed by the message delivery from (S305). Here, the information delivery surrogate server 1 can know in real time the connection status (online / offline) of the user, and how the user is currently feeling and what they are doing. That is, the user presence acquisition unit 13 constantly monitors the above-mentioned user presence, and can provide the user who is in the IMS (online) state with real-time information according to the user presence. This is especially effective when a time service is announced from a store.

In FIG. 3, the user presence # 1 is acquired in S304, and it is checked here whether the user has started up the IMS, that is, whether the user is in the online or offline state. Now, if you're online, real-time messaging starts (S
305), the message is displayed in the message display frame A as shown in FIG. On the other hand, in the case of off-line, the message is stored in the mailbox 162 (S306) and viewed when the user starts the IMS (S307). Further, in S34, the user presence acquisition unit 13 acquires the user presence # 2 (S308), and here, the content of the communication and the position information about how the user feels, what they are doing, and where they are located. Use to get. Since the information delivery unit 14 can refer to the user's mood and position information in real time via the user presence acquisition unit 13, the information delivery unit 14 can always grasp the state of the user and deliver the information in the state. (S309).

Here, for example, when an e-mail newsletter stored in the e-mail newsletter DB 163 is distributed under the consignment of a distribution agent from the information distributor, and the linked advertisement is clicked (S310), the language conversion unit 15 causes the advertisement conversion DB 164. The advertisement described in c-HTML or the like stored in is acquired, converted into the JAVA (registered trademark) language, and delivered (S
311). Then, the information distribution unit 14 distributes the advertisement on the IMS via the communication interface unit 11, and the information distribution display area B of the mobile phone terminal 2 of the user who made the request.
Sent to. The distributed information is displayed in an arbitrary area (information distribution display area B) excluding the message display frame A in which the real-time message of the mobile phone terminal 2 is displayed. The display time depends on the time interval information set by the user in advance.

In FIG. 4, first, in the mobile phone terminal 2,
The top page shown in FIG. 5A is displayed (S4).
01). Here, a messenger entitled "Island for searching for oneself" is illustrated, and five menus are displayed. First, when the mailbox 2 is selected in S402, a menu for selecting the transmission / reception tray, new message, etc. appears as shown in FIG. 5B. When the inbox is selected in S403, a screen for designating the other user appears as shown in FIG. 5C, and a mail list list of the other user selected via the icon appears (S405). : FIG. 5 (d)), and further, the mail can be browsed by selecting the list (S406: FIG. 5).
(E)). When a new message is selected in S404, a message is created and transmitted (S407). By clicking the information delivery mail icon in the icons shown in FIG. 5C, the screen transition shown in FIG. 6 is performed.

When the information distribution icon is clicked in S402, a screen for selecting the e-mail newsletter top page shown in FIG. 6A for selecting e-mail newsletter settings (registration / deletion) and browsing e-mail newsletters appears. (S408: FIG. 6B). Here, when the e-mail newsletter registration / deletion is selected, an icon indicating which e-mail newsletter settings are to be changed is displayed, and the user selects one of these (S).
409). Here, when the CD information is selected, FIG.
The screen changes to the screen shown in (c), and registration and cancellation are designated by the button. In the case of registration, the subscription of the e-mail magazine is registered, and in the case of cancellation, the subscription of the e-mail magazine is canceled (S411, S412). Finally, the screen shown in FIG. 6D appears, and a confirmation screen for confirming registration completion or cancellation is displayed.

FIG. 7 shows the transition of the e-mail magazine browsing screen. S
When the e-mail newsletter is selected in 408, as shown in FIG. 7A, there is an inquiry about which e-mail newsletter to browse, and the user clicks one of the icons to display the CD information icon here. A list of CD information is displayed by clicking (S413: Fig. 7
(B)). Then, by selecting an appropriate one from the list, the CD information is displayed in the information distribution display area (S414: FIG. 7C). Finally, it is determined whether or not to return to the top page, and when the user selects "return", the process returns to the top page and repeats the series of processes described above.

8 and 9 are diagrams quoted for explaining the screen transition when the information delivery mail is selected on the top screen. By selecting 4 information delivery mails from the top page (Fig. 8 (a)), the e-mail newsletter top page shown in Fig. 8 (b) was displayed, and e-mail newsletter settings (registration / cancellation) were selected from this e-mail newsletter top page. In this case, as in FIG. 6, the operations from S408 to S412 are repeated. On the other hand, when the e-mail newsletter list is selected from the e-mail newsletter top page, the e-mail newsletter selection screen shown in FIG.
Similar to FIG. 7, the processing from S408 to S414 is repeated.

As described above, according to the present invention, an instant messenger that enables two mobile phone terminals connected to a communication network to send text messages to each other in real time is provided for a mobile phone terminal having a web browser. By downloading it as an application program and sending mail information on the instant messenger, it is possible to send and receive mail only with the persons concerned without sending and receiving by mail address only when there is a permission. The programs for realizing the functions of the communication interface unit 11, the IMS transfer unit 12, the user presence acquisition unit 13, the information distribution unit 14, and the language conversion unit 15 shown in FIG. The information distribution agent system of the present invention is constructed by recording the program on a readable recording medium, having the computer read the program recorded on the recording medium, and the computer sequentially reading and executing the program. The computer system mentioned here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

The "computer system" is WW.
If the W system is used, the homepage providing environment (or display environment) is also included. The "computer-readable recording medium" means a floppy (registered trademark) disc, a magneto-optical disc, an RO.
M, a portable medium such as a CD-ROM, and a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" is a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system which serves as a server or a client when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In addition, those that hold the program for a certain period of time are also included.

Further, the above program may be transmitted from a computer system having the program stored in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the "transmission medium" for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. Further, the program may be a program for realizing some of the functions described above. further,
It may be a so-called difference file (difference program) that can realize the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and a design etc. within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention are also possible. included.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, when instant messenger is downloaded as an application program of a mobile phone terminal having a built-in web browser, and mail information is sent on the instant messenger, there is a permission. It is possible to realize the sending and receiving of mails only with the related persons without sending and receiving by the mail address, and it is possible to block customers and deliver advertisements regardless of the junk mail receiving block. In addition, message distribution from instant messenger enables real-time communication with customers and optimal information distribution according to user presence at that time, so distribution of store information such as coupon distribution and time sale is low cost. It can be easily realized with, strengthening customer relationships and providing interactive scenes.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram cited for explaining a communication infrastructure to which an information distribution proxy server of the present invention is connected.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functional development of an internal configuration of the information distribution proxy server shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart cited to explain the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart cited to explain the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a screen transition diagram quoted for explaining the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a screen transition diagram quoted for explaining the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a screen transition diagram quoted for explaining the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a screen transition diagram quoted for explaining the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a screen transition diagram quoted for explaining the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Information distribution agent server, 2 ... Mobile phone terminal, 3 ... IP
Network, 4 ... E-mail magazine distribution server, 11 ... Communication interface section, 12 ... IMS transfer section, 13 ... User presence acquisition section, 14 ... Information distribution section, 15 ... Language conversion section, 161, ...
User DB, 162 ... Mailbox, 163 ... E-mail magazine DB, 164 ... Advertisement DB

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An information distribution surrogate system in which a plurality of mobile phone terminal devices including a mobile information terminal which has a built-in web browser and is capable of executing an application program downloaded from a site are connected, based on a user request. According to the user presence acquired according to the real-time communication content between the instant messenger transfer means for downloading the instant messenger to the mobile phone terminal device and the other user who is communicated via the instant messenger,
An information distribution agent system comprising: an information distribution unit that distributes registration information via the instant messenger. 2. The information to be distributed on behalf of is a mail newsletter registered in advance by a mail newsletter distributor including a person who distributes information for customer enclosing, and a user performs registration for subscription in advance. The information distribution agent system according to claim 1, wherein the information is distributed on the messenger. 3. The information distribution proxy system according to claim 1, wherein the information distribution means distributes the registration information on a messenger in accordance with a predetermined time interval registered in advance by a user. 4. When a request is made to browse the information linked to the e-mail newsletter, the link destination information based on the request is sent to the mobile phone terminal device of the user who made the request, and the browser is built in the terminal. 3. The information distribution surrogate system according to claim 1, further comprising a language conversion means for converting and delivering to a general-purpose description language that does not depend on. 5. An information distribution agent program used in an information distribution agent system in which a plurality of mobile phone terminals including a mobile information terminal having a built-in web browser and capable of executing an application program downloaded from a site are connected. There, a step of downloading an instant messenger to the mobile phone terminal device based on a user request, and a user presence acquired according to real-time communication content with a counterpart user who is communicated via the instant messenger,
A step of distributing registration information via the instant messenger, and an information distribution agent program for causing a computer to execute: